Marketing Internship / Traineeship
We are Reckitt
Marketing
Marketing is at the heart of Reckitt. We pride ourselves on our unique way of driving growth for some of the world's most loved and trusted health, hygiene and nutrition brands. Our purpose and fight are what motivates us to design and deliver distinctive communications throughout our consumer funnel, so that we deliver category growth as well as a positive impact on society. With extensive media and digital teams embedded throughout the organisation, we measure both our business and our societal impact. Our global teams lead on our overarching brand strategy, brand guardianship and innovation pipeline in close partnership with R and D. Leaving our local marketing teams to deliver on our regional goals in partnership with our Sales teams. With the scale of our 2500 marketing community - alongside our leading-edge Marketing Academy - your opportunities to grow and upskill will be extensive.
Opportunities Available
To be eligible for the role, you must be enrolled in a University based in the EU and be able to obtain an internship/university agreement.
About the role
We offer various internship opportunities within our BNL Marketing teams:
Reckitt works to create healthier lives through its power brands dedicated to Health, Self-Care, and Home Hygiene.
- Assistant Product Manager for one of our brands in the Mass Market channel: Veet, Finish, Vanish, Durex & Harpic.
- Assistant Product Manager for one of our brands in the Pharmacy channel: Nurofen, Strepsils & Gaviscon
Attached to the Product Manager, you will support them in the development of the brand. You will notably be responsible for:
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Day-to-day brand management: you monitor sales and analyze their monthly evolution, present results and regular reports to your team, build ad hoc reports and recommendations based on your analyses (for example, product launch analyses or specific operations), and are responsible for competitive monitoring.
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Project development: you are responsible for the operational implementation of product launches (packaging, coordination with factories and internal departments, preparation of launch support documents), promotional offers, creative developments, and digital projects (content creation, website updates, Amazon page management).
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Relationships with internal and external stakeholders directly and strategically linked to marketing: you work daily with other departments to successfully deliver your projects (Trade, Digital, Field Sales, factories, Legal and Regulatory, as well as marketing teams in other countries and, of course, external agencies) and represent your brand with them.
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Depending on the time of year, you may also be involved in developing the brand’s strategy and commercial policy in preparation for the following year.
The experience we're looking for
- You are a Business School student and demonstrate autonomy, organization, and rigor.
- You speak English and are comfortable with numbers and analysis, while also being creative and interested in consumer goods products.
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You are fluent in French or Dutch.
- You have excellent interpersonal skills and enjoy working as part of a team.
- You are ready to show commitment and wish to invest yourself sustainably within a company.
- Finally, you ideally have previous experience in consumer goods marketing.
The skills for success
Consumer Insights, Analytical skills, Presentation skills, Drive Innovation, Creativity, Marketing optimization, Collaboration.