Ready to do an internship in a dynamic global team with different nationalities and to learn how to support key business decisions? Come join us as our new Global Challenged Growth category Intern at our office in Hoofddorp, NL from April/May 2026!

You will be a part of the Danone Specialized Nutrition Global Challenged Growth Category Team, which defines the global Vision and Ambition of this important category. It helps to continuously unlock opportunities and develop markets’ offering of the best nutritional solutions for babies and children with growth challenges all over the world.

The team works together with cross functional, regional and country marketing teams who represent our brands.

Your main stakeholders will include Category strategy leads, x-functional teams, Country teams.

Your main responsibilities will be as follows:

• Be part of the healthcare, consumer strategy, working on planning, implementation and analysis of agreed marketing tasks.

• Participate and support in Marketing workflow including packaging development, product launch, consumer research, working with 3rd party creative agencies, research agencies & partner markets.
• Prepare reports from the existing data warehouse and provide analysis of the data.
• Animate the Marketing Community by preparing and presenting the monthly online posting plan for our Brands / Categories / Channels, across different websites or internal social media pages.
• Support in different ad hoc marketing projects (team activities, events). Apart from this, you will cooperate with 3rd party research agencies, local country partners across markets.

As an intern, you are fully involved in the process of building & executing Marketing plans for one of our key categories. You will learn a lot about the brand planning & key marketing processes. Working together with many stakeholders and different cultures all around the world will definitely enrich you! A great start in Danone, where you can broaden your horizon and learn many new skills! You should have:

• Eye for detail;
• Analytical skills;
• Background in marketing (education or some experience);
• Open and flexible mindset;
• Enthusiastic to work in a super international team
• Eagerness to learn
• ‘Can-do’ attitude.

Mandatory requirements

• Enrolled as a Bachelor's or Master's student for the entire duration of the internship.
• Resident of the Netherlands with a valid BSN number. Non-EU citizens must have a valid Dutch residency permit.
• For non-EU citizens, your university must sign a three-party agreement with Danone.
• Available to start in April/May 2026 for a minimum of 6 months (preferably longer), 5 days per week.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written);
• Able to work from our Hoofddorp office at least 2 days per week.

At Danone we are committed to our mission “bringing health, through food to as many people as possible”. Working together to make sure that our brands, like Hipro, Nutricia, Alpro, Activia, Nutrilon and Evian, create real benefits for people, communities and the planet. You will be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world. Being B Corp means to be part of a select movement of companies verified to be meeting the highest standards of social and environmental criteria and using business as a force for good. One Planet. One Health.

We offer:

• A competitive gross internship allowance of 650 euros per month (based on a full-time internship);
• Home working allowance of 2.45 euros per day;
• A public transport travel card covering all office-related travel;
• Career advice opportunities such as workshops, seminars, networking events;
• International environment with 140 different nationalities in Danone NL;
• Active Internship community with 100+ interns across the Netherlands.

In the Netherlands we also offer a hybrid working environment which enables each team to meet our people's desire for flexibility. You can work from one of our People Hubs in Hoofddorp, Utrecht and Rijswijk or you can work from home.

We put people at the center of everything we do. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and ideas to the table – the impact you could make might surprise you. We are committed to embrace diversity, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA. 

What's next:

It’s simple – hit the “apply” button before the application deadline of 15 March 2026. In order to comply with GDPR we can’t process your personal data without your given consent, so please apply directly via this website. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you.

Need more information? Please contact Eugenia Bouzas, Campus Talent Manager, via eugenia.bouzas@danone.com

* all applications will be considered for a vacancy without discrimination based on ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, disability, or any other protected status.