Graduation: Cost Calculation Tooling

Vanderlande Industries GmbH; Veghel; On-site; EUR 5,600 - 6,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly internship allowance 500–550 €

Full commuting allowance

On-site health center

Employee communities

Excellent restaurant and coffee bar

Job summary

Vanderlande Industries GmbH in Veghel is seeking a motivated graduate student for a 6‑month assignment starting February 2027. The role focuses on harmonizing costing methodologies and building a functional prototype to improve proposal speed and accuracy for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia‑Pacific.

You will work with the central Sales Engineering team, document current processes, define functional requirements, and explore backend architectures using Power Platform, Python and SQL.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a Dutch education program and resident of the Netherlands.
• Interest in bridging commercial decision-making with digital tooling.
• Wamiliar with data modelling and modern analytics tooling.

Responsibilities

• Analyze costing processes across regional entities.
• Document current-state costing principles and data sources.
• Identify gaps and design requirements for a harmonized framework.
• Prototype a costing tool using Power Platform, Python or databases.
• Deliver an implementation roadmap with business justification.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Intercultural collaboration

Problem solving

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor / Master enrollment

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Power Apps

Power Automate

SQL

Python

Job description

Assignment type: Graduation

Start date: February 2027

Assignment duration: 6 months

Location: Veghel

Education level: Bachelor / Master

Desired study: Industrial Engineering, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Data Science, Technical Business Administration

Language: Dutch / English

Description of assignment

Are you passionate about bridging commercial decision-making, digital transformation, and advanced software tools? Within our TAL EMEA APAC organization at Vanderlande, Sales Engineering teams support warehouse automation proposals across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Currently, multiple costing methodologies, legacy spreadsheets, and regional calculation tools are used across various entities and technologies. This fragmentation creates inconsistencies, reduces financial transparency, increases engineering effort, and impacts proposal speed.

In this strategic assignment, you will tackle a central research question: How can TAL EMEA APAC develop and implement a harmonized costing methodology and sustainable tooling architecture that improves consistency, accuracy, maintainability, and efficiency within the commercial costing process? You will conduct stakeholder workshops across global teams, define functional requirements, investigate backend architectures, and build a functional proof-of-concept tool. Your work will directly shape how Vanderlande calculates commercial proposals worldwide, driving competitive advantage and commercial scalability.

Department description

You will join the central Sales Engineering support team within the TAL Sales Engineering organization in Veghel under the guidance of Joost Kraaijeveld.

Our department acts as the vital link between Sales, Technology, Procurement, Finance, Project Execution, and Product Management, translating complex customer needs into technically feasible and commercially viable solutions. You will operate in a dynamic, multidisciplinary, and international environment, collaborating closely with subject matter experts across EMEA and APAC.

Tasks/responsibilities

• Analyze existing costing processes, calculation methodologies, and digital tooling across regional entities
• Conduct interviews and stakeholder workshops to document current-state costing principles, assumptions, and data sources
• Identify operational risks, calculation gaps, and inefficiencies to formulate requirements for a harmonized costing framework
• Design and develop a functional prototype or proof-of-concept costing tool (e.g., leveraging Power Platform, Power BI, Python, or database architectures)
• Validate proposed solutions, test usability and scalability, and deliver an implementation roadmap with business justification

Your profile

• Strong analytical capabilities combined with a genuine interest in commercial business processes and digital tooling
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and data modelling; experience or interest in Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, SQL, or Python is strongly preferred
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with international stakeholders across cultures
• Proactive, independent worker with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving
• Mandatory enrolment to a Dutch Education System & resident of The Netherlands

What we offer

• A monthly internship allowance (based on a 40-hour work week):
  Bachelor: €500 per month
  Master: €550 per month
• Full commuting allowance, including public transport, depending on whether you have access to free public transport or not

• On-site health center with gym

• Active employee communities and initiatives

• Excellent company restaurant and barista coffee bar