Internship: Sourcing Management Kitchen Life

As Sourcing Management Kitchen Life, you'll be part of the Kitchen Life procurement team located in Drachten, Netherlands. You will support a team of multi-national and diverse professionals of supplier account managers and sourcing mangers. You will support both fully automatic coffee (Espresso) and specialty coffee team located in Italy, Netherlands, and Romania. We have winning spirit, an open mind, truly believe in continuous improvement, lean, strategic planning, and best practice sharing as the road to successful operations.

Location: Drachten - hybrid working (around 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home).

Type: Internship

Duration: 6 months (up to 9-12 months)

Working hours: 32-40 hours per week

Expected Start Date: ASAP

The impact you'll make:

• Streamlining supplier payment process, pricing and invoices management system
• Ensuring the optimized E2E Total Cost Ownership (cost, quality, availability) in product solutions and business creation through the full life cycle
• Identifying and executing supplier improvement projects to control and mitigate procurement-related risks (quality, availability, and cost)
• Supporting supplier innovation events, procurement events, and fairs
• Working on value engineering, lean management, design for Excellence (DfX) concepts for cost optimization

The skills and knowledge you'll bring:

• Studying towards your Master’s in sciences in Economics, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Engineering, Mathematics or related field
• Thesis is negotiable
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills combined with the ambition to deliver high-quality Hands-on mentality, positive mindset, and team player
• Eager to learn and create business impact by taking ownership
• Good Excel/Powerpoint skills
• Fluent in spoken and written English

Your benefits:

• Encouraging and challenging learning environment
• Full support from the team to make the most of your internship by leading assignment

Important:

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 a 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.

About us

Versuni designs, manufactures, and sells market leading products under the well-known brands Philips, Saeco, Gaggia, Preethi, Philips Walita, L'OR Barista and Senseo. We do this with the simple yet powerful purpose of turning houses into homes.

We are proud of the products we make. As a leading player in domestic appliances, we offer sustainable products across kitchen appliances, coffee, air, garment, and home care. Our company is headquartered in The Netherlands, and has innovation, manufacturing, and commercial centers across the globe, with presence in over 100 countries. We employ 7,000 talented people who bring innovation to our customers.

We create a great place to work for those who share our passion, with high-performing teams as diverse as the homes we care for. We have big plans for 2024 and beyond, further driving innovation and growth within our global markets. What we need to achieve this are like-minded individuals who are determined to take their careers to the next level.

We have been 100% carbon neutral in our operations since 2020, but this is just the start of our plan. We know everything we use today will affect the planet tomorrow. For the past century, we've innovated to make products faster, better, and more energy efficient. A better future is possible with a plan that’s built to last.