Intern Category Procurement – Marketing

Intern Category Procurement – Marketing

At our Corporate Centre in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, we are looking for an enthusiastic intern to join our Procurement team.

Do you take ownership of your tasks and can you work independently? Then discover the dynamic world of FrieslandCampina as an intern within Procurement.

Within procurement, a dedicated team of 5 professionals is managing the Marketing & Communication related spend in order to meet customer needs, create competitive advantage and drive profitable growth.

A marketing procurement intern supports the category managers by assisting in sourcing and purchasing marketing materials and services. You will help manage vendor relationships and ensure cost-effective procurement while maintaining quality standards. Additionally, you may analyze market trends and assist in budget management to optimize marketing spend.

We offer you an interesting and diversified field of activity in an international environment with freedom for contributing your own ideas, and excellent perspectives for your professional and personal development.

What we ask

The profile we're looking for:

• A team player with a positive mindset, a high sense of responsibility and eagerness to learn
  Strong analytical skills
• A can-do and proactive mentality
• Analytical, accurate and fluent in English
• Experienced in working with MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and preferably PowerBI
• Bachelor/ Master education or 3rd / 4th year HBO Bachelor level within a relevant study
• Affinity with marketing
• Available per September 1st 2025 for a minimum period of 6 months
• Based in The Netherlands
• A Dutch, EU-resident student or a non-EU student with a Dutch student visa

What we offer

• A fulltime internship, duration minimum of 6 months
• FrieslandCampina does not only compensate its employees with monetary rewards. We also offer interesting and instructive internships assignments to promote development in your specific discipline.
• You will be given a great deal of responsibility during the internship and you can also count on good coaching and an appropriate internship salary.
• You will be working hybrid; half of the time from home and half of the time from the office in Amersfoort. The mutual exchange of knowledge between colleagues is evident on the work floor. It is, after all, the most effective way to learn.
• We have a unique company culture of Dutch heritage and international presence. We offer free cheese and milk at lunch in the central office, barista coffee and hot Chocomel to help you go through your working days with a lot of joy and have occasional after work drinks with the wider Procurement team.

Vacancy description

Your tasks will include:

• Supporting the global marketing procurement team (buyers and manager) during the execution of diverse sourcing projects within the marketing domain
• Support with input and analytics for global integrated category management strategies
• Responsible for several operational Procurement activities like spend analytics and contract management
• Build presentation materials & business reports in PowerPoint
• Preparation and follow-up of internal meetings
• You will be involved in diverse day-to-day business topics and will have direct contact with suppliers and internal stakeholder

Staying true to who you really are, that is your starting point at FrieslandCampina. Because it is precisely by embracing our differences that we can grow together. We want to create a working environment that allows all employees to bring their best and authentic selves. If who we are suits you, but you're not sure if you're the best fit for the role, we still encourage you to apply so we can help you find the role that fits you best.

Team Details

For thousands of people every day, we are more than just a dairy company. To our farmers, our employees, the communities we serve, the businesses we work with and the people to whom we bring happiness, FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it's not just about what we do, but who we are.

We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world.

The MarCom Procurement team consist of 5 Procurement professionals based in different parts of the world (the Netherlands and Singapore). Each Category Manager has his/her own Global subcategory responsibility. We connect on a weekly basis.