It’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. At JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS, we’ve made it our mission to find out . Our people have been raising the bar since day one, thinking fast and acting even faster to make an impact that’s felt around the world. JDE is the home to some of the most well-known coffee brands in the world .For more than 265 years, we have been inspired by the belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. Today our coffee & tea portfolio is available in over 100 countries around the world through iconic household names including: Jacobs, Tassimo, Moccona, Senseo, L’OR, Douwe Egberts, TiÓra, Super, Kenco, Pilao & Gevalia." We’ve built our business on the belief that everyone deserves the coffee they love – no matter who you are, where you live or how you take it.

At JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS we are inspired by our belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. We are driven by the vision that everyone deserves the coffee they love.

The Global Sales Strategy & Category Development team plays a crucial role in establishing win-win category partnerships with strategic retailers, by closely collaborating with global and local sales teams. The team represents the customer and shopper interest throughout the entire innovation process: from early feeding retailer benefits and category growth elements into the project, to the excellent execution towards the customer and shopper.

The team defines the in-store strategy for the category and identifies the key business drivers from perfect shopper understanding. They translate insights into action, by defining execution standards and developing playbooks to guide countries. It’s about defining Go-to-Market strategy for key innovations, defining the picture of success and translating it into sales fundamentals. The team works closely with countries to track progress and overcome potential barriers. They build external selling stories and create the customer engagement package, as well as create global shopper marketing guidelines and assets for transcreation in countries.

The team operates as key business partner to global sales & marketing teams, as well as other functions at the global headquarters, with stakeholders across all levels of the organization, up to the Executive Committee.

As a Global Category Development intern you will be working in an international environment and support the Sales Strategy & Category Development team. You will be in charge of analysing data across countries, customers, and segments and compiling best practices across countries. You will participate in creating trade stories and POS material playbooks for key innovations and in compiling shopper insights across countries and identifying key learnings. Part of the role is also to support in preparing multi-country workshops, trainings, and meetings. This internship is an ideal opportunity to acquire experience at a major international company.

To be successful in this role you need to be:

• student enrolled in a MSc. or MBA program at the University looking for an internship or project (graduation projects can be discussed) 
• follow one of Master's program such as Business Administration, Business Economics or equivalent
• have at least one previous internship experience (ideally within a multinational company)
• enthusiastic and pro-active
• driven and result-oriented: you want to make things happen
• fluent in English (both written and spoken)
• proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
• able to start in February/ March 2021.

For this internship at JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS a standard compensation applies. This internship is for a 6-9 month period. It is a full time internship but 4 days can be discussed. Only students still registered at a business school /university (WO) during the whole internship period will be considered. An online assessment is part of the selection process.

Your application at JDE 

If you are interested in this career opportunity at JDE, hit the “I’m application we will do our utmost to give you quick feedback. Part of interested” button and upload your application. After receiving your the recruitment procedure at JDE will be an online assessment, followed by interviews. A pre-employment check can be part of the recruitment process.