Category Management Intern - Food Service

Shell; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 17,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote/mobile working

Competitive starting salary

Job summary

Shell is offering a Category Management Internship in Rotterdam to support the Foodservice Benelux & France team across purchasing, operations, marketing implementation and strategic projects.

You will work with Buyers, Category Managers and stakeholders on project planning, data analysis and performance reviews to drive commercial results. Open to students in relevant fields with strong Excel and Power BI skills and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or recently completed Bachelor's or Master's in a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with data fluency.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Good Excel skills; interest in business performance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Project Support: Coordinate cross-functional Foodservice projects from planning to implementation.
• Buying & Category Support: Analyze category performance, sales, margins and product data.
• Operations Support: Analyse operational performance and support rollout of initiatives across locations.
• Marketing & Commercial Implementation Support: Track campaigns and enable data-driven execution.
• Reporting & Business Insights: Develop dashboards and reports to provide actionable insights.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel skills

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Communication skills

English proficiency

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration / related field

Tools

Power BI

Job description

To be eligible for this internship, applicants must be currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program and already reside in the Netherlands throughout the internship period.

What's the Role?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Category Management Intern to join our Foodservice Benelux & France team in Rotterdam.

In this role, you will support the Foodservice business across purchasing, operations, marketing implementation and strategic projects. Working closely with Buyers, Category Managers, Operations and Marketing stakeholders, you will help coordinate initiatives, analyse business performance, support operational improvements and contribute to the successful delivery of key projects.

This internship offers broad exposure to the commercial and operational aspects of a leading foodservice business whilst enabling you to develop valuable skills in project management, stakeholder engagement, business analytics, operations and commercial decision-making.

• This internship is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• The internship is expected to start in October 2026.
• The assignment duration is 6 to 12 months, depending on candidate availability and business requirements.
• Candidates must be available to work 32-40 hours per week.
• The role follows standard Dutch office working hours.

What You'll Be Doing

Project Support

• Support cross-functional Foodservice projects from planning through implementation.
• Coordinate project activities and follow up on agreed actions and deliverables.
• Track project timelines, milestones and KPIs.
• Gather, analyse and present project-related insights and recommendations.
• Prepare presentations, reports and project updates for stakeholders.

Buying & Category Support

• Support product assortment reviews and category performance analysis.
• Analyse sales, margin, pricing and product performance data.
• Assist with supplier information management and documentation.
• Support business planning and performance reviews with Category Managers and Buyers.
• Help identify opportunities to improve category performance and commercial results.

Operations Support

• Assist in analysing operational performance and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Support the implementation of Foodservice initiatives across locations.
• Monitor operational KPIs and prepare performance reports.
• Coordinate follow-up actions resulting from operational reviews and field feedback.
• Contribute to initiatives that improve customer experience and business performance.

Marketing & Commercial Implementation Support

• Support the rollout of promotional campaigns and seasonal initiatives.
• Assist with execution planning and implementation tracking.
• Coordinate marketing communications, materials and promotional assets.
• Monitor campaign execution and compile feedback from stakeholders and locations.
• Support commercial initiatives through data analysis and performance reporting.

Reporting & Business Insights

• Support the development and enhancement of reporting tools and dashboards, including Power BI.
• Create reports and visualisations that enable data-driven decision-making.
• Analyse business performance and identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Translate complex datasets into clear and actionable business insights.
• Help improve reporting consistency, automation and data quality.

What You Bring

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Commercial Economics, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Operations Management, Marketing, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• Final-year Bachelor's students will also be considered.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work confidently with data.
• Good Excel skills and an interest in business performance analysis.
• Experience with Power BI or other reporting tools is an advantage.
• Strong organisational and project coordination skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across different business functions.
• Proactive, structured and eager to learn in a dynamic commercial environment.
• Interest in foodservice, retail, operations and commercial business performance.
• Dutch language proficiency is preferred but not required.
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.

What The Intern Will Gain

• Exposure to purchasing, operations and marketing within a foodservice business.
• Experience managing projects across multiple functions.
• Opportunity to work with internal and external stakeholders.
• Development of analytical, commercial and project management skills.
• Insight into how foodservice strategy is translated into operational execution.
• This position description would fit very well within your Shell Foodservice team because it reflects the reality of supporting the Buyer, Operations Manager and Marketing Implementer while allowing the intern to own smaller projects independently.

What We Offer

• You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

We’d like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal.

Who We Are

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing 103,000people and with operations in more than 70countries. We use advanced technologies and take an innovative approach as we seek to help the world build a sustainable energy future.

Shell is a customer-focused organisation, serving more than1million commercial and industrial customers, and around 33 millioncustomers daily at more than 47,000Shell-branded retail service stations.

Our approach

Powering Progress sets our strategy to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050, generating value for our shareholders, our customers and wider society. As we move forward on this journey, we will power lives and respect nature while maintaining our core values of honesty, integrity, and respect for people.

Our values

At Shell, we share a set of core values – honesty, integrity and respect for people – which underpin all the work we do. The Shell General Business Principles, Code of Conduct and Ethics and Compliance Manual help everyone at Shell act in line with these values and comply with relevant laws and regulations.

Note: As part of your application, please submit a motivation letter along with your resume. The motivation letter should outline your reasons for applying to this position and how your skills and experiences align with the job requirements. This will help us better understand your interest in the role and your suitability for the position.

Shell in The Netherlands

The Netherlands is one of the two founding countries of the company. Here 9,380 employees (March 2024) of more than 100 nationalities jointly work to provide the country with energy for today, for tomorrow and for you.

Energy for today

The refinery at Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam (Pernis) - Europe’s largest -is facing a cleaner future with less carbon emissions. Chemicals Park Moerdijk is transitioning to a circular future. Shell operates multiple wind and solar farms in the Netherlands. Both onshore and offshore, Shell is exploring for and producing oil and gas via the Nederlandsche Aardolie Maatschappij, NAM (50% Shell, 50% ExxonMobil). Shell is the market leader in transport fuels. Dutch motorists take 3 billion litres of fuel from 570 Shell retail stations (May 2024) annually, while thousands of Shell's own fast EV charge points and Shell Ubitricity normal charge points are being installed as we speak.

Energy for tomorrow

At the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam (ETCA), research is conducted into low CO2energy technologies and sustainable solutions for energy and chemicals. Near Rotterdam Shell builds Europe's biggest green hydrogen plant of the continent. From Amsterdam and The Hague, ShellNederland leads the transition of the corporation to a more sustainable future, with 6.5 billion euros invested in solar panels, wind farms, green hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, EV charging and other groundbreaking solutions for the future.

Energy for you

Even after the company HQ moved to London in January 2022, Shell's commitment to the Netherlands remains very strong. The Hague still housing the headquarters of three of Shell's business divisions, and Rotterdam stays a key trading, marketing and sales hub for Shell products. Combined Shell in the Netherlands works to bring its wide range of energy products as close as possible to you as an energy consumer. This includes a Shell Impact Fund to make the energy transition closer to people with financial challenges, this includes EV chargers on the corner of your street via our daughter companyUbitricityand this includes keeping the country warm in winter with Liquid Natural Gas.