Internship: Global Procurement - Whey and Dairy Ingredients

About the job

Internship: Global Procurement - Whey and Dairy Ingredients

Are you eager to find out the day-to-day challenges of a buyer in a multinational corporation? Do you want to deep dive into one of the essential resources of Danone in an international and cross-functional environment? Apply now and join us as our next Global Procurement Intern at our office in Hoofddorp, NL, starting January 2027!

You will be a valuable asset of the Global Procurement Dairy Ingredients team, and will support senior buyers with day-to-day business, within the category of Whey Derivatives. We offer you a great opportunity to look into one of the essential resources of Danone, to collaborate in a multicultural environment and to be a key part of the implementation of sourcing strategies. You will be fully involved and have real responsibilities within business processes, supplier performance’s evaluation in the manufacturing facilities, tracking implementation of corporate contracts, and generating and supporting productivity and optimization projects.

Your responsibilities:

Business Continuity Plan – work on 2/3 specific projects identified at the beginning of the internship

• Support the business in securing materials through leading supplier validation or reformulation projects
• Monitor progress of projects
• Report and communicate results to buyers, stakeholders and Management

Productivity Program – work on 1/2 specific projects identified at the beginning of the internship

• Support the business in achieving cost savings through leading productivity projects
• Monitor progress of projects
• Report and communicate results to buyers, stakeholders and Management

Sustainability

• Build a supplier/material database to facilitate sustainability projects consolidation for Procurement function

Quality

• Consolidate a supplier/material information related to new regulation on contaminants

Spend Data & Analysis

• Consolidate data from complete network - 23 supply points across Europe, Asia and Americas
• Complete analysis and forecast cycles for each supplier
• Communicate results and forecasts to the appropriate factories
• Support in price forecasting exercise

About you

You are a Bachelor’s/Master’s student in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Procurement, Industrial Engineering or another related field. You are highly motivated and proactive. You have strong communication skills and like being in touch with multiple stakeholders, internally and externally. You are a self-starter, curious, and you are not afraid to share your opinion or ask questions when needed. You have proficient knowledge of Excel that can be used for efficient data analysis, and analytical skills to transform data into useful insights. Also, you are eager to learn and thrive in a dynamic environment that continuously challenges you.

Key requirements:

• Enrolled as a Bachelor's or Master's student for the entire duration of the internship.
• Resident of the Netherlands with a valid BSN number. Non-EU citizens must have a valid Dutch residency permit.
• For non-EU citizens, your university must sign a three-party agreement with Danone.
• Available to start in January 2027 for a minimum of 6 months, 5 days per week.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written);
• Able to work from our Hoofddorp office at least 2-3 days per week.

About Danone

You will be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world. Being B Corp means to be part of a select movement of companies verified to be meeting the highest standards of social and environmental criteria and using business as a force for good.

We offer:

• A competitive gross internship allowance of 650 euros per month (based on a full-time internship);
• Home working allowance of 2.45 euros per day;
• A public transport travel card covering all office-related travel;
• Career advice opportunities such as workshops, seminars, networking events;
• International environment with 140 different nationalities in Danone NL;
• Active Internship community with 100+ interns across the Netherlands.

In the Netherlands we also offer a hybrid working environment which enables each team to meet our people's desire for flexibility. You can work from one of our People Hubs in Hoofddorp, Utrecht and Rijswijk or you can work from home.

• Location: Netherlands
• Office: Hoofddorp
• Work arrangement: Hybrid
• Employment type: Temporary Full-Time
• Duration: 6 months
• Working schedule: 5 days per week