Internship - Procurement, Marketing Services
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Location: Amsterdam, NL
Company: HEINEKEN
Internship - Procurement, Marketing Services
The internship
“Balancing the analytic world of procurement with creativity of marketing has been an incredible learning experience at Heineken. Every day presents new challenges and opportunities for personal growth”.
Your job
As a valued member of the Commerce, Professional and Business Services team – you would be working in the Marketing Services team and mainly for the ATL Creative and Production (Advertising) category and support the Media and CMI (Market Research) categories.
This will involve:
- Support the Global Buyers with translating Global strategies into markets plans
- Liaising with a range of stakeholders in HGP (Heineken Global Procurement) and Commerce (Marketing Teams mainly) and Markets Globally
- Leading your own projects
- Supporting the teams in documents writing and presentation
- Developing an understanding of ATL Creative and Production category
- Possibility of negotiation of some small scopes of work for brands
- Mapping current processes and designing future processes
- Benchmark industry best practices
- Analysing internal data and providing insights
You will be part of the Procurement department; however, we do not expect procurement background or procurement studies specifically. Our key stakeholders are Marketing teams, Markets and Agencies. Please note there are no Marketing tasks involved such as brand or media planning for example.
Depending on the role and your capability, you could be working on specific projects across the wider department to maximise your growth and learning experience.
As part of HEINEKENs Evergreen strategy, launched in 2020, our team is working closely with key stakeholders and suppliers to drive innovation, value and sustainability across each commerce and professional / business service category.
During your internship you will get the opportunity to get to know HEINEKEN as a company, also outside your department. We give you the trust and freedom, so you can work like a real entrepreneur. We like to bring the outside world inside and therefore we embrace new, fresh ideas with enthusiasm. Of course, always with the guidance that is right for you.
The department
As a Commerce, Professional and Business Services intern, you will report to the Global Category Leader for Marketing Services your position is based in Amsterdam / remotely. Three days in the office, 2 days remotely.
The terms of employment
- Your starting date is 1 September 2024
- The internship is fulltime (in consultation also 4 days a week possible)
- The duration of the internship is 5 or 6 months (in consultation with your internship supervisor)
- It is a practice-oriented internship
- You will be based in Amsterdam
- Working from hybrid
- You will receive an internship fee of €500 gross pm based on 40 hours per week
- You will enjoy 2 vacation days per month (based on fulltime)
- If you do not have a student OV product, your commuting expenses will be fully reimbursed
The start of your internship
Together with a diverse group of interns from different departments you will start your internship at HEINEKEN. Together you will be introduced to the organization. Furthermore, you can organize fun activities with your fellow interns.
The unique you!
For this role, we are looking for a candidate who has a willingness to learn and develop their skills and capabilities across communication, commercial, contracts, sustainability, and innovation.
We believe that everyone has unique talents and are therefore looking for you!
Also, the ideal candidate has/ is:
- Currently in study for a Bachelors or Master’s degree.
- Fluent English language required.
- Familiar with general office tools (Microsoft)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with various stakeholders
- Comfortable working independently on tasks and at the same time be a team player
- Assertive, pragmatic, resilient and a can-do attitude
- Strong personality with the ability to work in a demanding and fast-paced environment
- Excellent analytical skills
- Registered in a European (EU) University for the duration of the internship (6 months) or able to work in Europe
Conditions of HEINEKEN
- You are enrolled at an educational institution.
- In the case of non-EU nationality, you must be registered as an intern with a Dutch educational institution, from which we receive proof of enrollment for the current academic year from you.
- In case of EU nationality, you may also be registered as an intern at educational institutions outside the EU.
- Living in the Netherlands during internship (HEINEKEN does not facilitate housing).
Interested?
Great! For more information about this vacancy or about the application process, please contact werkenbijheinekennederland@heineken.com or you can apply right now.
Are you unsure if there is a perfect match? If so, we would still encourage you to apply!
Working at HEINEKEN
Every day we work with pride on our great products that you have certainly had in your hand at a party, during a work meeting or at home on the couch. HEINEKEN is much more than just beer. What about brands like Heineken 0.0, Apple Bandit, Amstel Radler and Birra Moretti. We actively work to create a pleasant work environment where everyone feels respected and has equal opportunities. Your personality, knowledge and skills are the success of our organization.
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