Business Performance Intern (Specialized Nutrition, Benelux)

Are you passionate about analyzing performance and crunching data to derive meaningful insights? Do you want to gain hands-on experience optimizing commercial activities and helping with decision making in a multinational company? Then apply now and join us as Business Performance Intern (Specialized Nutrition, Benelux) in November 2026.

• Netherlands
• Rijswijk
• Hybrid
• Temporary Full-Time
• 6 months

About the job

As our Business Performance Intern, you will be a part of our Commercial Excellence team in Rijswijk, NL. Commercial Excellence (CE) Team is a High-Performance Team with a Benelux scope, wherein you will support data analysis and reporting to drive the Healthcare Engagement strategy and help optimize the Field Force performance by providing the business with fact based & analytical information in the Netherlands market.

You must have become curious to know what responsibilities you would have?

You will be responsible for

• Process Sell-Out Data: Process & upload sell-out/indirect data from wholesalers to enable detailed analysis of institutional sales data and find ways to optimize the current process.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Track the performance of KPIs across Specialized Nutrition categories. Transform raw data into actionable business insights to assess the success of commercial activities. Analyze dashboards and reports to support strategic decision-making.
• Multichannel Engagement & SFE: Support MCE implementation and sales force effectiveness by gathering and analyzing engagement data to enrich insights about healthcare channels.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with internal stakeholders across Sales, Strategy, Medical, and Data teams to ensure alignment and impact.

Meet your future manager!

Your manager will be Aayush Saraswat - Business Performance Manager, SN.

About you

You are a Bachelor’s or master’s student (preferable) in Business, Economics, Data Science, Health Economics, or a related field, or other related backgrounds with affinity towards data analytics & reporting and performance tracking to bring data-driven insights to the business in a fast-paced environment. You are self-motivated, and proactive with a sense of ownership. You have critical thinking skills and are organized and independent. We expect you to be fluent in English but Dutch is a plus (written and spoken) and proficient in MS Office Suite with experience with Python programming language.

Key Requirements

• Enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree (preferable) in Business, Economics, Data Science, Health Economics, or a related field for the entire duration of the internship.
• Resident of the Netherlands with a valid BSN number. Non-EU citizens must have a valid Dutch residency permit.
• For non-EU citizens, your university must sign a three-party agreement with Danone. Non-EU citizens are only eligible to apply if they are enrolled in a Dutch university.
• Available to start in November 2026 for a minimum of 6 months, 4-5 days per week.
• Able to work from our Rijswijk office at least 2 days per week (Tuesday & Thursday).

About Danone

We bieden:

• Een competitieve bruto stagevergoeding van 650 euro per maand (op basis van een fulltime stage);
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• Hybride werkomgeving die gewenste flexibiliteit biedt;
• Carrièreadviesmogelijkheden zoals workshops, seminars, netwerkevenementen;
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