Internship: Designing and piloting a planning bill of materials

Internship: Designing and piloting a planning bill of materials

• Job area: Students
• Location: Veghel, Netherlands
• Contract type: Full time
• Assignment type: Internship
• Start date: February 2027
• Assignment duration: 6 months
• Education level: Master
• Desired study: Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Data Science, Business Information Management, Technical Business Administration
• Language: Dutch / English
• Working hours: 40-hour work week

Description of assignment

The Supply Chain department within Vanderlande's Distribution domain needs earlier and more reliable visibility into the workload generated by upcoming customer projects. Currently, commercial and project outlooks are not translated early enough into expected quantities of components, subassemblies, manufacturing/assembly hours, and supplier capacity. Because the final Engineering Bill of Materials (EBOM) arrives late in the process, it limits our ability to secure long-lead items, level-load factories, and prepare an executable supply plan.

In this strategic assignment, you will explore, design, and pilot a Planning Bill of Materials (PBOM). The PBOM is a high-level, planning-level product structure that converts early, uncertain project demand into a time-phased supply and capacity outlook (3–18 months) before final engineering designs are frozen. You will define the conceptual data architecture, connect project outlooks with production requirements, run pilot scenarios across key product lines (e.g., Conveyors and Sorters), and create an analytical prototype dashboard. Your work will accelerate Vanderlande's transition from project-centric execution to a product-led, highly scalable supply chain.

Department description

You will join the Distribution Supply team in Veghel, where Planning, Product Supply Management, Execution, Manufacturing, Distribution Centers, Quality, and Technology collaborate seamlessly.

The department is driving digital supply chain transformation, including integrated S&OP/S&OE, product-level performance steering, critical-component planning, and standardized pre-assembly. You will work alongside experienced supply chain architects and managers in an open, innovative, and data-driven environment.

Tasks/responsibilities

• Perform a current-state assessment and map demand, BOM, planning, and capacity information flows
• Define the PBOM concept, data model, and high-level process architecture, including links to PLM, ERP, and planning tools
• Build representative PBOMs for multiple product families (e.g., Conveying, Loopsorter, Linesorter) and test them against upcoming project pipelines
• Build a prototype dashboard or analytical view to run what-if scenarios regarding volume, project timing, and supply constraints
• Propose master-data ownership, governance, data-quality controls, and decision rights across cross-functional teams

Your profile

• Strong analytical and conceptual problem-solving skills with affinity for supply chain planning, BOM structures, and capacity management
• Comfortable working with data and prototyping in tools such as Excel, Power BI, Python, or SQL
• Able to engage constructively with cross-functional stakeholders across Technology, Planning, Procurement, and Manufacturing
• Structured, curious, pragmatic, and fluent in English or Dutch
• Mandatory enrolment to a Dutch Education System & resident of The Netherlands

What we offer

• A monthly internship allowance (based on a 40-hour work week): €550 per month for a master student
• Full commuting allowance, including public transport, depending on whether you have access to free public transport or not
• On-site health center with gym
• Active employee communities and initiatives
• Excellent company restaurant and barista coffee bar