Commercial Research Intern

Perfetti Van Melle; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 33,480,000 - 66,960,000; Full time

Job summary

Perfetti Van Melle Indonesia invites motivated students for a full-time internship supporting consumer and shopper insights. You'll collaborate with the Field Operations team to evaluate merchandising effectiveness, in-store execution, and shopper engagement across Indonesia’s retail channels.

Ideal candidates are fresh graduates or final-year students in business or related fields, proficient in Excel and PowerPoint, willing to travel, and ready to join immediately for 3–6 months.

Qualifications

• Fresh graduate or final-year student in Business, Statistics, Marketing, Management, Industrial Engineering, or related fields.
• Passionate about FMCG, retail operations, shopper insights, and market research.
• Comfortable conducting field visits and engaging with store personnel and shoppers.
• Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills with attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to manage and validate data accurately.
• Willing to travel for store visits within assigned areas.
• Available for a full-time internship for 3–6 months and able to join immediately.

Responsibilities

• Support projects aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of merchandising, in-store execution, and shopper engagement initiatives
• Conduct direct store observations and staff questionnaires based on predefined KPIs
• Partner with the Field Operations team to assess product availability and execution quality
• Participate in shopper research activities, including measuring purchasing conversion and evaluating retail touchpoint effectiveness
• Compare and assess different execution strategies across minimarket, supermarket, and hypermarket channels using both qualitative and quantitative approaches
• Collect, consolidate, and validate field data from store visits and research activities
• Support basic data analysis and prepare findings to help generate insights for future business planning

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Data validation

Travel readiness

Education

Fresh graduate or final-year student in Business, Statistics, Marketing, Management, Industrial Engineering, or related fields

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

What You Will Do

• Support projects aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of merchandising, in-store execution, and shopper engagement initiatives
• Conduct direct store observations and staff questionnaires based on predefined KPIs
• Partner with the Field Operations team to assess product availability and execution quality
• Participate in shopper research activities, including measuring purchasing conversion and evaluating retail touchpoint effectiveness
• Compare and assess different execution strategies across minimarket, supermarket, and hypermarket channels using both qualitative and quantitative approaches
• Collect, consolidate, and validate field data from store visits and research activities
• Support basic data analysis and prepare findings to help generate insights for future business planning

Our Perfect Candidate

• Fresh graduate or final-year student (with no remaining classes or thesis) in Business, Statistics, Marketing, Management, Industrial Engineering, or related fields
• Passionate about FMCG, retail operations, shopper insights, and market research
• Comfortable conducting field visits and engaging with store personnel and shoppers
• Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills with attention to detail
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to manage and validate data accurately
• Willing to travel for store visits within assigned areas
• Available for a full-time internship for 3–6 months and able to join immediately

Perfetti Van Melle is a leading candy & confectionary company. The production and distribution channel for its product is in more than 150 countries and more than 18.000 employees are working on Perfetti Van Melle.

Perfetti Van Melle Indonesia (PVMI) is the one of biggest player in candy & confectionary industry with several popular brands such as Mentos, Fruitella, Alpenliebe, Big Babol, Center Fruit, Marbel, Happydent, Chupa-chups, Golia. PVMI’s products are distributed to all areas around Indonesia and several countries in the world.

In regards to support the continuous growth of our business activities, we invite high achievers to have career with us.

Perfetti Van Melle is a leading candy & confectionary company. The production and distribution channel for its product is in more than 150 countries and more than 18.000 employees are working on Perfetti Van Melle.

Perfetti Van Melle Indonesia (PVMI) is the one of biggest player in candy & confectionary industry with several popular brands such as Mentos, Fruitella, Alpenliebe, Big Babol, Center Fruit, Marbel, Happydent, Chupa-chups, Golia. PVMI’s products are distributed to all areas around Indonesia and several countries in the world.

In regards to support the continuous growth of our business activities, we invite high achievers to have career with us.