💼 Full-Time Position

R&D WIL Learnership (Nutrition Science)

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PepsiCo
📍 cape town, western cape, South-Africa
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Location
cape town, South-Africa
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Posted
June 08, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

  • Assist with trial protocols and issue to key stakeholders post alignment with R&D Technologist / R&D Manager
  • Assist with organizing and execute assigned research and development projects for SA R&D team. (Calendar Delivery) covering work streams ranging from very limited partial autonomous ownership through to transactional and hoc delivery.
  • Support the R&D Technologist across the relevant product platform to deliver low complexity projects. Specifically focused on execution of prototype to support around pilot plant trials.
  • Support the R&D technologist to execute production trials for low complexity projects and report trial results to R&D Manager utilizing the TSG methodology:
  • Define and align trial protocols which is pre-aligned with the R&D technologist.
  • Communicate trial request with relevant stakeholders and support the setup of pre-trial meetings.
  • Attend pilot plant and factory trials as and when needed by t...