Internship (Research & Innovation): Digital Packaging Sustainability – Specialized Nutrition

Research & Innovation

Do you love managing data to create valuable insights and sustainability KPIs? Are you a self-driven person who is passionate about sustainability? Then join us as our new Digital Packaging Sustainability Intern in our Utrecht office starting January / February 2025!

Sustainability is embedded in Danone's company mission, our 2030 Danone Impact Journey targets, and our global packaging sustainability strategy. As a Digital Packaging Sustainability Intern, you will play a key role in supporting this strategy through analyzing packaging data to create valuable insights and sustainability KPIs to help Danone achieve its sustainability goals and make informed decisions about future packaging choices. You will assist in building, deploying, maintaining, and improving our Specialized Nutrition packaging footprint digital tool, and support Danone teams in its application. Additionally, you will leverage existing and emerging digital tools, including AI, to provide quick and efficient access to sustainability data and insights.

Your main responsibilities:

• Consolidate, analyze and transform packaging data into concrete sustainability KPIs and valuable insights to enable decision-making and prioritization of pack sustainability projects.
• Support the deployment, maintenance, and improvement of our Specialized Nutrition (SN) packaging footprint digital tool, as well as assisting Danone teams on its application.
• Leverage existing and emerging digital (AI) tools for smarter/efficient access to sustainability data and insights for quick and efficient decision-making.

Meet your future manager! Your manager will be Luis Ribadeneira Mejia. Learn more about them: linkedin.com/in/luis-ribadeneira-11a9a114

Sobre ti

As a Digital Packaging Sustainability Intern, data management will be second nature to you. You can confidently use Microsoft Excel, pay great attention to detail, and are able to analyze, synthesize and interpret vast amounts of data into meaningful conclusions. Knowledge of PowerBi and GenAI prompting (Copilot) is a plus. You’re a data savvy and strong team player, who has curiosity and passion about circular economy, packaging and sustainability. On top of that? You are a good communicator, who’s always looking for opportunities to learn and develop.

There are also some compulsory requirement:

• Enrolled as a Bachelor's/ Master's student in Business, Economics, Data Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Sustainability, or related field during the whole internship period (if you are a non-EU citizen, you need to be enrolled at a Dutch university);
• Ideally available to start in October/ November 2025 for a minimum of 6 months, 5 days per week;
• You are fluent in English - spoken and written;
• You are able to work from Utrecht, at least 2 times per week;
• Please note that you are required to relocate to the Netherlands (if abroad) for this internship and get a BSN.

About Danone

Working at Danone is a unique experience. It’s fast-paced and complex and, at times, it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities to learn and grow working with some of the best-known brands in the world, like Evian, Alpro, Nutricia, Activia and Nutrilon. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and entrepreneurial ideas to the table – the impact you could make might just surprise you. One Planet. One Health – BY YOU.

We’re proud to be a B-Corp certified company. That means we meet the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability in everything we do.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we base our hiring decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.*

We Offer

In addition to gaining invaluable hands-on experience at a large multinational organization, we offer:

• A competitive gross internship allowance of 650 euros per month (based on a full-time internship);
• Home working allowance of 2.40 euros per day;
• A public transport travel card covering all office-related travel;
• Hybrid working environment allowing for desired flexibility;
• Career advice opportunities such as workshops, seminars, networking events;
• International environment with 140 different nationalities in Danone NL;
• Active internship community with 100+ interns across the Netherlands.

* Please be aware that you must acquire a BSN number to receive the full internship allowance.

Need more information? Please contact Dana Al Fakieh (Campus Recruitment Intern) via dana.al-fakieh@danone.com

* all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status

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