Management traineeship

Our traineeship is for ambitious high potential people who are looking for a long term relationship in a special company offering development, growth and a career!

The requirements you need to fulfill are:

• You are recently graduated with a bachelor or master degree;
• You hold a European passport;
• You have a passion to work in the Supply Chain;
• You have a high command of English language and you are a native speaker of the Dutch, French, German, Romanian, Polish, or Italian language.
• You want to develop and grow yourself.

Explore a world of opportunities and see how our Mainfreight Development Programme can kick-start your career!

Our management traineeship is an intensive 3-year program that provides you with all the tools to become a great leader, trusted specialist or sales champion. You will have the opportunity to create your own career path within Mainfreight Europe. This traineeship is all about developing you!

Your journey

Right from the start, you will get to work in an operational role and on projects whilst benefiting from a clearly defined structure of training and coaching. You will fulfill two or three different roles during the program. Each role has its own specific responsibilities and challenges. From driving a forklift and handling shipments, doing sales calls, visiting customers, leading a team to strategizing with experienced managers. You will be active in the full range of supply chain management activities!

You can follow an international career path as well as a local career path and you can fulfill roles in different disciplines. You do not have to choose from the start, you will create your own career on the way! Because we know that ambitions and interests change while your are developing and growing.

Our offer

You will learn on the job and through involvement in (strategic) improvement projects whilst being coached. Furthermore we yearly provide excellent leadership courses and team building activities. Next to this, quarterly you will participate in our so called trainee sessions which are designed to be inspirational and visionary as our European executive team is involved as well. In addition, the coordinator of our trainee programme as well as internal and external coaches will be there to help you identifying your strengths, improvement areas and how to deal with the challenges you definitely will face during your career at Mainfreight.

We have a ‘promote from within’ philosophy which means we are committed to develop you further. After the 3-year programme, we will continue to invest in you. Former trainees of the program are now on roles such as Logistic Operations Manager, Air & Ocean Branch Manager, Forwarding Business Unit Manager, European Sales Manager or European Controller.

We currently have positions available in 's-Heerensburg, Born, Zaltbommel, Utrecht and Tilburg.