Internship Make the connection bringing the global spare parts community together

Job Title

Job Description

Assignment type: Internship

Start date: February 2026

Assignment duration: 6 months

Location: Veghel

Education level: Bachelor

Desired study: Business Communication Business Administration or related

Language: Dutch/English

Description of assignment

The spare parts business at Vanderlande Industries is fast-paced dynamic and a critical part of our global operations. With a diverse community of employees spanning all continents effective two-way communication is essential to keep the business running smoothly.

Headquarter plays a key role in communicating the latest developments strategic decisions and updates to the regional teams. At the same time regions need to effectively share insights challenges and feedback from the field back to Headquarter. This ensures that decisions are informed operations run efficiently and customers continue to receive the high level of service they expect.

In this internship youll have the opportunity to enhance communication and collaboration across the global spare parts organization helping to bridge the gap between Headquarter and regional teams. Youll contribute to streamlining information flows improving transparency and supporting decision-making making a tangible impact on a key part of Vanderlandes business.

Department description

The Global Spare Parts department and community develop and coordinate the sale and logistics of spare parts to Vanderlandes customers. The department in the Netherlands (40 people based in Veghel) consists of multiple teams: logistics product marketing and strategy & transformation. This assignment comes from the Strategy & Transformation team. This team primarily works on executing the 2030 strategy focusing on logistics e-commerce inventory management to improve the customer satisfaction.

Tasks/responsibilities

• Design set up and implement an internal communication strategy for the spare parts community and all service stakeholders.
• Determine the most effective channels frequency and formats for sharing new developments and decisions.
• Create and manage a SharePoint team site to centralize tools resources and news articles.
• Build and maintain a community in MS Teams or Viva Engage to facilitate bi-directional communication.
• Promote engagement and ensure that communication flows both from Headquarter to regions and vice versa.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of communication initiatives and propose improvements.

Your profile

• Familiarity with communication tools preferably Microsoft online tools (e.g. SharePoint MS Teams Viva Engage)
• No programming skills required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to coordinate and engage with multiple stakeholders across the organization
• *Mandatory enrolment to a Dutch Education System & resident of The Netherlands.

Contact

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