Internship: Commodities & Sustainable Sourcing - Global Procurement

Danone; Hoofddorp; Hybrid; EUR 6,600 - 7,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

650 euro monthly internship allowance

Home working allowance

Public transport travel card

Career advice opportunities

International environment

Internship network in NL

Job summary

Danone NL invites you to join our Commodities and Sustainable Sourcing internship, based in Hoofddorp. You’ll analyze data, support global sourcing projects, help advance our Impact Journey strategy, and learn to lead cross-functional initiatives with stakeholders across FMCG markets.

Work from Hoofddorp with hybrid options, earn a 650 EUR gross monthly internship allowance and learn in a multicultural team driving sustainable sourcing.

Qualifications

• Enrolled as a Bachelor’s/Master’s student during the entire internship.
• Ideally available to start September 2026 for a minimum of 6 months, 5 days per week.
• Fluent in English – spoken and written.
• Able to work from Hoofddorp at least 2 times per week and relocate if needed.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze data from portfolios, market and price benchmarking and identify opportunities and risks.
• Present conclusions and recommendations to stakeholders in a structured way.
• Manage category and sustainable sourcing projects from design to execution with cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Co‑lead and support global RFI/RFP/RFQ events and e‑sourcing activities.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Excel proficiency

PowerPoint proficiency

Education

Bachelor's/Master's student

Tools

Excel

Power BI

PowerPoint

Job description

About The Job

Do you love to contribute with impact to decisions and execution on ingredients commodities and sustainable sourcing? Are you a proactive and analytical person who is eager to engage and lead with stakeholders? Do you thrive in dynamic, international environments and aspire to lead strategic initiatives? Then join us as our new

We will be part of the Global Ingredients Procurement Team, fully involved and have responsibilities within our Commodities team in charge of sourcing Sugar & Sweeteners, Cocoa & Chocolate, Coffee, Maltodextrin & Glucose. Your mission will be to support Sourcing Managers with your contribution to global projects on both Category Procurement and Sustainable Sourcing. Food systems and global value chains need to be transformed to be fit for the future. Our team is leading on the implementation of the Danone Impact Journey strategy across Ingredients. Amongst numerous ambitious commitments, your role will involve implementing, across our supply chain, Deforestation Conversion Free Sourcing, GHG reduction, and sourcing transition to Regenerative Agriculture. Your mission will extend beyond traditional procurement. You’ll play a vital role in advancing Danone’s ambitious Impact Journey strategy. Your role will involve key tasks that include sourcing project management, analyzing data, measuring and reporting progress, tendering, contributing to strategic and tactical decisions, leading or coordinating stakeholders, digitalizing portfolios, market and price benchmarking.

In details, your mission will be to

• Collect and analyze data from various sources (e.g. portfolios, market and price benchmarking), identify opportunities and risk, amongst other for sourcing development, efficiency, supply continuity, productivity.
• Present the conclusions and recommendations in a structured and effective way to stakeholders.
• Manage category and sustainable sourcing project from design to execution, lead and engage internal and external stakeholders, drive project planning and reporting.
• Co-lead and support global RFI/RFP/RFQ events, suppliers screening, e-sourcing.
• Support decision making by leading portfolio and sustainable sourcing digitalization with Power BI dashboards.
• Lead operational procurement activities such as contract lifecycle management, price-list, orders, vendors.

To thrive in your missions, you will be accompanied by a Commodities and Sustainable Sourcing Manager of Danone. You will join a close-knit international team with people who are eager to guide you through this experience to achieve your career goals as well as deliver great results together. You will have the opportunity to gain practical insights on how procurement and sustainability contribute to delivering value and growth for Danone.

Meet your new manager! Your manager will be Feryan Fernanda, Global Buyer Sweeteners & Cocoa. Learn more about him Feryan Fernanda | LinkedIn

About You

As a Commodities and Sustainable sourcing intern, data analysis and stakeholder management will be second nature to you. You have an analytical mindset as well as a creative side to synthesize and communicate data with excellent Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI skills. In addition, you are highly motivated and proactive, eager to engage and lead with stakeholders through solid communication skills and looking to learn and thrive in a dynamic environment. On top of that? You’re a self-starter, curious, and you possess the ability to challenge situations, act with resilience and manage numerous workstreams of projects and initiatives, who’s always looking for opportunities to learn and develop.

There are also some compulsory requirements

• Enrolled as a Bachelor’s/Master’s student in Management, Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, Economics, Sustainability, Engineering, Agronomy, Environmental Science or another related field during the whole internship period (if you are a non-EU citizen, you need to be enrolled at a Dutch university);
• Ideally available to start in September 2026 for a minimum of 6 months, 5 days per week;
• You are fluent in English - spoken and written;
• You are able to work from Hoofddorp, at least 2 times per week;
• Please note that you are required to relocate to the Netherlands (if abroad) for this internship and get a BSN.

About us

At Danone we are committed to our mission “bringing health, through food to as many people as possible”. Working together to make sure that our brands, like Hipro, Nutricia, Alpro, Activia, Nutrilon and Evian, create real benefits for people, communities and the planet. You will be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world. Being B Corp means to be part of a select movement of companies verified to be meeting the highest standards of social and environmental criteria and using business as a force for good. One Planet. One Health.

Why join us?

• Ahands-on internshipwith real impact and visibility.
• Exposure toglobal procurement strategyin a leading FMCG company.
• A steep learning curve in asupportive and international team.
• The opportunity to builda strong foundationfor a future career in procurement, supplychainor strategy.

What You’ll Learn

• How a global procurement team turns strategy into results (cost, quality, resilience).
• How to influence and manage projects in across-functional, multicultural environment.
• How to turn data into decisions (dashboards, insights, storytelling).

We offer

• A competitive gross internship allowance of 650 euros per month (based on a full-time internship);
• Home working allowance of 2.45 euros per day;
• A public transport travel card covering all office-related travel;
• Career advice opportunities such as workshops, seminars, networking events;
• International environment with 140 different nationalities in Danone NL;
• Active Internship community with 100+ interns across the Netherlands.

In the Netherlands we also offer a hybrid working environment which enables each team to meet our people's desire for flexibility. You can work from one of our People Hubs in Hoofddorp, Utrecht and Rijswijk or you can work from home.

We put people at the center of everything we do. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and ideas to the table – the impact you could make might surprise you. We are committed to embrace diversity, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA.

Need more information? Please contact Claudia Llona [e-mail]

• all applications will be considered for a vacancy without discrimination based on ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, disability, or any other protected status.