Internship Strategy & Business Development - Food & Ingredient Platforms

Join Bühler as a Strategy & Business Development Intern – Future Food & Ingredient Platforms and help identify growth opportunities in sustainable food systems. You will explore emerging technologies, analyze value chains and market dynamics, engage with industry stakeholders, and assess business opportunities shaping the future of food, feed, and ingredient production. Based in the Grains & Food CEO Office, you will report directly to the Strategy Responsible and collaborate with Business Area leaders and C-level management.

This 12 month internship offers exceptional senior-level exposure, independent work in an exploratory environment, and the opportunity to contribute to Bühler's future innovation and growth agenda.

• Explore and structure emerging opportunity spaces by analyzing value chains, market dynamics, customer needs, and industry trends.
• Identify high-potential applications and business opportunities by combining market insights with perspectives on emerging technologies and future production systems.
• Engage with customers, startups, industry experts, research institutions, and internal stakeholders to validate opportunities and build a fact-based understanding of the market.
• Map Bühler's internal strengths, capabilities, and ecosystem partnerships to uncover synergies, capability gaps, and value creation opportunities.
• Develop strategic recommendations, business cases, and decision-ready insights to support future investment and business development decisions.
• Prioritize opportunity spaces based on market attractiveness, strategic fit, scalability, and potential value for Bühler.

• You are a Master's student or recent graduate in Management & Technology, Industrial Engineering, Business Innovation, Business Administration, Food Science, Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• You bring genuine curiosity for innovation, sustainability, future food systems, and emerging technologies.
• You are interested in understanding how new technologies can be translated into customer value and successful business opportunities.
• You think in a structured way and can translate complex topics into clear insights and actionable recommendations.
  
  You enjoy working independently in an ambiguous, exploratory environment with limited predefined structure.
• You communicate confidently and effectively with both technical experts and business stakeholders.
• You enjoy conducting interviews, building networks, and interacting with external partners to validate ideas and opportunities.
• Previous experience in strategy, consulting, innovation management, market analysis, entrepreneurship, venture building, or technology scouting is considered a strong advantage.

• Attractive mobility concept
• We offer an OSTWIND ZVV / Z-Pass + half-fare travelcard for CHF 365 + CHF 400 public transport credit as well as an attractive first-class travelcard or free parking.
• VIVA Restaurant
• We offer our employees a daily fitness menu from 9, 00 CHF.
• Health-Port
• We are committed to preventive health care through laboratory analyses, massages, nutritional advice, physiotherapy, group courses and a company doctor.
• Mobile phone subscriptions
• We offer special conditions for cell phone subscriptions via Mobilezone with Sunrise and Swisscom.
• Sports activities
• We promote physical activity through self-organized circuit training and running groups as well as vouchers for Update and Activ Fitness.
• Attractive vacation entitlement
• Enough time for relaxation and personal interests - we offer from 25 to 30 days of vacation per year depending on age.

Two billion people eat food every day that was produced with Bühler equipment. One billion people drive vehicles whose parts were manufactured with our machines.

Bühler aims to balance humanity, nature, and the economy in every decision as it develops solutions that unlock sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed, and mobility industries.

We strive to create innovations for a better world, with a special focus on healthy, safe, and sustainable solutions. Therefore, we team up with customers, start-ups, multinationals, and academia to accelerate impact together.

Bianca Bischof

HR Service Partner / HR Manager