Internship - Global Process Excellence

Take the first step towards an exciting career in business optimization and process enhancement

Are you ready to gain hands-on experience in some of the most critical aspects of modern business operations? Our Continuous Process Improvement, Business Process Management, and Risk Management Internship offers you the chance to develop business acumen, innovation, unleash creativity, and build continuous improvement and process/risk skills that are increasingly relevant in today’s business environments. The focus is 100% on business transactional processes such as Finance, Procurement, Commerce, Marketing, and Human Resources.

The internship

During your internship, you will have the opportunity to get to know HEINEKEN as a company, not just within your own department but across the organization. We trust and empower you to work with an entrepreneurial mindset, giving you the freedom to contribute like a real entrepreneur. At HEINEKEN, we love bringing the outside world in and welcome fresh, new ideas with open arms. Of course, we’ll make sure you get the guidance that suits you.

• Support the implementation of a Continuous Improvement framework within 72 Operating Companies in 4 different regions and Global Functions.
• Support the Global Process Excellence Team in innovating training and deployment content to improve processes.
• Lead the communication strategy of Global Process Excellence to keep the audience engaged and share best practices.
• Support the deployment of a Maturity Assessment program to understand the level of adoption of Continuous Process Improvement and Business Process Management in the operating companies.
• Enhance the framework material together with the GPEX team.
• Support the Risk Management Team to enable the operating companies to identify risks and connect improvement methodologies to solve business risks.

Your new team and workplace

You will be part of the Global Finance Team in the function of Global Process & Control Improvement, working closely with the Global Process Excellence Team. During your internship, you’ll have every opportunity to get to know HEINEKEN as an organization, not just within your own team, but across departments. We trust and empower you to work with an entrepreneurial mindset. At HEINEKEN, we love bringing the outside world in and welcome fresh, new ideas with open arms. Of course, we’ll make sure you get the guidance that suits you.

The unique you!

We believe everyone has unique talents, which is why we’re looking for you! Energy, drive, and the ambition to grow are what make the difference at HEINEKEN. In addition, you bring:

• Enthusiasm for problem-solving and process optimization in a business transactional environment.
• Quick learning abilities with a strong analytical mindset.
• Team spirit and excellent communication skills.

Even if you feel you don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. An internship is the perfect opportunity to learn and grow!

Conditions of HEINEKEN

• You are enrolled at an educational institution for the entire duration of your internship and can provide proof of enrollment for the current academic year during your onboarding.
• If you have non-EU nationality, you must be registered as an intern with a Dutch educational institution.
• If you have EU nationality, you may also be registered as an intern at educational institutions outside the EU.
• You reside in the Netherlands for the entire duration of your internship.
• HEINEKEN does not provide housing.

Our Internship Conditions

• A full-time internship, starting on February 1, 2026.
• The duration of the internship is 5 or 6 months (to be agreed upon with your internship supervisor).
• Your home office will be in Amsterdam. At HEINEKEN, we work with a hybrid model, typically spending three days a week at the office and two days working from home.
• You will receive a monthly internship allowance of €650 gross based on a 40-hour workweek.
• You will earn 2 vacation days per month (based on a full-time internship).
• If you do not have a public transport student subscription, your commuting costs will be fully reimbursed.

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

Working at HEINEKEN

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 Heineken 0.0, Apple Bandit, Amstel Radler and Birra Moretti. Your personality, knowledge and skills are the success of our organization.