Internship Buying - Compliance & Sustainability

Your potential tasks:

• Monitoring chemical & physical product testing

• Working together with the packaging team on the development of sustainable product packaging, labels, and tags

• Reviewing all new products, systems, or processes to enable sustainability practices

• Supporting certification process sustainable products and packaging

• Optimizing and/or developing new internal policies and procedures to maintain compliance

• Assisting the buying department with orders, sample management, product communication to stores, and more!

Our ideal candidate traits: 

• Able to prioritize workload, have good organizational skills and a good eye for detail and is a multi-tasker.

• Analytical thinker with strong conceptual and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately with colleagues, suppliers and others at all levels in English.

• Highly motivated to learn and develop 

• A creative eye &  Demonstration of a commercial aptitude 

• Passionate about sustainable and fashion products with an understanding of materials.

• Interested in learning more about legal requirements, documentation, and procedures.

• Currently enrolled in a study, ideally Fashion/Retail/product related 

• HBO / Bachelor or Master level (Bachelor’s in (fashion) business management, Bachelor’s in Environmental Law, or a related field)

Eligibility: 

For this internship, you have to be available for 5 months from September 2024. Please note that your application will only be considered if you are enrolled at your school or university for the full duration of your internship. Additionally, you have to be an EU citizen, or a non-EU student studying in the Netherlands and having this internship as a mandatory part of your curriculum to comply with Dutch law. 

What we offer you: 

• An empowering, playful and inclusive work environment where your voice will be heard and valued. This is how we live our purpose of "Together we lift each other up". 

• Diverse learning opportunities like trainings on personal branding, business influence, innovation, a department fair, and an intern’s Dragon Den. 

• A buddy program with personal coaching to discover your potential, guide your growth and build your network. 

• Our Fun, Vital and Happy well-being initiatives including free weekly workout sessions and access to free mental health coaches, as well as an in-office massage chair (how cool is that!). 

• A work-from-home (WFH) scheme: 40% WFH – 60% in-office (if your internship allows it). 

• Internship allowance of 450€ per month with 8+ holiday days (based on 40h/week). 

• A travel allowance of max. 9,50€ per day (based on your travel distance), if you don’t have a free Student OV Chipcard. 

• Access to 25-55% staff discount and a company laptop. 

Hunkemöller’s “Best Internship in Retail” is not just a chance to add a few lines to your CV or to complete a study module from school or university. It’s an opportunity to kick-start your future career, as you will be joining the leading lingerie brand in Europe. Join a Retailer that's on the move to be better for our planet, better for people, better together! From diversity & inclusion, reducing waste, to product care and how we work with our suppliers, our “Together Tomorrow” initiative reflects what we do and helps drive change across our business, employees & customers. 

Curious for more company info? Go to https://jobs.hunkemoller.nl/en/hq-jobs/interns to read more about our “Best internship in Retail”.  

Apply now with your CV (in English) or LinkedIn & join the Hunkemöller lifestyle! If you have any questions, please contact our Recruitment Team via [email protected].