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Philips Internship: Climate Action Business Analyst (non-thesis) in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Job title: Internship: Climate Action Business Analyst (non-thesis)
Starting Date : ASAP
Duration : 6 months (with preference to extend)
Location : Amsterdam (Eindhoven day once a month)
Contract : 32/40h per week
Philips is a recognized leader in sustainability, and our progress is closely monitored by investors, customers, supply chain partners, and other key stakeholders. To ensure effective decision-making and accurate reporting, we rely on robust data-driven insights. As a Business Analyst Intern within the Climate Action team, you will play a crucial role in managing and optimizing our sustainability dashboards, ensuring data integrity, and aligning our methodologies with leading external frameworks.
Your role:
Oversee and maintain all Climate Action-owned dashboards, including the Air Travel, Logistic Freight, Lease Cars, and Climate Maturity dashboards, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and timely updates.
Implement methodological improvements to enhance data quality, reporting accuracy, and alignment with key external standards such as the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), and the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders across functions (e.g., Procurement, Logistics, and Finance) to collect relevant data, validate insights, and refine dashboard functionalities.
Develop automation strategies to streamline data management processes and enhance visualization techniques for improved decision-making.
Support the integration of internal climate action initiatives into dashboards, ensuring alignment with Philips’ carbon reduction strategies and sustainability goals.
Conduct periodic reviews of dashboard performance and identify areas for improvement, proposing innovative solutions to enhance usability and impact.
Provide training and guidance to internal users to ensure they can effectively leverage dashboard insights for strategic planning and operational improvements.
You're the right fit if:
Master Degree in a relevant field such as Data Science, Business Analytics, and/or Sustainability.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience in managing large datasets and extracting actionable insights.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Power Query, Pivot Tables) and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Qlik, or similar).
Passion for sustainability and climate action, with a solid understanding of carbon accounting principles and reporting frameworks.
Ability to translate complex data sets into clear, meaningful dashboards and reports for internal and external stakeholders.
Self-starter with a proactive approach to identifying process improvements and driving alignment across teams.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and present insights effectively.
Strong project management capabilities, ensuring multiple tasks are completed efficiently and on time.
Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
In return, we offer you
Monthly full-time allowance between €500 - €700 gross, depending on educational level and if you would need to relocate to The Netherlands. If you will perform a part-time internship you will receive the allowance pro-rata.
Housing compensation, in case of relocating to the vicinity of the office, €300,- net if location is in the vicinity of Amsterdam, €255,- net for all other Philips locations. You need to provide a rental contract of the land lord, and your normal home-work travel distance need to be more than 50 km or travel time (one way trip) need to be more than 1.5 hours.
Travel compensation, if you are not eligible for a free public transport card; you will receive max. €145,- net
Paid holidays per internship term.
The opportunity to buy Philips equipment at our Philips shop
IMPORTANT:
Part of our selection procedure is a HireVue online interview recording. We are not able to share the outcome of this HireVue interview but will use this as extra selection criteria.
In order to be considered, you have to be registered as a student during the entire internship period. Formal documentation will be requested. Students from outside the EU enrolled at a Dutch university need to fill in a NUFFIC agreement – which needs to be signed by the student and the university.
Please note that the contents of our regular internship assignments are not suitable for professionals (and/or MBA students) with professional work experience.
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