Merchandising & Sourcing Internship Bakery 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 allowance.
• Social drinks and (networking) events with all interns within our head office.
• An inclusive environment in which you can continuously develop both personally and professionally.

As an intern, you will work within the Bakery team. The team consists of approximately 10 people who run the largest bakery in the Netherlands daily, together with all colleagues in the store. In addition to hard work, the atmosphere is very accessible. Together with you, we look forward to providing millions of customers per week with the best bread in the Netherlands.

Your new job and workplace.
As an Intern, you will make a direct contribution to bringing the best products to the shelf. You won't do this alone, but together with your colleagues from the Bakery team. You will support the Bakery table with various activities, including:

During this challenging and active internship, you will learn all facets of the Albert Heijn bakery department within six months. In your role as an intern, you will fulfill a versatile function where you are directly involved in developing the assortment and will be in direct contact with our suppliers. In addition to product development, you will be responsible for some daily tasks within our departments, and there is also room for writing a thesis/research project.

Making better food accessible. For everyone.
With 125,000 colleagues, spread across more than 1,250 stores in the Netherlands and Flanders, nine home shop centers, seven distribution centers, and our head office, Albert Heijn fills over seven million plates every evening. At Albert Heijn, we believe that food and drink play an essential role in the great challenges in society. It makes an important contribution to a healthy lifestyle, connects people, and contributes to a better climate and thus a sustainable society. Our mission is therefore: Making better food accessible. For everyone. Albert Heijn Netherlands is B Corp certified. This certification underscores our mission, contributing to a healthy, social, and sustainable society. B Corp certification is awarded to companies that meet high standards for social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.

• Assessing product proposals from suppliers.
• Private label product development.
• Answering ad hoc questions relating to product developments.
• Weekly preparation and elaboration of internal test sessions.
• Conducting internal and external analyses and potentially supervising your own pilot/project.

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

This is what you bring.
With our 125,000 colleagues, we fill over six million plates every evening. And if it were up to us, we will soon do that together with you as our new Intern. Especially if you bring your expertise and enthusiasm to Albert Heijn. Also:

• Someone who is resistant to stress.
• A true team player.
• Humor.

Are you ready to make this mission come true together?
Click the application button to apply. You can also apply even if you don't quite have all the items from our grocery list in stock. Would you rather know more first? Contact us by emailing stage@aholddelhaize.com.