Ice Cream: Customer Development Internship 26' – Commercial Team Support

The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to stand on its own, aiming to become an independent, EUR 8.3 billion publicly listed company by the end of 2025. We’re on a mission to create the ultimate snacking company—a place where growth, innovation, founder and ownership mentality, and performance are cultivated and rewarded. Here, we craft extraordinary ice cream experiences, transforming ordinary moments into lasting memories. Because we know, life tastes better with ice cream.

ABOUT THE MAGNUM ICE CREAM COMPANY:

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is all about growth: growing our business, our customers’ businesses, and our people’s careers. Growth begins with empowerment, so we free our people to be innovative, responsible entrepreneurs, driven and equipped to give our consumers more amazing products and unforgettable moments—while having fun doing it.

With 19,000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto, and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry. For more than 100 years, we have been taking pleasure seriously, serving happiness with every lick or scoop of ice cream for generations.

We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of The Magnum Ice Cream Company as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen before the end of 2025. We dream big but keep things simple to act fast.

If you want to grow with us, make an impact, and shape the future of Ice Cream, this is the place for you!

JOB PURPOSE:

As an intern in the Customer Development Department, your ideas will drive impact, and your creativity will take center stage. The team will provide you with opportunities to support projects that will help you learn to work within a commercial team, support junior account managers in managing commercial plans, assist in creating customer analytics on sales performance, support marketing campaigns and innovations, work closely with different teams, and develop both hard and soft skills.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support trade and key account sales teams.
• Improve operational processes and efficiency.
• Communicate field sales successes internally.
• Organize team away days and events.
• Assist in retailer presentations and stakeholder engagement.
• Conduct service research and prepare for digitalization.
• Execute optimization projects and digitalize orders.
• Follow up on customer contacts.
• Support the sales support team.

YOU ARE THE PERFECT FIT IF:

• You’re available for 5 to 6 months starting 2nd March 2026 (minimum 32 hours/week).
• You are enrolled in a Bachelor (3rd or 4th year) or Master program.
• You are eager and excited to learn.
• You are fluent in Dutch and/or English.
• You have strong analytical skills (Excel experience a plus).
• You are critical and independent.
• You excel in project and stakeholder management.
• You have a hands-on, can-do attitude.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:

• A unique mix of global scale & start-up spirit—€8.3bn powerhouse with an agile, entrepreneurial mindset. We’re building a new high growth Ice Cream company from the ground up.
• A €625 gross/month allowance.
• Travel reimbursement (if you don’t have a student travel card).
• Career without limits—42 markets, international opportunities, and fast tracked growth.
• A performance-driven culture—Freedom to act, disrupt and grow; your success is measured by impact.
• A company that celebrates joy, innovation, and purpose—We create extraordinary careers, just like our ice cream creates extraordinary moments.

As publicly announced, Unilever will separate its Ice Cream business, which is expected by the end of 2025. This role will transfer to the new Ice Cream company.

For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position.

We take pleasure seriously. Join the Ice Cream team now!