Internship Marketing: Pastry - Bread/Italian Savoury

Ready to put your education into practice and share our taste for life?
Together with you we want to empower you to achieve this mission with us. We value you as a person and actively support you on your professional journey, while caring about your future. Join our big little family as an intern and let’s make products for you and the world to love.

Do you share our taste for life?

Your role
To support our International Pastry & Bread and Italian Savoury Category Teams, we are looking for a Marketing Intern. It will be an exciting job where you actively cooperate in extending our branded product portfolio in foodservice, bakery and retail. Additionally, you will have extensive contact with R&D, quality, controlling and our sales teams across Europe.

In this internship, you will also support international category marketing and product management activities, with a strong focus on innovation, portfolio management and product lifecycle support.

Your responsibilities include:

• Supporting International Pastry & Bread and Italian Savoury Category Teams.
• Consolidating customer benchmarking, consumer trends and competitor product benchmarks, and bringing key take-outs in an actionable way.
• Supporting Product Managers in product portfolio analysis.
• Updating data banks: DAMS (photos, videos, collections…), Salsify (commercial descriptions with focus on BOR).
• Lifecycle product management tasks: master data, code creation, volume consolidation, technical product sheets, costing.
• Supporting the development and implementation from concept to product launch of NPD or key platforms, including preparation of launch materials (photo shoots, trade presentations, sales materials, communication tools…).
• Sharing best practices amongst countries on portfolio management & catalogue of innovation.
• Preparing product post-launch evaluations.
• Liaising with R&D & Supply Chain for product development and planning.
• Administrative tasks such as organising product tastings and product sampling.
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• You will join our big little family: As an intern you are part of our big little family! Our associates are the beating heart of our company – they bring the flavour to our organisation. We cherish each member, prioritising their well-being and supporting their professional journey. As a global family business, we foster a human-centric approach where everyone feels welcome and valued.
• A challenging internship in a people oriented organisation: We offer you a first work-experience in an international company having a dynamic, driven and ambitious culture and a collegial atmosphere. At Vandemoortele, you will get the chance to develop your talents and competences and explore your interests.
• We make products for you to love: We are a team of passionate food enthusiasts. In our mission to shape a tasty future we strive to create a wide range of food solutions that connects people, cultures and traditions. You can kickstart your day with a delicious croissant fresh out of the oven and enjoy tasty food in our company restaurant. In our cosy coffee corners, you will find healthy fruit baskets to enjoy your break to the fullest.
• Easy to reach: Our HQ is located close to a bus stop and highway exits.
• Professional guidance: You’ll get to be a part of a team of professionals who can’t wait to share their experience with you and guide you during your internship.
  
  

Are you the one we’re looking for?

• You’re a Bachelor/Master student in Business Administration, Marketing or a related field, looking for a challenging internship in Ghent, Belgium, with a duration of 3 – 6 months, starting in September 2026.
• You have affinity and a strong interest in marketing, category management and product innovation.
• You are detail oriented and have a structured mindset.
• You have project management skills and a good eye for detail.
• You’re an energetic, ambitious and motivated student, ready to take your first step in the professional world.
• You’re a passionate food-lover.
• You have excellent communication & presentation skills, written and verbal, in English. French/Dutch is a plus.