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This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in project management, commercial strategy, market research, and business development within an international trading environment.\nYou will play an active role in researching market opportunities, analyzing commercial potential, and supporting the further development and commercialization of the project.\nYour responsibilities\nSupport the day-to-day management and coordination of the project\n\nAssist in developing and executing the commercial strategy\n\nSupport commercial forecasting, market analysis, and financial modelling\n\nConduct market and competitor research across EMEA and North America\n\nIdentify potential customers and commercial opportunities\n\nConduct commercial analyses and support business development activities\n\nPrepare insights and recommendations for the project and commercial teams\n\nWho you are\nAvailable 3, 4 or 5 days per week\n\nCurrently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Commercial Economics, Business Studies, International Business, Business Administration, Marketing, Sales or a related field\n\nStrong analytical skills with a commercial and entrepreneurial mindset\n\nComfortable working with Microsoft 365, particularly Excel and PowerPoint\n\nStructured, proactive and hands-on\n\nStrong organisational and communication skills\n\nGood verbal and written communication skills in English\n\nAble to work independently while collaborating effectively within a wider team\n\nAn interest in commodities, food ingredients or international trade is a plus\n\nWhat we offer\nHands-on experience in the commercialisation of a real-life food ingredients project\n\nExposure to commercial strategy, forecasting, market research and business development\n\nClose collaboration with an experienced commercial team\n\nThe opportunity to take ownership of meaningful project-related work\n\nAn internship allowance of €450 per month, based on a 40-hour working week\n\nAn educational and varied internship within an international food ingredients company\n\nThe opportunity to gain experience in an international trading environment and contribute to a project with commercial exposure across EMEA and North America\n\nWho we are\nRoyal Ingredients Group, based in Alkmaar, part of the Cefetra Group, is a dynamic trading house with branches in the United States, India, China, Dubai, Mexico and Spain. We specialize in the international trade of raw materials/ingredients (starches, sugars and vegetable proteins) for the food, animal feed and paper industries and are active in more than 100 countries. The company culture is pleasantly relaxed when possible and businesslike when necessary. In an open office environment, we strive for short and direct communication between all departments. We are looking for new talents with a no-nonsense mentality who want to actively contribute to the further growth of the company, encouraging own initiative.\nInterested?\nContact Denise Teunissen (HR & Recruitment Specialist) at  or +31 (0)72 200 2041 and discover how you can put your knowledge into practice at Royal Ingredients!","description_format":"text","description_chars":3399,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Animal Nutrition","Food Ingredients"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T08:06:52Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":60,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-09-25T05:45:01Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":1034000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/cefetra-intern-commercial","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/cefetra-intern-commercial.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-26T00:38:08Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":605,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4395,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-27T00:00:00Z"}}}