Heineken

Internship – Global Process Excellence

The internship

Are you ready to take the first step towards an exciting career in business optimization and process enhancement? Our Continuous Process Improvement, Business Process Management and Risk Management Internship offers you the chance to gain hands-on experience in some of the most critical aspects of modern business operations.

You will gain business acumen, innovation, unleash creativity, and develop continuous improvement and process/risks skills that are getting more and more relevant in the current business environments. This internship is oriented 100% in business transactional processes (Finance, Procurement, Commerce, Marketing, Human Resources, etc.)

Some of the key activities to perform are:

• Support the implementation of a Continuous Improvement framework in HEINEKEN within 72 Operating Companies in 4 different regions and Global Functions
• Support the Global Process Excellence Team in the innovation of training and deployment content to improve processes.
• Lead the communication strategy of Global Process Excellence to keep the audience engaged and sharing best practices.
• Support the deployment of a Maturity Assessment program to understand the level of adoption of Continuous Process Improvement and Business Process Management in the operating companies.
• Enhance the framework material together with the GPEX team.
• Support the Risk Management Team to enable the operating companies to identify risks and connect the improvement methodologies to solve the risks in the business.

During your internship you will get the opportunity to get to know HEINEKEN as a company, also outside your department. We give you the trust and freedom, so you can work like a real entrepreneur. We like to bring the outside world inside and therefore we embrace new, fresh ideas with enthusiasm.

The department

An internship in a Global Process Excellence team offers unique and valuable opportunities for professional and personal growth.

Are you looking for global exposure, cross functional collaboration, mastery of continuous improvement skills, data driven decision making, networking opportunities and contribute to HEINEKEN improvement journey? This is your opportunity to join us!

The terms of employment

• Your starting date is 1 September 2025
• The internship is full-time (in consultation also 4 days a week possible)
• The duration of the internship is 5 or 6 months (in consultation with your internship supervisor)
• It is a practice-oriented internship combined with theoretical research internship (when needed).
• You will be based in Amsterdam.
• Working in a hybrid environment.
• You will receive an internship fee of €650,- gross pm based on 40 hours per week.
• You will enjoy 2 vacation days per month (based on fulltime)
• If you do not have a student OV product, your commuting expenses will be fully reimbursed.

The start of your internship

Together with a diverse group of interns from different departments you will start your internship at HEINEKEN. Together you will be introduced to the organization. Furthermore, you can organize fun activities with your fellow interns.

The unique you!

• Enthusiastic about problem-solving and process optimization in a business transactional environment.
• Quick learners with a strong analytical mindset.
• Team players and excellent communicators.

We believe that everyone has unique talents and are therefore looking for you!

• Passion for the business transactional processes.
• Knowledge in Lean Six Sigma methodology
• Excitement to learn more how to merge the Risk Management Mindset with continuous improvement.

Conditions of HEINEKEN

1. You are enrolled at an educational institution.
   1. In the case of non-EU nationality, you must be registered as an intern with a Dutch educational institution, from which we receive proof of enrollment for the current academic year from you.
   2. In case of EU nationality, you may also be registered as an intern at educational institutions outside the EU.
2. Living in the Netherlands during internship (HEINEKEN does not facilitate housing).

Interested?

Great! For more information about this vacancy or about the application process, please contact werkenbijheinekennederland@heineken.com or you can apply right now.

Are you unsure if there is a perfect match? If so, we would still encourage you to apply!

Working at HEINEKEN

Every day we work with pride on our great products that you have certainly had in your hand at a party, during a work meeting or at home on the couch. HEINEKEN is much more than just beer. What about brands like Heineken 0.0, Apple Bandit, Amstel Radler and Birra Moretti. We actively work to create a pleasant work environment where everyone feels respected and has equal opportunities. Your personality, knowledge and skills are the success of our organization.

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