Internship in Purchasing Category Tail Management

Internship in Purchasing Category Tail Management

About this position

Please apply only if you are currently living in the Netherlands and you are still a student or you have graduated maximum 3 months prior to the internship start date.

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 50,000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Consumer Brands continuously drive the evolution in dynamic categories: Laundry & Home Care and Hair. With our trusted brands, including Persil and Schwarzkopf, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

Do you dare to make an impact?

What you'll do

• Develop & execute your own sourcing project for raw material distribution globally supported by the regional purchasing manager
• Consolidation projects with preferred distributors
• Distributors challenge global roll-out applying learning to different region
• Evaluate, test and understand implication of the deployment of different sourcing tool (keelvar/pinpools).

What makes you a good fit

• Excellent written and spoken English, Chinese and/or Japanese are an advantage
• Firm knowledge of MS Office applications, especially PowerPoint and Excel, Power BI skill is a plus
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Strong initiative, critical thinking and commitment to quality work, and able to handle projects independently
• Prior experience in supply chain and purchasing is an advantage
• Collaborative, with good interpersonal skills, a team player who strives for win-win collaboration with and positively influences internal and external stakeholders from different cultures
• Academic background in international business, supply chain management, relevant engineering degree are welcomed
• Work with integrity and maintain confidentiality of company-sensitive information
• Available for full-time internship from April 1st 2025

OUR OFFER

• Opportunity to work in a multi-cultural dynamic environment
• An exciting and educational full-time internship in an international FMCG business
• You’ll be part of an international intern community
• Fun and educational events organized for the international (BeNeFrance) intern community, with opportunities to broaden your network
• 6 months internship (possibility to extend for 2 more months, max. 8 months in total)
• An internship allowance of 1000 EUR gross/ month and a 250 EUR travel allowance

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to gender, origin, culture, mindset, generation, disability, religion and sexual orientation.