We are growing, we are innovating, we are solving the challenges of our customers around the world every day! How do we do it? With our special mentality: We’re on it.

Are you looking for the perfect 'kick-off' to start your career after University? We have a great opportunity to start working within different areas of our business at a leading international logistics service provider for various end-customer-oriented industries. Take your chance on this  inspirational Graduate Programm! As a Management Trainee within Arvato, you will gain valuable experience within Logistics in combination with exclusive training courses and real-life assignments. You will be able to develop your competences and skills on professional level while being personally guided and coached.

Arvato acknowledges that one size, doesn’t fit all. Therefore, you will start your traineeship based on a Personal Development Plan. This custom sized plan is based upon your expertise and ambitions. Together, we will determine which path is the best match to reach your goals. We strongly believe that by 'being on it' you will find out where your strength and passion lies! The traineeship at Arvato lasts a period of approximately 18 months. 

During your traineeship, you will receive valuable soft&hard skills trainings from a senior trainer. You will strengthen your personal leadership skils, improve your professional communication skills and gain the best stakeholder management techniques. We organize intervision sessions for our Management Trainees to reflect upon your experiences and learning curves. Hard-skill trainings are organized on topics such as Lean, SAP and Finance.

Besides these training opportunities, a lot of your development takes place during working hours. You will work on challenging real-world assignments, how cool is that?! 

Hopefully you’re convinced already that Arvato is the place to be for the start of your career. But to really make sure you don’t have any doubts anymore, we will sum up some of the real-life cases you will be challenging during your Traineeship;

• Improve processes within our warehouses based on innovation and LEAN methodology. 
• Carry out a safety analysis.  
• Create a data driven analysis for a process with dashboard.  
• Increase productivity, such as number of picks per hour per employee. 
• Improve quality within the processes.  
• Sustainability topics: How can we deal with our cardboard waste? 

What you will bring to the table

You are at the starting stage in your career where you have a strong desire to further develop your existing experience, abilities and skill set in a dynamic, international and high tech environment. The following are some of the key skills, attributes and experience that we would like to see:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree, preferably in Economics or Logistics;
• Passioned about Logistics and Leadership;
• Flexible;
• Hands-on mentality; 
• Excellent oral and written skills in English;
• You are currently staying/living in the Netherlands.

What we offer
We offer you a challenging traineeship, tailored to your needs and amibtions, where you combine learning by assignments with learning by doing. It is a full-time position for 40 hours a week. We have a non-contributory pension, which means that on average you have a higher net salary compared to other companies! In addition, we offer:

• A competitive salary up to €3.172,- gross a month; 
• Travel allowance;
• 8% holiday payment;
• 25 vacation days, possibility to build up to 28 vacation days;
• Up to 40% discount on your fitness subscription;
• Telephone and laptop;
• Collective health insurance;
• ANW Insurance and WIA Hiaat insurance, fully paid for by Arvato.