Quality & Standards Intern

Quality & Standards Intern

Join our Systems Organization as Quality & Standards intern and contribute to the development and implementation of structured quality processes, including a PPAP way of working (Production Part Approval Process), for our successful system propositions like Lattiz!

FrieslandCampina Professional & Trading (FC-PT) is a customer led organization, unleashing the full potential of the B2B world. FC-PT wants to be a world-class, global leader in dairy and plant-based value-added, ingredients and solutions, focusing on the direct and indirect customers in the Route to Market.

One ambition of FC-P is to deliver 120,000 machines via various FC-PT System solutions (a system is perceived as a service, consisting of an appliance, in connection with a (locked-in) consumable as well as the service of the years of operations) being brought forward to the market. This to generate EUR 200mn NS/year by 2027.

To achieve this ambitious growth target, a new business unit is formed as one of the FC-PT big bets. The Systems Unit is responsible for launching, driving, and supporting complex solutions consisting out of appliance, consumable and lock-in technology.

As a Quality & Standards Intern, you will play a key role in supporting the implementation of the PPAP way of working. Your tasks will include defining quality agreements, ensuring clear release criteria, and focusing on injection-molded components across our projects and operations. This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience with one of the most effective quality management frameworks used in the industry.

Wat we vragen

• Available for a duration of 6 months.
• Enthusiasm for acquiring new skills and knowledge, particularly different technical systems and production methods.
• Background or strong affinity with technology, combined with basic project and business management skills.
• Analytical and data-driven mindset, with attention to detail and execution.
• Independent self-starter who works autonomously but also as part of multidisciplinary teams.
• Flexible, stress resistant and structured approach to work.
• Communicative at all levels (verbally and in writing English; Dutch can be helpful).
• A customer-centric mindset in quality decision-making.
• Positive and optimistic, with a can-do attitude.
• Affinity with coffee is a nice-to-have.
• Familiarity with tools like Power BI is a plus.

Key Competencies / mindset

• Collaborating to win: bringing people together and communicating with your team to create powerful outcomes.
• Growth mindset: we believe it is important to learn inch by inch by being innovative, experimenting and learning during the way.
• Open & transparent: having an open and transparent culture will bring the best of people, where we commit to decisions and keeping each other accountable for it.

Wat we bieden

We offer a unique opportunity to make an impact on the development and operational success of our systems business. You will be part of an ambitious, collaborative team that delivers solutions enabling our customers to create exceptional drinks for end-consumers.

In this internship, you will:

• Gain hands-on experience in developing operational processes within a challenging and dynamic environment.
• Learn about system development, quality processes, and production setups.
• Work in a supportive, international team with exposure to diverse cultures and contexts.
• Contribute to the implementation of a PPAP way of working, ensuring consistent and scalable quality processes across suppliers and operations.
• Contribute to the supplier performance monitoring.

Vacaturetekst

Your purpose is to review, develop, and implement quality agreements and operational structures to ensure consistent quality in our systems' components and consumables. A key focus will be contributing to the implementation of the PPAP way of working, with an emphasis on injection-molded components. Specific tasks include:

• Investigating and developing quality agreements for over 70 injection-molded parts produced by external suppliers using FrieslandCampina-owned molds.
• Reviewing and advising on the blueprint for quality agreements during the approval and release phases of projects.
• Supporting the rollout of PPAP processes for selected components to standardize supplier quality and ensure robust operational controls.
• Additionally, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to support the continuous improvement and lifecycle maintenance of launched systems like Lattiz, ensuring operational excellence.

At FrieslandCampina, we believe in a work environment where everyone can feel their full and authentic self and is empowered to bring out the best in themselves. We embrace each other's differences and welcome your application, regardless of your gender, belief, background, sexual orientation, age, disability, or nationality. If who we are resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you're not sure you meet all the requirements.

Ons team

For thousands of people every day, we are more than just a dairy company. To our farmers, our employees, the communities we serve, the businesses we work with and the people to whom we bring happiness, FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it's not just about what we do, but who we are.

We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world.

The Systems organization is divided in 5 pillars (Commercial & Innovation, Development & Technology, Quality & Standards, Operations & Partnerships and Installed base & Services) and is led by the Business Director Systems. This position is placed in the Quality & Standards pillar. In this role you will report to the Systems Quality Management Expert. You will closely work together in an international environment with internal colleagues from different disciplines and external parties.