For more than 265 years, JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) is inspired by its belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee or tea. We are fuelled by our purpose of unleashing the possibilities of coffee and tea to create a better future. Today, our coffee & tea portfolio is available in more than 100 developed and emerging markets, through a portfolio of over 50 brands that collectively cover the entire category landscape led by leading household names such as L’OR, Jacobs, Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts, Old Town, Super, Pickwick and Moccona. 

JDE is part of JDE Peet’s, the world’s largest pure-play coffee and tea company, headquartered in The Netherlands.

What’s it like to work at JDE?

We are proud of our passionate, driven associates that challenge the status quo and pursue mastery in everything they do. Our goal is simple and ambitious – JDE: A coffee & tea for every cup.

At JDE, we're Made to Stand Out. Every day we are progressive in outlook, ambitious in nature, resourceful in action and decisive in approach, bringing coffee and tea moments to everyone around the world.

Working with us means you’ll be making an impact in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. We work as a team, celebrating success and supporting one another. Our associates work with a diverse group of like-minded people, in an innovative environment committed to doing the right thing – all across the world. What you do here will get noticed. 

Are you a student looking for an Internship starting around September 2021? Are you looking for an internship that will offer you an assignment in one of our running projects and that will challenge you with a wide ranging variety of work and opportunity? Are you living in Europe and enrolled in a European University? If you are, then keep reading! We pride ourselves on being able to offer interns a challenging experience in our daily work. 

As the Modelling-Statistics R&D team for JDE, our team is responsible for delivering a great variety of data analytics using a range of data science skills (including predictive modelling, Machine Learning, Text Analytics, Design of Experiments, sampling…); recommending approaches to share data insights with the other teams, from a broad range of business functions.  

In your role as a Modelling-Statistics R&D intern, the analytics you generate will product insights for innovation and renovation projects. You will support the following activities: 

• Setting up designs of experiments 

• Acquiring data from various data sources and combining them, ready for analysis 

• Dashboarding data for hypothesis generation 

• Statistically modelling data for insight extraction 

• Converting complex outcomes into impactful recommendations 

• Work on a personal project to be confirmed within the first 3 months of placement based on interest and current project work 

Do you fulfill the following requirements? 

• Background in Statistics / Data Science 

• Some coding experience (R, SQL, …) 

• Good organizational skills (organizing, reporting, etc.) 

• Good communication skills 

• Fluent in English (spoken and written)  

You will be able to independently plan and execute experiments related to your project areas, as well as produce technical reports/presentations and periodically communicate key findings to stakeholders. You will be a part of one of the teams within R&D, but also have the opportunity to interact with your peers in other departments within and outside of R&D. In addition, at busy times, you may be expected to support other ongoing project activities outside of your immediate team and, for some disciplines, occasional international travel may be required. 

This role is for Master students in the final phase of their studies for a 6 months internship at our Utrecht Research and Development Center. 

To be successful in this role, you need to be enrolled at a University for the whole duration of the internship in a degree related to Data Science and/or Statistics. You are highly motivated, an excellent communicator, fluent in English, inquisitive, analytical and prepared to work in a fast-paced, dynamic international environment. 

The monthly internship allowance is € 450,- for a HBO student or € 500,- for a WO student, based on a fulltime 40 hour workweek. The internship starts at the beginning of September 2021, and is for a period of 6 months. 

Timeline: 

• May: Application stage 

• Mid-June: Video Interviews 

• June-July: Contract stage 

• Beginning of September: Start of internship 

To apply, please visit our JDE Career Site (jacobsdouweegberts.com), and include resume and cover letter (please indicate interested team and/or type of projects in the cover letter) before the 31st of May.