Givaudan Careers Commercial Intern - Fixed Term

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Commercial Intern

Join our team as a Commercial Intern, supporting the Key Account Manager and broader Commercial team.

In this role, you will:
Assist with managing customer project systems, ensure timely follow-up on key actions from customer visits, and provide essential administrative and secretarial support.
You will also be responsible for maintaining and updating Commercial and Customer systems, as well as managing customer Master Data to ensure accuracy and consistency across all platforms.

Responsibilities:

Sales Coordination:
- Prepare monthly Sales reports to monitor customer and territory performance.
- Support the Sales Team with general CRM activities to maintain accurate and up-to-date customer information.
- Plan and coordinate customer visits in collaboration with the Sales Team.
- Plan and coordinate customer meetings and visits in line with business priorities and schedules.
- Assist with preparing presentation materials for customer engagements led by the Key Account Manager.
- Manage the process for price quotation requests, ensuring timely and accurate communication with customers.
- Monitor customer price adjustment schedules and ensure timely updates of pricing information in all systems.
- Maintain accurate customer Master Data, ensuring consistency, reliability, and compliance across all commercial systems and processes.
- Assist the Key Account Manager with customer identification activities in new territories
- Assist in quarterly update of territory potential file

Sample Management:
- Request samples from production units through the CRM system for customer briefs or product comparisons.
- Coordinate and dispatch all customer samples, ensuring that required documentation and certifications are included.
- Manage and track all sample requests within the customer project system, maintaining up-to-date records.
- Communicate proactively with customers to provide updates on sample status and delivery timelines.

Secretarial:
- Assist with travel arrangements requirements for the Key Account Manager.
- Assist with action and minute taking of all project meetings
- Monitor project timelines and proactively send reminders to team members to ensure timely task completion.
- Handle general filing and correspondence for the department, ensuring records are organized and up to date.
- Maintain electronic filing systems for customer documentation, visit reports, and product information.
- Foster effective communication with cross-functional teams—including Development, Marketing, CMI, andSystem Power-Users—to complete tasks and maintain workflow efficiency.

Academic Background
● Business Administration Qualification (or equivalent)

Preference will be given to EE Candidates

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.