Internship ESG Business Planning & Performance, Europe & Indonesia

What are you looking for?

What do we offer?

• To be courageous
• To live wholeheartedly
• To keep growing

What do you bring?

• A passion for sustainability
• Passion for data
• A creative mind

Why Ahold Delhaize

• Huge Impact
• Work with fun and smart colleagues
• (Inter)national growth opportunities

How you can
make a difference

Your new job and workplace.
As an intern in the ESG Business Planning & Performance (BPP) team, you are part of the ESG team within the broader Finance BPP team of Ahold Delhaize Europe & Indonesia (EU&I). With this team you are responsible for the presentation of our performance on our ESG KPIs at European level and to and evaluate this with relevant business and finance stakeholders. We combine this with forward-looking business planning and improvement roadmaps to understand the potential and to define our ambition for these KPIs. We advise our local brand CFOs and their BPP teams on all elements of the planning and performance cycle for ESG and support them in achieving their performance goals. You will have frequent contact with our local counterparts in brands teams across Europe and Indonesia.

ESG is an area that is growing rapidly and receiving a lot of attention, both internally and externally. The Ahold Delhaize strategy on ESG is under continuous development. We want to excel on the KPIs where we can add value in line with our strategy and business model as a (food) retail company. Performance management on our most important KPIs is a journey to improve every day. You will be part of this exciting journey. You will work on our existing planning and performance management cycles throughout the year, but also on the many new initiatives. Both to align with our strategy as well as with external legislative requirements. You can expect you will not be bored. We need your innovative ideas!

A significant part of your time will be spend on change and improvement initiatives. You are involved in bringing our ESG performance management cycle up to par with our financial cycle (on EU level and also supporting brands in doing so). You will support the team to play an active role in improving the reporting and review process and in supporting/stimulating (brand) colleagues to integrate this in their local ways of working.

• Prepare the materials for our recurring performance management cycles.
• Be part of the quarterly ESG performance reviews with brands.
• Evaluation of results and trends on ESG KPIs and present these back to our EU CFO and other stakeholders.
• Be the linking pin between our EU&I retail brands and Ahold Delhaize global group, ensuring effective communication in both directions.
• Create overviews/dashboards to gain insights on the performance of our local brands.
• Contribute to the forecasting and target setting process.
• Be involved in the long-term planning of KPI performance and building quantified roadmaps for the EU&I region.
• Contribute to our active and lively EU&I ESG community.
• Develop, maintain and improve templates for recurring reporting and specific initiatives (e.g. business case or compliance driven)
• Work on training and instruction materials for brands and other stakeholders. For example, for new strategic initiatives or regulations. Support the team to act as partner for the brands and our EU CFO – have an open mindset to enable the rapid changes in the ESG context.
• You will be part of the broader Finance BPP team of Ahold Delhaize Europe & Indonesia. A vibrant team existing of 20 financials including a sub-team of 3 ESG specialists. Your workspace is at the headquarters in Zaandam. Close to our Dutch brands.

We find it important that you can be yourself in our EU&I team within Ahold Delhaize. We strive for a workspace where different perspectives are valued, that stimulates curiosity and where people respect each other. For this position we are looking for someone who brings a different view 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 (examples, not meant to be exhaustive):

• All ins and outs of the ESG planning & performance cycles.
• 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.
You are enrolled in a relevant Master’s degree with a demonstrable focus on sustainability, business, and innovation (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 September, this is when the internship will start.

In addition, you:

• Demonstrate versatility and flexibility: willing and able to use different skills depending on the task at hand.
• 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.

What
matters to us?

Ahold Delhaize is one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together, we help people eat well, save time and live better – it’s how we make a difference. And we do it because we care: for our customers, our people and the world around us.

Be courageous

"I realized how much impact you can truly have as an individual, working for such a huge international company.”
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Live wholeheartedly

“The support this company has always offered means the world to me."
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Keep growing

“I feel the freedom to show initiative, propose changes and try new things. Having that freedom gave me wings to fly.”
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