Marketing & Innovation Intern

Koninklijke Verkade nv; Zaandam; On-site; EUR 5,000 - 5,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internship allowance €475/month

Job summary

Koninklijke Verkade nv in the Netherlands is offering an Intern Marketing & Innovation role for someone with a passion for analysing, organising and biscuits. You will join the Europe and Developing Markets Marketing team and report to the Head of Commercialization.

The internship focuses on real assignments across portfolio updates, competitive watch, social media landscaping, digital asset management and cross‑market research, with a strong emphasis on learning, development and teamwork within

Qualifications

• Candidate is proactive, self-driven and entrepreneurial.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to create marketing content and present ideas persuasively.

Responsibilities

• Updating product portfolio to keep latest overview of market offerings.
• Competition watch / tracking across region (NPD, communications).
• Maintaining samples registration tool (incoming/outgoing samples, stock on hand).
• Supporting social media landscaping & agency management.
• Championing use and upkeep of the Digital Asset Management system.
• Supporting cross-market market research test administration and execution.
• Collating inputs for cross-market best practices and case studies.
• Helping to find synergies on pack format, language clustering and pack size optimization.
• Disclose market research archive; provide key reports showing status of bands and consumer insights.
• Support project administration.
• Support in artwork development.

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Proactive

Strong communication skills

Marketing content creation

Education

Bachelor/Master or HBO in relevant field

Tools

Digital Asset Management system

Job description

We are looking for an Intern Marketing & Innovation, with a big passion for analysing, organizing 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 Europe and Developing Markets Marketing team and will report to the Head of Commercialization.

Your main responsibilities

• Updating our products portfolio to have latest overview of which products we sell in each market
• Competition watch / tracking across our region NPD, comms etc.
• Maintaining samples registration tool (incoming & outgoing samples + stock at hand).
• 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.
• Support in artwork development

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.
• Thrives 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 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 succeeds because of people like you. People who wake up in the morning excited to get to work. Who believe in themselves and their potential. Who want to grow as part of a global community of like-minded colleagues.

pladis collegues 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. -