Are you a student looking for an engaging internship? Are you passionate about communication and change management? Do you have an interest in Purchasing & Procurement? Then apply now and become our new Procurement Center of Excellence Communication & Engagement Intern at our office in Hoofddorp, NL, starting January or February 2025!

As our new communication & engagement intern, you will be part of our Cycles & Procurement (C&P) Centre of Excellence (CoE) at our Danone HQ in Hoofddorp. The CoE supports the buyers in Danone with their Sourcing and Contracting activities. You will be supporting the CoE team in their Communication & Engagement of the buying community and other stakeholders.

You main tasks will be:

• Preparing and animating internal communication to stakeholders via different channels
• Support further digitalisation & communication on our training materials
• Make publicity around new initiatives that are launched by the CoE
• Supporting further adoption of our Chat bot

You are a final year Bachelor/Master student Communication, Marketing, Journalism or Business Administration. You have a strong affinity for communication, graphic designing, digital tools, and storytelling. You have visual and video editing skills. Great at Power Point and like change management activities. You are a team player who is not afraid to speak-up and take charge!

It’s a plus to have some affinity with purchasing/procurement.

There are also some compulsory requirements: 

- Enrolled as a Bachelors/Masters student during the whole internship period (if you are a non-EU citizen, you need to be enrolled at a Dutch university and provide a Nuffic Agreement). 

- Ideally available to start in January or February 2025 for a minimum of 6 months, 5 days per week (hybrid) 

- You are fluent in English - oral and written. 

- You able to travel to our office in Hoofddorp at least twice per week.

- Please note that you are required to relocate to the Netherlands (if abroad) for this internship and acquire a BSN. 

Working at Danone is a unique experience. It’s fast-paced and complex and, at times, it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities to learn and grow working with some of the best-known brands in the world, like Evian, Alpro, Nutricia, Activia and Nutrilon. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and entrepreneurial ideas to the table – the impact you could make might just surprise you. One Planet. One Health – BY YOU.

We’re proud to be a B-Corp certified company. That means we meet the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability in everything we do.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we base our hiring decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.*

We Offer

We offer a gross monthly internship allowance 650 euros per month and a home working allowance/contribution towards travel. Please do keep in mind that we do not offer relocation and/or accommodation benefits for students coming from abroad.

* Please be aware that you must acquire a BSN number to receive the full internship allowance.

In the Netherlands we also offer a hybrid working environment which enables each team to meet our people's desire for flexibility. Across our 3 office hubs in Hoofddorp, Rijswijk and Utrecht this helps us create better opportunities for connection & synergies across our entities, teams, functions and categories.

What’s Next

It’s simple – hit the “apply” button! 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 via eugenia.bouzas@danone.com

* all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status