Internship (Procurement): Fruit Upstream

About the job

Are you eager to find out the day-to-day challenges of a buyer in a multinational corporation? Do you want to deep dive into one of the essential resources of Danone in an international and cross-functional environment? Apply now and join us as our next Fruit Procurement Intern at our office in Hoofddorp, NL, starting November/December/January 2024.

You will be a valuable asset of the Global Procurement Ingredients team, and will support senior buyers with day-to-day business, within the category of Fruit Upstream. We offer you a great opportunity to look into one of the essential resources of Danone, to collaborate in a multicultural environment and to be a key part of the implementation of sourcing strategies. You will be fully involved and have real responsibilities within business processes, developing market intelligence, supporting on category strategy development, tendering, implementing contracts, and generating and supporting productivity and sustainability projects.

Your responsibilities:

Business Process support

• Support the buyers in tendering fruits (setting up tenders, evaluating suppliers, negotiation, contracting,..)
• Coordinate in implementing contracts to ensure high performance

Market Intelligence:

• Contribute to buyers on understanding the business needs of Danone per region in terms of fruits by taking a lead on building market intelligence reports of fruits and suppliers on regular basis for our stakeholders

Project Management

• Co-create and analyze business cases for productivity projects
• Coordinate with buyers in establishing and implementing sustainability projects

About you

• You are a Master’s/Bachelor’s student in Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain/Procurement or another relevant field. Previous work or internship experience is a plus
• Excellent with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint & Excel), SharePoint is a plus
• Strong analytical skills
• You are highly motivated, proactive & are a strong communicator
• You are eager to learn and thrive in a dynamic environment that continuously challenges you
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional and multi-cultural environment

There are also some compulsory requirements:

• Enrolled as a Masters student during the whole internship period (if you are a non-EU citizen, you need to be enrolled at a Dutch university);
• Available to start in November/December/January 2024 for a minimum of 6 months, 5 days per week;
• You are fluent in English - spoken and written;
• You are able to work from Hoofddorp 2 days per week;
• Please note that you are required to relocate to the Netherlands (if abroad) for this internship and get a BSN.

About Danone

Working at Danone is a unique experience. It’s fast-paced and complex and, at times, it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities to learn and grow working with some of the best-known brands in the world, like Evian, Alpro, Nutricia, Activia and Nutrilon. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and entrepreneurial ideas to the table – the impact you could make might just surprise you. One Planet. One Health – BY YOU.

We’re proud to be a B-Corp certified company. That means we meet the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability in everything we do.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we base our hiring decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.*

We Offer

We offer a gross monthly internship allowance 650 euros per month and a home working allowance/contribution towards travel. Please do keep in mind that we do not offer relocation and/or accommodation benefits for students coming from abroad.

* Please be aware that you must acquire a BSN number to receive the full internship allowance.

In the Netherlands we also offer a hybrid working environment which enables each team to meet our people's desire for flexibility. Across our 3 office hubs in Hoofddorp, Rijswijk and Utrecht this helps us create better opportunities for connection & synergies across our entities, teams, functions and categories.

What’s Next

It’s simple – hit the “apply” button. In order to comply with GDPR we can’t process your personal data without your given consent, so please apply directly via this website. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you.

* all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status