• Job Description

  Req#: 345814

  Job Title

  Competitive Intelligence Internship

  Job Description

  We’re looking for a Competitive Intelligence Intern to join our Signify Competitive Intelligence team in Amsterdam.

  Working for Signify means being creative and adaptive. Our culture of continuous learning and commitment to diversity and inclusion creates an environment that allows you to build your skills and career. Together, we’re transforming our industry.

  As the world leader in lighting, we’re constantly ahead of the curve. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we’re breaking new grounds in data analytics, AI, and smart homes, offices, cities and more!

  Signify is one of the few companies in the world to achieve carbon neutrality and our next sustainability goals are even bolder: doubling our positive impact on the environment and society by 2025.

  This role is part of Signify Competitive Intelligence team (within the Group Strategy & Sustainability department) which is responsible for monitoring key competitive trends and opportunities at global level advising and supporting company leadership.

  This is a unique opportunity to work with a team that influence the strategy and competitive positioning of a global company. Being analytical and aspiring for delivering insights must be in your DNA. Are you the enthusiastic, talented intern we’re looking for?

  We’re on the lookout for forward-thinking innovators with a passion for sustainability. If you match this description, get in touch!

  We are Signify, the new company name of Philips Lighting.

  We’re the world leader in lighting for professionals, consumers and for the Internet of Things. Our passion for sustainability makes us one of the top 10 greenest companies in the world.

  What you’ll do

  • Work on key competitive intelligence projects to deliver strategic insights to senior management

  • Support the Competitive Intelligence analysts on their day-to-day activities and regular reporting to senior management

  • Collaborate with the broader Strategy & Sustainability department on high-impact strategic projects

  • Optimize your learning curve and teach you the basics of market and competitive analysis in a multinational environment

  Your qualifications

  • Finalizing a Bachelor or Master's degree preferably in a quantitative field (business, statistics, computer science, engineering)

  • An excellent analytical thinker with a pragmatic approach and great problem solving

  • Able to monitor the web, news, social media, blogs to collect relevant competitive information

  • Able to synthesize your findings in a crisp and clear manner and provide strategic recommendations

  • Very good knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, fluent in English

  • Available for 6 months

  • Ready to learn on the job

  • Internship not combined with thesis

  What you’ll get in return…

  • Continuous mentoring and feedback throughout your internship

  • Internship allowance; the exact amount depends on your situation (also towards rented accommodation or public transportation)

  • Paid leave on the basis of 1 day per month

  • Extensive set of tools to drive your career, such as a personalized learning platform

  • Opportunity to purchase products in the staff shop at reduced prices

  See #SignifyLife through the eyes of our employees!

  As an intern you will be part of the intern program in the Netherlands consisting of several events, trainings and networking opportunities with your peer students. Join us and shine brighter together!

  Who we are

  Signify is the world leader in lighting. We provide professional customers and consumers with quality, energy-efficient LED lighting. And our lights, when connected, bring data to devices, apps and people – redefining what light can do and how you use it. Today, our innovations, such as LiFi – internet connectivity through light – and UV-C, solar and horticultural lighting, contribute to a safer, smarter, more sustainable world.

  We’re operating in 74 countries with 32,000 people worldwide

  Notes

  • EU/EER students: In order to be considered for this internship, you need to be registered as a student during the entire internship period. Formal documentation of this may be requested at any time.
  • Non-EU students in Dutch Universities: You need to be registered as a student and your university needs to sign the Nuffic Agreement. The internship needs to be a compulsory part of your studies (receive ECTS in turn). In case of non-compulsory internship, you need to have a letter from the university in which it states that your internship contributes to your personal development, what your learning goals are and what tasks you will undertake during your internship. The letter has to be signed and stamped by your university.
  • Non-EU students in non-Dutch Universities: You need to be registered as a student and the internship should be a compulsory part of your studies. Also, you need to be able to get the official approval of your university for this internship (Nuffic agreement).

  Please apply only if you can meet the aforementioned requirements.

• About the company

  Signify NV, formerly known as Philips Lighting NV, is a Dutch multinational lighting corporation formed in 2016 as a result of the spin-off of the lighting division of Philips.

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