Job description
Who are we?
Aquablu makes smart hydration systems. Our REFILL+ dispensers filter, mineralize, and flavor water on tap for offices, gyms, and hotels across Europe, so single-use bottles can go. Behind every system sits a supply chain of parts, suppliers, and consumables that has to keep moving.
Our Supply Chain & Procurement team in Amsterdam is looking for a Commercial Intern to join the team.
The internship: starts February 2027, runs six months, on-site in Amsterdam, 32 to 40 hours a week.
About the role
You'll learn how hardware gets bought, built, and delivered, by doing it. Our Supply Chain team sources the parts that go into every REFILL+ system, qualifies the suppliers who make them, and makes sure stock lands where it's needed.
You'll work across the whole chain: from the first supplier call to the order that arrives at our warehouse. These are real tasks the team relies on, with your own supplier contacts and your own numbers to own.
What you'll work on
Sourcing, hands-on: research and contact potential suppliers, prepare RFQ packs, compare quotes, and join supplier meetings. By the end, you'll have built your own supplier network.
New product launches: gather quotes and lead times for the bill of materials (BOM) of new products, and collect the data for should-cost models that show what each part should cost.
Supplier qualification: gather onboarding documents, chase compliance declarations (REACH, RoHS), and help draft supplier checklists and scorecards.
Keeping the supply chain moving: prepare intake and transport orders, track open orders, and flag anything late or unconfirmed before it becomes a problem.
Turning data into insight: compare stock across our ERP, webshop, and warehouse, help clean up ERP data, and set up spend analysis and supply chain KPI reporting.
What you'll learn
Six months here covers the full procurement cycle: finding a supplier, negotiating a quote, qualifying them, ordering, and measuring how it went. You'll see how a hardware scale-up decides what to buy, from whom, and at what price.
Possible thesis question How accurately can should-cost models predict supplier quotes for low-volume hardware components? We're open to your own angle, as long as it fits your program.
About you
A final-year HBO or WO student in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, International Business, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or similar, looking for a graduation internship
Comfortable in Excel or Google Sheets: lookups, pivot tables, and comparing data from different sources. ERP experience is a plus, not a requirement.
You like structure, and you follow up until an answer comes back
You're confident picking up the phone or writing to a supplier you've never spoken to
You take ownership and flag problems early, without waiting to be asked
Fluent English
Dutch, German, or Mandarin is a strong plus
Why Aquablu?
An internship allowance of €500 per month
Free healthy lunch at our office
Your own supplier contacts and projects, with a team that uses what you deliver
Coaching from our Supply Chain Manager, and close collaboration with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Customer Success
A fast-growing scale-up with a clear sustainability mission
The possibility to stay: if there's a fit, we'd like to discuss a role in Supply Chain after your internship
Work from our office in Houthavens, Amsterdam
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