Commercial Internship Baby, Pet & Services Category

• An interesting and versatile internship at the Albert Heijn head office for 5/6 months.
• An internship with a lot of responsibility, where you gain real work experience.
• An internship allowance (€500 per four weeks) plus travel expenses.
• Social drinks and (networking) events with all interns within our head office.
• An inclusive environment in which you can continuously develop yourself both personally and professionally.

What you bring.

As an intern in the Baby, Pet and Services department, you will get to know the most delightful category at Albert Heijn. Within a large team of great colleagues, you will be given a lot of responsibility. Together, we ensure that many customers are made happy every day by our products and are surprised by new products time and time again! In addition to you, our team consists of 5 people. Two category managers, one buyer, and 2 category coordinators. Additionally, there is also a logistics manager, coordinator, and quality manager.

Your new job and workplace.
Within the Baby, Pet & Services category, diverse product groups and services are included. Think, for example, of Baby Food, Diapers, Pet Food, Pet Care, games from the Dutch Lottery, and Gift Cards. You will be part of daily activities such as planning and organizing commercial activities, performing competitor and assortment analyses, supporting stores and customers, and contributing to various projects within the category.

An important project is guiding innovations within the category's private label. As an intern, you are responsible for monitoring and guiding this Private Label development process. This means that you are the first point of contact for suppliers and colleagues. You work according to a tight schedule and you must ensure that the information and data for various products is in the right place at the right time. The most important tasks of this process are:

• Managing the quality and NPD monitor.
• Assessing product proposals from suppliers, including (preparing) product tests.
• Guiding and managing suppliers.
• Private label product development.
• Writing design briefings.
• Attending meetings with design agencies: During these meetings, they present concepts for the new packaging to the design managers.
• Answering ad-hoc questions relating to product developments.

In this position, you work 32-40 hours per week, partly from our head office in Zaandam and partly from home.

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