Intern - People Experience Global Procurement

Internship HEINEKEN Global Procurement – People Experience – September 2025

Company: HEINEKEN

Are you a graduate student willing to drive a structural change within HEINEKEN? The People Experience Team within Commerce & Business Services has the right internship for you. You will play a key role in supporting both tactical and strategic work that goes beyond sourcing activity, helping our internal customers and stakeholders in shaping a new way of working and better informing existing practices.

HEINEKEN is looking for you!

Every day we work with pride on our great products that you have certainly had in your hand at a party, during a work meeting or at home on the couch. HEINEKEN is much more than just beer. What about brands like Cristal Clear, Royal Club, Heineken 0.0, Amstel Radler and Birra Moretti. We actively work to create a pleasant work environment where everyone feels respected and has equal opportunities. Your personality, knowledge and skills are the success of our organization.

The internship

In this internship, you will be responsible for:

• Helping the Global Buyer to shape & deliver strategies in the HR service categories
• Mapping current processes and designing future processes
• Conduct market research and benchmarking industry best practices
• Identifying and managing anticipated resistance
• Partnering with internal stakeholders to plan projects at a granular level of detail
• Ensuring that change management initiatives and activities are in alignment with overall program plans, objectives, and timelines
• Using various media platforms to create a good communication plan to our colleagues around the world to ensure we stay connected with the local business
• Co-owning the agreed strategic and sourcing projects with key milestones and success metrics
• Analyzing internal data and providing insights
• Linking data sources
• Create processes to improve data quality

During your internship you will get the opportunity to get to know HEINEKEN as a company, also outside your department. We give you the trust and freedom, so you can work like a real entrepreneur. We like to bring in fresh insights from the world outside of Heineken and therefore we embrace new, fresh ideas with enthusiasm. Always with the appropriate level of guidance.

The department

HEINEKEN Global Procurement helps to create sustainable business value for all our stakeholders. We help create this with our full global community of over 900 people, leveraging our ONE Team spirit that helps us to work collaboratively with all our business stakeholders.

The terms of employment

• Your starting date is September 1st 2025
• The internship is fulltime
• The duration of the internship is 6 months (in consultation with your internship supervisor)
• You are registered at an educational institution
• It is a practice-oriented internship
• You will be based in Amsterdam
• You will receive an internship fee of €500 (HBO/WO)
• You will enjoy 2 vacation days per month (based on fulltime)
• If you do not have a student OV product, your commuting expenses will be fully reimbursed

The start of your internship

Together with a diverse group of interns from different departments you will start your internship at HEINEKEN. Together you will be introduced to the organization. Furthermore, you can organize fun activities with your fellow interns.

The unique you!

• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to establish relationships with stakeholders
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to effectively manage change

We believe that everyone has unique talents and are therefore looking for you!

Great! For more information about this vacancy, please contact werkenbijheinekennederland@heineken.com.

The company

HEINEKEN has been a market leader for more than 150 years. We have a family history and Dutch heritage that we are proud of. This pride is reflected in our entrepreneurship and we take it with us in everything we do and where we go. We are brand builders and the indispensable link between the breweries and the perfect beer in people's homes or on the terrace.

Together we stand for our core values: passion for quality, enjoying life and respect for people and the environment. We always advocate responsible alcohol consumption, feel closely connected to Dutch society and local communities, and constantly strive to improve our impact on the planet.

Embracing and celebrating diversity is at the heart of the purpose of HEINEKEN to "brew the joy of true togetherness to inspire a better world." We believe that people as diverse as our brews - including and not limited to gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, nationality, social background, disability and thinking style - enrich our lives and strengthen our business. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, as we advocate for a culture of belonging that provides fair and equal opportunities for all.

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