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ABOUT LA PRAIRIE

LA PRAIRIE -
The Luxury skincare house where audacious innovation has cultivated a pioneering approach to beauty. 
A place where heritage and creativity are infused with the values of care, passion, entrepreneurship and excellence.
A place where dedicated and diverse professionals each contribute to an inspiring and unique environment. 
A place for careers to grow and flourish and where our sustainable foundation nourishes talents and futures.

LA PRAIRIE. CREATE A BEAUTIFUL IMPACT.

Internship - Formula Development (6 months)

Location: 

Zurich, CH, 8008

Contract Type:  Internship
Description: 

🌟 Internship – Formula Development 🌟

In this internship, you will support the Formula Development Team in developing skin care & make-up formulations by manufacturing, testing and assessing of formulas on lab scale.


How you will create a beautiful impact:
 

  • Support Skin Care & Make-Up formula development:
    • Looking for innovative raw materials
    • Planning and performing of lab trials
    • Shading for make-up products
    • Stability Testing Assessment
    • Handover to the industrialization team
  • Evaluation of experimental results in a meaningful way
  • Working independently on tasks within a project
  • Support with organizational tasks

 

What you need to have to be our next audacious and creative talent:

 

  • Education: Student or graduate with minimum four successful semesters in the field chemical or Life Science technologies (pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food)
  • Practical experience: Ideally, during studies, in formulation or/and physico-chemical analytical methods
  • Software: Good knowledge in MS Office
  • Languages: Fluent in English
  • Attributes: high level of commitment and own initiative, structured way of working and high analytical abilities, team player, open minded and communicative

 

Internship Details:

  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Duration: 6 Months
  • Zürich: 8008

 

Why You’ll Love Working with Us:

  • Well-being: We contribute to your health insurance costs.
  • Extra Time Off: On top of your 20 vacation days, get 8.5 additional days off for overtime.
  • Exclusive Perks: Access our HQ factory shop every Tuesday for amazing products at discounted prices with advice from a Beauty Advisor.
  • Flexibility: Enjoy the option to work from home weekly.
  • Location: Fantastic office location in the heart of Zurich.

 

How YOU will be set up for success:

First 30 days: In your first week you will have get-to-know meetings with your direct team members and manager while conducting HR, IT and Finance onboarding sessions.  During your next few weeks, you will then meet your internship community, wider colleagues, and stakeholders. 

60 days: Now it’s time that you start working on your internship project that has been assigned and selected with you. You also start supporting the team on first tasks.

90 days: This is the time when you start making a real impact and take ownerships of smaller projects and tasks while strengthening your knowledge in global work environment. Keep on mastering your skills!

 

Note to Recruitment Agencies:

We don’t accept agency resumes. Please don’t forward resumes to our job portal. We’re not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Diversity and Inclusion:

 

At La Prairie we work on creating a diverse & inclusive culture by having a balanced population and an open, safe, trusting and accepting culture. We believe that diversity in our talents is the strength of our house and we are supporting professional equality for everyone. We welcome applicants with and from diverse background.

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