Internship Brand Marketing & Communications Chupa Chups

WELCOME TO PERFETTI VAN MELLE

A great place to work in an environment where there is a lot of room for the people element, focus on your development and to get inspired by others through the international team dynamics. Sounds good? Then welcome to Perfetti! Perfetti van Melle is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of confectionery and chewing gum. We create imaginative products and brands that are enjoyed in over 150 countries, such as Mentos, Fruittella and Chupa Chups.

The internship opportunity

We are looking for an intern as part of our Global Indulgence Marketing team. This team exists to manage our global brands (such as Chupa Chups) and define product innovation roadmaps, leverage global brand communication platforms coordinate new product development and much more. In particular, we are looking for an intern who will support and assist the Chupa Chups marketing team in various brand projects and initiatives as well as day to day administrative tasks.

• Support with preparation of presentations, analysis and reports around Chupa Chups communications and portfolio management.
• Support with the organization and maintenance of samples from the global portfolio and competition as well as inbound and outbound samples management.
• Support with issuing and following up with purchase orders and invoices on SAP.
• Support the management of packaging from AW brief to approvals and management in close connection with global agency.
• Support with the exchanging with global markets in relation to ongoing activities, New Product Development projects and communications.
• Support with various activities around brand communications such as engaging and supporting local markets needs, supporting on briefing and evaluations and managing content production for all relevant channels as well as pre-production and post production activities when applicable including testing for optimal creative output.
• Analyze and support optimization of global content development & production process against pre-set KPI’s, generating campaign performance reports.
• Support the coordination and the rollout and landing of global campaigns & brand-led communication initiatives to markets including the maintenance of the assets library.
• Assist the Chupa Chups marketing team with overall administrative duties

What team will you be a part of?
You will be part of our Indulgence Marketing team, consisting of three teams: Chupa Chups, Alpenliebe and Fruittella. Your team (the Chupa Chups team) consist of approximately five people. Your will report to our Senior Brand Manager.
 

What are we looking for

• You are looking for a ‘Meewerkstage’ (work-internship) for at least 20 weeks at a Dutch HBO/University.
• You currently study Marketing, Communications or anything related
• You have strong English skills as this is the main language in our business
• You are eager and proactive: you approach people easily, are eager to pick up work and new projects for your development and you are not afraid to ask for help when needed

What do we offer

• An inspiring and international environment to learn and develop yourself
• An internship allowance of EUR 450 gross based on fulltime + options for travel reimbursement
• Opportunity to work partially from home after the first two months of your internship
• Office lunch every other Wednesday

Interested? Send us your resume and motivation letter. 

Please note, as this is an internship, your motivation matters more than your experience. Therefore applications without a motivation letter will not be taken into consideration. If you are interested in more than one internship opportunity at Perfetti van Melle, please only apply once and mention this in your motivation letter.

For more information we kindly invite you to visit our global website.
Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.