Zuru

Confectionery Innovation Intern

Auckland, Auckland Central, New Zealand · On-site · FullTime

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EmployerZuru
LocationAuckland, Auckland Central, New Zealand
Work styleOn-site
Employment typeFullTime
Employer posted1 month ago

Your future starts here! Apply now to join ZURU Edge as a Confectionery Innovation Intern this summer!

ZURU's Confectionery Team

As an intern in our Confectionery team, you'll gain hands-on experience contributing to the development of innovative confectionery products with global reach. From identifying emerging candy trends and uncovering fresh consumer insights, to collaborating with teams across Supply Chain, Regulatory, Commercial, Design and Marketing, you'll play a key role in bringing new gummy and novelty candy ideas to life. Your perspective will directly influence product innovation, while your strong organisational skills and collaborative approach will help streamline processes, strengthen feedback loops, and accelerate the journey from concept to market.

What You'll Work On

Confectionery Competitive Landscape & Category Deep Dive. Over your three months you'll build a structured analysis of our novelty, sour and aerated candy competitors across key markets — mapping pricing, pack formats, flavour ranges and retail channels to identify the white space we could be playing in. Your findings will feed directly into future new product development strategy and market prioritisation.

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Launch Execution & Operations. You'll also be the operational backbone for new product launches, supporting the Product Manager across several markets at once. That means coordinating launch timelines, tracking regulatory compliance milestones, managing distributor communications and sample shipments, maintaining master spec sheets, and keeping launches on track from pre-market planning through to go-live. You'll own the documentation and process improvements that take friction out of every launch that follows.

You will also:

Be set up to win with a two-day induction to get you up to speed on everything ZURU

Learn how our people continue to shift the needle through regular learning sessions with key business leaders

Experience ZURU's playful side by dabbling in content creation (#dayinthelife) and attending social events

And so much more!

Our summer internship programme will run from mid November 2026 - mid February 2027.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early!

About You

We don't ask to see your grades. We're particularly keen to hear from students studying Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, Chemical or Process Engineering, or a related technical discipline. We care about sharing our internship experience with students who have a natural inclination to go above and beyond, who demonstrate grit and dedication, and most importantly, who radiate positivity and humility.

ZURU is a special place to work, and we live by our unique set of values, the ZURU DNA (you can find out more about our ZURU DNA on our careers page).

If you're excited by the opportunity to get stuck in to meaningful work and exciting projects and you have a mindset around continuous improvement and challenging the status quo then we want to hear from you!

Want to know more about the application process and what to expect from our internship? Visit our internship careers page here https://zuru.com/internships/

Please note that while we don't have a formalised graduate programme, there may be opportunities to stay on post-internship depending on business needs.

About ZURU

ZURU is on a mission to disrupt across industries, challenge the status quo and catalyst change through radical innovation and automation advances. This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; ZURU Edge is pioneering new generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers.

Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations.

One of the largest toy companies in the world, globally recognised and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, BONKERS, and Gumi Yum Surprise.

LIFE@ZURU

We recognise that ZURU's success stems from our people and you can only be at your best when you are looking after yourself. ZURU encourages all our team members to invest in their wellbeing by providing an array of benefits and tools.

WHAT WE OFFER

🌱 Culture for Growth

🌎 Global Opportunities

💡 Surrounded by an A Player Team

💰 Competitive Remuneration

🍓 Lots of fresh fruit, coffee, pals fridge and more

ZURU – Tomorrow Reimagined

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