Internship in Procurement Innovation

Want to shape the future of innovation, sustainability, and supplier collaboration? As a Procurement Innovation Intern, you’ll do more than “support” — you’ll get hands-on experience exploring the next big technologies and turning ideas into real business impact.

You’ll join our Procurement team and work directly with the Supplier Innovation & Sustainability Manager, gaining exposure at the intersection of business, technology, and sustainability.

Your role:

• Spot future-proof suppliers → Scout start-ups and established players driving innovation in technology, materials, and sustainability.
• Shape innovation events → Help design and organize supplier challenges, prepare pitch decks, and engage with key stakeholders.
• Turn ideas into impact → Analyze supplier proposals and help build solid business cases that influence real projects.
• Collaborate across teams → Work with Procurement, R&D, and Business units to integrate innovations into products and processes.
• Dive into strategic topics → Get involved in automation, AI-driven supplier scouting, and sustainability tracking.
• Build your own agent → Experiment with creating an AI agent to manage a weekly innovation newsletter — from content curation to stakeholder updates.

What’s In It For You

• Hands-on learning: See how a global company drives innovation with suppliers.
• Build your network: Connect with Procurement, R&D, and external innovators.
• Make an impact: Your ideas can influence projects, processes, and future products.
• Develop skills that last: Innovation scouting, cross-functional collaboration, business case building, and sustainability know-how.

You're the right fit if:

• Enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field.
• Passionate about innovation, sustainability, and collaboration with external partners.
• A strong communicator, organized, and proactive.
• Analytical and curious, with a “can-do” mindset and eagerness to learn.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.