Management Traineeship Benelux - Finance

Are you ready to give your career a kickstart and develop yourself into a powerful manager within international logistics? Then Kuehne+Nagel is the place for you!

Your Role

As a Management Trainee, you will go through an intensive two-year program, during which you will complete four different assignments of six months each. In addition to the steep learning curve on the job, you will follow training programs focused on personal leadership, communication, and impact. You will work on your own growth plan and build strong connections within the organization.

Your Responsibilities

To give you an impression of the types of projects you can expect, we’ve listed a few examples:

• Evaluate and improve internal control systems to minimize financial risks. This project may include conducting audits and developing risk management strategies.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities, analyze spending patterns, and improve operational efficiency. This project may involve turning these findings into a business case with improvement proposals.
• Preparing budgets and financial forecasts. Focused on gathering data from various departments and developing models to predict future financial performance.

Your Skills and Experiences

You bring ownership and a strong drive to make the Management Traineeship a success. We provide you with the right tools, and you deliver the results! Working with deadlines is crucial: in addition to major project deadlines, you will also achieve interim results. Planning, handling time pressure, and switching flexibly are essential. You turn ideas into detailed action plans and improvements, always with the goal of achieving operational excellence.

Can you tick all the boxes below? Then we would love to get in touch with you!

• Bachelor or Master degree, preferably in Economics, Management, or Finance;
• A maximum of 2 years of work experience.
• Excellent language skills of both Dutch and English.
• Curious and entrepreneurial mindset – if you see something that can be improved or done differently, we want to hear about it!
• Extra experience, such as an international internship, board year, and/or volunteer work, is a plus.
• Strong analytical mindset and refined MSExcel skills.

Good Reasons to Join

We offer you a dynamic management traineeship in an international environment, where you will be continuously challenged to get the most out of yourself every day and work on your leadership skills. In addition, we offer a competitive benefits package:

• A salary of €3,000 gross in the first year and €3.250 gross in the second year;
• 24 vacation days and 3,5 ATV days;
• Travel allowance of €0,23 per kilometer for distances from 10 to 25 kilometers from the location;
• Group discount on health insurance with CZ. Good to know: Once you successfully pass the first selection round, we will invite you to our Experience Day. This will take place on Monday, May 20th in Veghel!

About Kuehne+Nagel

With over 79.000 employees at some 1,300 locations in over 100 countries, the Kuehne+Nagel Group is one of the world’s leading logistics companies.

As an employer, Kuehne+Nagel stands for equal opportunity and we are committed to diversity in our teams. We believe that you can make a valuable contribution to Kuehne+Nagel and look forward to receiving your application.