Key Skills

Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Procurement intern! Would you like to help Pladis achieve its Procurement ambitions and be part of the change? Read on! Role overview The Procurement Intern will support the Ingredients, Packaging, and Indirects categories by delivering timely, accurate reporting and analysis. Based in Zaandam, the intern will collaborate with buyers, finance, and cross-functional stakeholders to contribute to category management, pricing analysis, budgeting activities, and compliance tasks. Key responsibilities and achievements Maintain contract repositories, project trackers, and category charters. Support spend management reporting and provide analytical support as required. Assist buyers with portfolio pricing analysis, system uploads, and approval workflows. Support ERP report, preparation of files and data for budgeting/AOP processes Act as first point of contact for Miscellaneous Categories, providing issue‑resolution support. Ensure adherence to procurement and other key business processes. Contribute to supplier panel communication and portfolio analyses (e.g., chemicals, vegetables). Build relationships with EDM team members and cross‑functional stakeholders. Who are you? 3rd or 4th year student pursuing a commercial Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. Strong analytical and project‑management skills. Advanced Excel capability (pivot tables, lookups, modelling). A proactive, positive ‘can‑do’ and ‘will‑do’ mentality. Ideally following or having completed a Procurement or Supply Chain‑related qualification. Enjoy variety in your day-to-day role - Able to work proficiently in both written and spoken English. Dutch is advantageous. You’re available for five or six months and five days a week. What we offer We offer you a unique opportunity to work at a large international FMCG company with well-known French and Dutch brands. The corporate culture is informal with a lot of attention for teamwork and results. Within this position you have many responsibilities and a wide range of tasks in which you can express all your qualities. You become part of an enthusiastic, compact team and are in close contact with other departments, both commercial and factory. The internship compensation is € 475,- a month, based on a fulltime workweek. Finally, as an employee of Verkade, you will of course receive free cookie 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.

Core Responsibilities

Support the Ingredients, Packaging, and Indirects procurement categories through reporting, analysis, pricing work, budgeting support, and compliance tasks. Maintain procurement records and trackers, assist buyers with system and approval workflows, and collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

Applicants should be third- or fourth-year students pursuing a commercial bachelor's or master's degree, with strong analytical and project-management skills and advanced Excel capability. They should be proactive, proficient in written and spoken English, available five days a week for five or six months, and ideally have procurement or supply-chain-related study or qualifications; Dutch is advantageous.

Benefits

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