Marketing & Innovation Intern

Koninklijke Verkade nv; Zaandam; On-site; EUR 4,500 - 6,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internship fee €475 per month

Job summary

Koninklijke Verkade nv is seeking an Intern in Marketing & Innovation to join the Western Europe and Emerging Markets Marketing team. You will support data-driven branding, portfolio presentation, and market research across regions, with a focus on driving growth and consumer insights.

This internship offers hands-on experience in a large FMCG company, exposure to cross-market activities, and a clear path to develop marketing content, analytics, and project administration skills.

Qualifications

• Seeking a proactive, entrepreneurial student with strong communication and creative mindset.
• You are studying or in the final phase of Bachelor/Master university or HBO in a relevant field.
• Able to thrive in a dynamic environment and present ideas persuasively.

Responsibilities

• Maintain samples registration tool (incoming/outgoing samples + stock).
• Update portfolio visuals for export markets and country allocations.
• Monitor competition and track NPD, communications for the region.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Creativity

Proactive

Education

Bachelor/Master HBO in Marketing/Business

Tools

DAM system

Job description

We are looking for an Intern Marketing & Innovation, with a big passion for analysing, organising and biscuits. We offer you the opportunity to join our team and contribute to our mission to bring ‘Happiness with every bite’. The Intern Marketing & Innovation will be a part of the Western Europe and Emerging Markets Marketing team and will report to the Head of Commercialisation.

Your main responsibilities

• Maintaining samples registration tool (incoming & outgoing samples + stock at hand).
• Updating our portfolio to present to export markets and have visuals of which sku’s go to which country.
• Competition watch / tracking across our region NPD, comms etc.
• Supporting with social media landscaping & agency mgmt.
• Championing Digital Asset Management system use and upkeep.
• Supporting in cross-market market research test administration and execution.
• Collating inputs for cross-market best practice sharing / case studies.
• Support to find synergies on pack format / language clustering / pack size optimisation within region
• Disclose market research archive; provide selection of key reports that show status of our bands and main consumer insights.
• Support in project administration.
• Maintain archive of delisted portfolio overview

What do you bring?

• A proactive and self-driven individual with an entrepreneurial mindset, always seeking. opportunities to drive growth and contribute to the company's success.
• Studying, or in the final phase of Bachelor / Master university or HBO in relevant field of study.
• Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, adapting quickly to changing priorities and leveraging creativity to overcome challenges.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create compelling marketing content and present ideas persuasively.
• Energy and enthusiasm to support the ideation and development of new products, ensuring they meet consumer needs and align with brand positioning.

What we offer

We offer you a unique opportunity to work at a large international FMCG company with well-known Dutch & international brands. The company culture is informal, with a strong focus on teamwork and results. You will become part of an enthusiastic team and be in direct contact with various internal departments. In addition, you will quickly be given many responsibilities in the department, and you will be given a diverse range of tasks, focusing on your development. We offer an internship fee of €475, - per month on a full-time basis.

Who are we?

Koninklijke Verkade, founded in 1886, with amazing brands like Verkade and Sultana, is part of pladis since 2016. pladis is one of the world's leading snacking companies. We are the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. A worldwide community with 16.000 colleagues around the world. Each of us bring our experience in happiness. Each of us is unique, but we find each other as a family of bakers and chocolatiers, hardworking, with pride and purpose. After all these years we believe that biscuits and chocolate bring people together. We are pladis. We bake Happiness. Happiness with every bite.

pladis colleagues care deeply about being the best. About winning, staying the course and never giving up. Whichever part of the world we’re in, whatever our role. Whether we’re baking, working in HR, finance, marketing or many other areas – we win as one pladis team.

And while we’re all unique, we share something in common. It’s the code by which we live and work. We call it our ‘Winning Traits & Behaviours’: Purpose Led, Agile, Collaborative, Positive and Resilient. Five aspects of pladis life that define who we are, how we interact and get things done.

If pladis sounds like the place where you can thrive and help write the next chapter in our growth story, then check out opportunities around the world and follow us for the latest information from our teams.

More information can be found at www.pladisglobal.com

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do and is reflected across our business. pladis brings together brands and people from around the globe – and this diversity is our great strength.

We’re an equal opportunities employer and believe in encouraging an inclusive environment where we celebrate diversity of thinking and respect everyone’s distinctive qualities and perspectives.

• All applications will be treated with confidentiality. Third Party or Recruitment Agencies are not welcomed.