Internship Health & Sustainability, Europe and Indonesia

Internship Requirements

• You must be based in the Netherlands and able to work at least 2-3 days per week from our headquarters in Zaandam.
• You are pursuing a relevant Master's degree with a demonstrable focus on sustainability and/or business. Candidates who have already graduated and are not enrolled at a university for the entire duration of the internship are not eligible for this position.
• A cover letter is required. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Your New Job and Workplace

Health and Sustainability (H&S) is one of our key strategic priorities and is a central part of our culture and values within Ahold Delhaize. We have a clear mission: to ensure people – our brands’ customers, associates, and communities – make healthier and more sustainable choices, and live on the planet in a healthier, more sustainable way.

Our Group Health & Sustainability (H&S) team includes a small H&S Europe & Indonesia team made up of a Director and a Specialist who will supervise you. The team is passionate about driving systemic change and maximizing impact. The H&S team aims to achieve this by connecting brands, leveraging knowledge and embracing innovation.

The teams across Ahold Delhaize brands innovate continuously to make products more nutritious and sustainable. Our diverse, passionate H&S team is a strong combination of strategic professionals and sustainability experts on topics ranging from ESG governance, carbon emissions, healthy and sustainable diets, nature & biodiversity, to how we can reduce food and plastic waste.

As an intern in our H&S Europe & Indonesia team you contribute directly to the exciting journey of delivering Ahold Delhaize’s H&S strategy. You get the chance to explore topics and support experts on for instance climate, food waste, health, plastics at one of the world's largest food retail groups. Joining the company alongside many other interns, you’ll be onboarding together with peers as part of your exciting learning journey. As an intern you will support activities such as:

• Keep track of best practices across our brands. For example, helping an expert in the wider Group H&S team with making compelling overviews of initiatives that reduce food waste, plastic packaging or emissions that could be scaled from one brand to another.
• Conducting relevant desk research. For example, helping our brands with information needs and/or market analysis in support of topic-specific plans.
• Preparing PowerPoint presentations and SharePoint pages: from creation of content to fine-tuning or maintaining documents – whether of a strategic nature, an annual plan or organizational charts of those working on sustainability in the region.
• Internal engagement & capability building initiatives. For example, coordination of the internal engagement initiative “Ahold Delhaize Impact Cinema” (which includes a partnership with the WaterBear Network) or “Creatives for Change” (an internal learning platform for colleagues who are focused on customer engagement).
• Light support to the H&S Europe & Indonesia Director with practical tasks. For example, to support the logistics, preparation and follow-up of meetings with larger groups.

This is an internship where you’ll be working as part of the team, it is not a research internship that can be combined with, for example, in-house thesis research.

We think it is important that you at Ahold Delhaize can be yourself in an environment that is open to different perspectives, an environment in which we are curious and appreciate each other. For this position we are preferably looking for someone who will strengthen the diversity in our team, in the broadest sense of the word. Someone who brings a different sound based on their own background and personal qualities and is therefore a good addition to our team.

What You Will Learn

As an H&S intern within Ahold Delhaize, you will gain insights into:

• All ins and outs of Ahold Delhaize's Health & Sustainability strategy.
• Feeling for Health & Sustainability dynamics in the global retail sector and its value chain.
• Project coordination skills.
• Verbal & written communication skills.

This Is What We Offer You

• An interesting and versatile internship at the Ahold Delhaize headquarters for 5/6 months.
• An internship with a lot of responsibility, where you really gain work experience.
• An internship allowance (€500,- every four weeks) plus travel expenses.
• Pleasant drinks and (networking) events with all interns at our head office.
• An inclusive environment in which you can continue to develop personally and professionally.

You Bring This with You

With our 414,000 colleagues worldwide, we work every day to inspire everyone to eat and live better, for a healthier future for people and planet. And if it were up to us, we will soon do this together with you as our new Intern. Especially if you bring your enthusiasm and energy to Ahold Delhaize. Also:

• You are enrolled in a relevant Master’s degree with a demonstrable focus on sustainability and/or business. Note that candidates who have already graduated and will not be enrolled in a university for the entire duration of the internship will not be considered for this role.
• You speak and write in English at a native or near-native level. For example, you’ll be expected to draft articles for internal web pages or texts in presentation slide decks with limited supervision.
• You have excellent Microsoft Office skills (especially PowerPoint and Excel).
• You have the ability to independently (or with little support) coordinate a project.
• You must be based in The Netherlands and able to work from our head office in Zaandam at least 2-3 days per week.
• Are available from March 2025 this is when the internship will start (for five months).

In addition, you:

• Demonstrate versatility and flexibility: willing and able to use different skills depending on the task at hand.
• Have a passion for sustainability and demonstrated interest in driving societal impact.
• Have a hands-on mentality.
• Have strong communication skills associated with working in an international environment & multi-cultural team and networks.
• Are eager to learn: whether in terms of content (new topics) or practically speaking (new tools, for example, to set up and maintain an internal Microsoft SharePoint page).
• Work efficiently with strong prioritization and time management skills.
• Are structured & organized.
• Are analytical.

Growing Together: Healthy Communities & Planet

Our purpose is to inspire everyone to eat and live better, for a healthier future for people and planet. We lead the transition to a healthy and sustainable food system and create a brighter future for our communities. We believe there is an interplay between our own well-being and the well-being of the earth. The health crisis and the climate crisis are not separate issues, but interconnected challenges. What we put on our plates has a direct impact on the world beyond our kitchen table. Therefore, we focus on healthy communities and planet. Learn more about us by sending an email to stage@aholddelhaize.com.