Intern Menu Planning & Ingredients (f/m/x)

HelloFresh’s Product Operations team sits at the heart of the business, making sure attractive menus and the right ingredients reach customers week after week.

As a Menu Planning & Ingredients Intern, you will work across two closely connected teams, giving you an end-to-end view of how menus come to life. From shaping what lands on customers’ plates to helping keep HelloFresh Market running smoothly, your work will have a real and visible impact on the product.

This is a paid internship designed to offer hands-on experience in a fast-paced, international environment. As an intern, you will have structured guidance to support your learning and development, with opportunities to build practical skills, gain exposure to how HelloFresh operates, and learn through doing.

The role: What's in the Box

• Work across menu planning and ingredients operations to support the development and delivery of customer-facing products.
• Help shape menus and support the smooth running of HelloFresh Market.
• Contribute to a role suited to someone energized by both food and data.

What you’ll do: The Recipe

• Manage ingredient and recipe swaps in response to availability changes, market conditions, and customer feedback, keeping the offering fresh and relevant.
• Review planned menus to drive variety, innovation, customer appeal, and create pairings for addon modularity.
• Test new ingredients, support re-cook sessions, and help ensure consistent quality across the range.
• Analyze customer feedback to surface actionable insights and translate them into concrete improvements to recipes and ingredients.
• Evaluate new and improved ingredients, contributing to the quality and taste standards customers expect.
• Manage day-to-day operations for HelloFresh Market, including ingredient availability, stock tracking, pricing updates, margin calculations, and competitor benchmarking.
• Support both teams with ad-hoc analyses, tastings, and operational requests.

What you’ll bring: The Ingredients

• You are currently enrolled in an HBO/WO program, ideally with a background in business, food technology, or a related field.
• A genuine enthusiasm for food, combined with comfort analyzing data and drawing conclusions from it.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities without losing focus or attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel) and/or Google Sheets, with confidence working with spreadsheets and numbers.
• A proactive mindset with a strong eagerness to learn.
• An affinity for sensory evaluation is a plus.
• Fluency in English; Dutch is a welcome bonus.

Above all, HelloFresh is looking for people who will make the company better. There are many different ways of developing skills, and diverse experiences are valued. Even if you don’t tick all the boxes but think you’d thrive in this role, your profile is still encouraged.

What we offer: The Toppings

Compensation & Financial Wellbeing

• Enjoy 20% off HelloFresh and 40% off Factor_ subscriptions.
• Access the "Benefits at Work" platform for discounts on brands like Nike, Bol.com, and IKEA.
• You’ll receive a HelloFresh laptop.

Health & Wellbeing

• Get discounts on ClassPass and gym memberships via Bedrijfsfitness Nederland.
• Free bootcamp classes.

Flexibility & Work-Life

• Benefit from a flexible hybrid work setup with a daily remote work allowance.
• You’ll get leave based on working hours.
• Full reimbursement for 2nd-class public transport to the office, and mileage reimbursement for car or bicycle travel.

Culture & Environment

• Enjoy fresh homemade lunches in the office, weekly Friday drinks, quarterly strategy sessions, and team events.