Internship Brand Management Smint/Frisk

A great place to work in an environment where there is a lot of room for the people element, focus on your development and get inspired by others through the international team dynamics. Sounds good? Then welcome to Perfetti! Perfetti van Melle is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of confectionery and chewing gum. We create imaginative products and brands that are enjoyed in over 150 countries, such as Mentos, Fruittella Smint, and Chupa Chups.

The internship opportunity

We are looking for an intern as part of our Global Refreshment Marketing team. This team exists to manage our global brands (such as Smint) and define product innovation roadmaps, leverage global brand communication platforms, coordinate new product development, and much more. In particular, we are looking for an intern who will support and assist the Powermints (Smint, Frisk) marketing team in various brand projects and initiatives as well as day-to-day administrative tasks. Support us in the Mentos powermint project with a main focus on Asian markets. Tasks could include:

• Support in writing briefings for concept development and communication development
• Support in regulatory assessments
• Support in making overviews, updates for the powermints booster project in Asia
• Sharing samples and collecting feedback

Support in handover toolkits, golden launch toolkits, and introduction decks.

• Support in collecting and summarizing insights
• Support in analyzing category and brand data.
• Support in presenting information in an appealing way according to pre-set templates

What team will you be a part of?
You will be part of our Refreshment Marketing team, consisting of three teams: Mentos Gum, Mentos Candy & Powermints. Your team (the Powermints team) consists of three people. You will report to our Brand Manager.

What are we looking for

• You are looking for a ‘Meewerkstage’ (work-internship) for at least 20 weeks at a Dutch HBO/University.
• You currently study Marketing, Communications, or anything related
• You have strong English skills as this is the main language in our business
• You are eager and proactive: you approach people easily, are eager to pick up work and new projects for your development, and you are not afraid to ask for help when needed
• You have an affinity with numbers & analytics
• You want to learn more about project management

What do we offer

• An inspiring and international environment to learn and develop yourself
• An internship allowance of EUR 450 gross based on fulltime + options for travel reimbursement
• Opportunity to work partially from home after the first two months of your internship
• Office lunch every other Wednesday

Interested? Send us your resume and motivation letter. Please note, as this is an internship, your motivation matters more than your experience. Therefore applications without a motivation letter will not be taken into consideration. If you are interested in more than one internship opportunity at Perfetti van Melle, please only apply once and mention this in your motivation letter.