Job Description
In this role, you have the opportunity to:
Doing an internship with Philips Kitchen Appliances means being part of our global consumer marketing team from day 1. You will have many responsibilities by managing projects on your own. It will give you the opportunity to learn from and work with inspiring, ambitious people in different disciplines. You will get a good flavor of the consumer marketing world within Philips; delivering meaningful innovations to consumers every day
You are responsible for
- You will be a member of the Global Kitchen Appliances consumer marketing team and participate in activities in the product development within Healthy cooking. In addition, you will work with functional experts in the areas of marketing,
- You will assist in re-structuring the existing product portfolios, and managing geographical product rollouts. a close collaboration with the key functions and agencies preparing content, as well as a fluent and frequent communication with manager and key market organizations.
Philips Kitchen Appliances is part of the Domestic Appliances Business Group, one of the pillars of Philips Personal Health sector. We drive activities related to the definition, development and introduction of products within the Philips Kitchen Appliances portfolio. It is located at the divisional headquarters in Amsterdam and cooperates with different divisions such as design, consumer care centers, innovation sites and country sales organizations.
- Currently studying towards their Bachelor in Sciences or Master in Sciences WO (Bsc./Msc.) in the areas of Business Management and/or Marketing with a focus on B2C (preferably in Marketing, Business Administration, or Economics).
- Entrepreneurial attitude and show commercial and interpersonal skills
- Able to combine a strong market- and consumer drive with product and industrial affinity and creativity.
- An excellent communicator, with keenness to convince others.
- Fluent in oral and written English.
- Because of the multi-disciplinary teams, you need to have a broad interest in various fields of activity.
- Having good planning and organization skills
- Able to balance strategic thinking with a “hands on” and pragmatic approach
- The opportunity to run an internship assignment which is not suitable for thesis and in which we require your presence 5 days/week.
- Duration: We prefer student to be available for at least 6 months, with a preference to extend
- Preferred start date: Per March-April 2018
Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a healthier society through meaningful work, focused on improving 3 billion lives a year by delivering innovative solutions across the health continuum.
Required documents in order for us to continue with your application:
- Resume
Please note that in order to be considered for an internship, you need to be registered as a student during the entire internship period. Formal documentation of which may be requested at any time. Students from outside the EU need to fill in an NUFFIC agreement, which needs to be signed by the student and the university.
Please note that the contents of our regular internship assignments are not suitable for professionals (and/or MBA students) with professional work experience.