Supply Chain Commercialization Intern

Supply Chain Commercialization Intern

Are you looking for an internship within the challenging Supply Chain of FrieslandCampina which is in the very heart of our organization, right in between commercial & make? This could be your chance! Because we are looking for a Commercialisation Specialist Intern, representing our internal production fresh dairy location Maasdam and our fresh dairy External Manufacturers within Consumer Dairy.

This Internship provides you with the opportunity to learn from the End to End Supply Chain Solutions in the Commercialisation team of the Customer Supply Chain. With Commercialisation we support all Fighting Units to introduce new products/ideas as fast as possible with the highest quality as possible. Our purpose is to manage and implement changes & innovation within Consumer Dairy by being a Supply Chain Expertise Centre and creating a customer oriented Supply Chain Footprint.

The Commercialisation Specialist Intern will contribute to the delivery of customer centric, end-to-end supply chain solutions for new and changing products/concepts, while influencing the go-to-market strategy. He/she will support the Commercialization specialist in being a Supply Chain lead on cross-functional teams (SC, Category, Marketing, R&D and Operations) which is end-to-end responsible for the successful introduction of new products or product transitions. He/she will not only support, but also take responsibility of parts of the activities of the Commercialization specialist.

What we ask

We are looking for someone who is:

• Doing its master degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management/Logistics or Marketing
• Capable of communicating & presenting (English, Dutch) on different levels (incl plant managers, marketing manager)
• Familiar with stakeholder management
• Customer-focused
• Able to manage a diverse set of (sub-)projects and activities at once
• Eager to take up a significant responsibility
• Pragmatic and flexible
• Dynamic/energetic
• Available for 38 hours per week (full-time) from Feb/March-June/July

What we offer

• Unique company culture of Dutch heritage and international presence
• Flexibility to ensure a great work life balance
• Competitive compensation
• Exceptional support of cross disciplinary movement within the company to broaden your knowledge and growth paths
• A friendly and informal working environment, yet professional team members as sparring partners
• One on one coaching to develop personally and professionally
• Free cheese and milk at lunch in the central office, and barista coffee to help you go through your working days with a lot of joy

Vacancy description

As an intern you will be included in all activities of the commercialization specialist which focus on 3 main areas:

• Provide E2E Supply Chain Solutions to ensure Supply chain in which (new) products flow as efficiently as possible throughout the Supply Chain to meet customer demands. Thereby, cooperating with R&D, Quality, Supply planning, Production and Procurement to define the right supply chain for the entire product portfolio
• Participating in projects to represent the supply chain by having the complete overview of supply points, products within the portfolio and requirements from various disciplines.
• Manages Product Portfolio to ensure a healthy portfolio. Main enablers here are complexity analyses, developing proposals and driving decisions. This is all done from combined perspective that both includes a commercial and a supply chain lens to enable an optimal outcome which serves our farmers best.

Team Details

The team is part of the Customer Supply Chain in which the total chain of production until delivery in store is taken care of. The Commercialisation and project management team consists of a various group of professionals which work dedicated in Project Management and Commercialisation.

At FrieslandCampina we do strongly believe in our purpose to produce healthy and sustainable nutrition for all people. As we are one of the largest dairy companies in the world, we are able to fulfill this purpose for a large part of the world population. Next to improving the life of our consumers, we also improve the life of our farmers which are both our owners as well as suppliers of our company. We do this by generating a healthy income for our member farmers and their families since our core strengths are within valorizing our milk commercially and in maximizing its nutritional value in a sustainable way.