Internship - Digital Transformation

Internship – Digital Transformation – 2025 at HEINEKEN

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. 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

Are you passionate about tech? Curious about how it can help our Commerce activity be more efficient? Do you have an entrepreneur mindset and strong communication skills?! Then we are looking for you!

As a valued member of the Heineken Global Procurement Commerce and Business Services team – you will be working in a product team that is developing and deploying an e-Shop for Point of Sales Materials (POSM). This e-Shop includes a variety of POS materials – fridges, parasols, outdoor signs, glasses and many others. Our key customers – Commerce (Trade marketing, Brand) and Procurement departments need to source the right POSM from the best suppliers, to promote and serve our products.

With the e-Shop, we aim to simplify that sourcing experience, empowering teams across the globe to shop POSM the same way they would shop online for their personal needs, sharing best practices across brands and markets, benchmarking POSM prices and supplier capabilities whilst driving sustainable purchase behaviours.

The e-Shop has already been launched in 20 countries, but our ambition is to go big in 2025, reaching 70 countries and at least €200m worth of transaction within it.

This e-Shop is being built in what we called an Agile manner – developing and deploying the e-Shop in incremental steps, taking into consideration the feedback from the users as we go. That process is being managed by a ‘product team’ led by a Product Owner (PO), who you will be work with.

During your internship, you will be supporting the PO with the deployment of the e-shop globally, engaging and collaborating with the users to ensure adoption, through exciting communication, clear value proposition and turning pain points into solutions that can be subsequently turned into functionalities for the e-Shop as we continue to improve it.

More concretely you will:

• Set up the communication plan in support of the deployment of the e-Shop in 50 new countries
• Track the progress of the deployment and adoption metrics (dashboard available)
• Manage a strong community of practice – facilitating learn-share-reapply across countries (using all channels available / or new ones you deem relevant)
• Collect user feedback and identify new features to develop within the e-Shop
• Analyse e-Shop usage and identify new opportunities

During your internship you will get the opportunity to get to know HEINEKEN as a company and work with various countries. We give you the trust and freedom, so you can work like a real entrepreneur. We like to bring the outside world inside and therefore we embrace new, fresh ideas with enthusiasm. Of course, always with the guidance that is right for you.

The department

As a Procurement intern, you will report to the POSM e-Shop PO and your position is based in Amsterdam.

The terms of employment

• Your starting date is between July 1st (can be slightly earlier or after) and September 1st 2025
• The internship is full time
• The duration of the internship is 6 months (it can be extended further depending on performance and personal situation)
• You are registered at an educational institution
• It is a practice-oriented internship
• You will be based in Amsterdam office (next to the Heineken Experience!)
• You will receive the standard HEINEKEN internship fee
• 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!

For this role, we are looking for a talent who has a willingness to learn and develop their skills and capabilities across communication, commercial, sustainability and innovation

Also the ideal candidate has/ is:

• Currently in study for a Bachelors or Master’s degree.
• Fluent English language required
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Assertive, pragmatic, resilient and a can-do attitude
• Strong personality with the ability to work in a demanding and fast-paced environment
• Excellent analytical skills
• Registered in a European (EU) University for the duration of the internship (6 months)
• Interest and/or experience in commercial / procurement field, product management

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

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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