Internship: Sales Philips Personal Health (Suitable for Thesis)

In the event that we will be able to support you with your thesis, we require you to work 4 days per week on your responsibilities and 1 day per week on your thesis.

In this role, you have the opportunity to

Drive sales for Philips personal health products in the Benelux.

You are responsible for

• Day to day account management;
• Manage customer assortment and pricing
• Design and manage customer promotions
• Analysis of account performance with improvement propositions for more effective account management;
• Product group-Retail match analysis and recommendation;
• Manage phase-in and phase out process on customer level
• Create customer proposals and give presentations at customers

You are a part of

An ambitious team in the sales department of Philips Benelux Personal Health.  The candidate will report to the Key Account Manager New Channels who reports to the Channel/Sales Director. Our team has a strong can-do mentality. If we are not at customers, we join forces in the office, 2/3 days per week in Eindhoven or once per week in Amsterdam. We thrive in the buzz that we create together in the office and we expect you to be there too.

Because of the current COVID19 situation, we do support you working from home. If the situation will improve, it will be your coach to inform you a safe return in the office.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

• Currently studying towards your Bachelor or Masters in Business studies (i.e. International Business Administration) and/or Economics
• Strong analytical skills, interpersonal skills, team player, ambitious;
• Good excel and PowerPoint skills;
• Native Dutch and fluent English is preferred.

In return, we offer you

An important position in our team. We value our interns highly and want to give you the opportunity to explore your capabilities. We provide you with freedom & guidance. We will challenge you to come up with initiatives, create customer proposals & execute them if you are ready for it.

In addition we are able to provide you;

• A lot of practice experience in the field of sales / account management;
• Development personal skills of choice;
• Network capabilities inside a multinational;

Why should you join Philips?

Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a healthier society through meaningful work, focused on improving 3 billion lives a year by delivering innovative solutions across the health continuum. Life at Philips is an opportunity for personal and professional growth. And a journey into the unexpected; our people often experience moments when their lives and careers come together in meaningful ways.

In addition to being purpose-driven, we deeply believe in equality and that our people should be a reflection of the society and countries in which we operate. So we value our people in all aspects of diversity, whether generational, gender, experience, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, ability, nationality, or other aspects. We believe that a flexible and inclusive culture invites a full spectrum of ideas, opinions, and experiences, and strive to create it wherever possible.

To find out more about what it’s like working for Philips at a personal level, visit the Working at Philips page on our career website, where you can read stories from our employee blog. Once there, you can also learn about our recruitment process, or find answers to some of the frequently asked questions.

Notes

Required documents in order for us to continue with your application:

• Resume

Please note that in order to be considered for an internship, you need to be registered as a student during the entire internship period. Formal documentation of which may be requested at any time. Students from outside the EU need to fill in an NUFFIC agreement, which needs to be signed by the student and the university.

Please note that the contents of our regular internship assignments are not suitable for professionals (and/or MBA students) with professional work experience.