Mainfreight Development Programme

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02 July 2025

Management Traineeship 's-Heerenberg

Transport | 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands

Start Your Career in Supply Chain with Mainfreight’s Graduate Program

Hands-On Experience from Day One

Kickstart your logistics career with real-world experience in a dynamic, operational role. Mainfreight’s three-year supply chain traineeship offers you the chance to work on impactful projects while receiving structured training, mentoring, and leadership development.

You’ll rotate through two or three diverse roles, each with unique responsibilities and challenges—from driving a forklift and managing shipments to making sales calls, visiting customers, and even leading a team. This well-rounded experience will give you deep insight into global supply chain management.

Local Roots, Global Opportunities

Our graduate program offers both international logistics career paths across Europe and local opportunities within your home country. You don’t have to lock in your long-term plan from day one—our flexible structure allows you to shape your future as your interests evolve.

What You’ll Gain in the Mainfreight Graduate Program

Alongside daily learning on the job, you’ll take part in:
•   Process improvement projects
•   Annual leadership development courses
•   Team-building activities and offsites
•   Quarterly trainee sessions with European leadership and branch managers

These sessions are designed to be inclusive, visionary, and inspirational—offering networking opportunities and visibility within the business. You’ll also benefit from personalized support from our graduate program coordinator, who will help you identify your strengths, areas for growth, and career development strategies.

Career Growth and Internal Promotion

At Mainfreight, we believe in promoting from within. Your journey doesn't stop after the three-year program. Many of our former trainees have gone on to become:
•   Operations Managers
•   Air & Ocean Branch Managers
•   Specialists in Finance, IT, and International Operations
With Mainfreight, the world is truly your oyster.

Who We’re Looking For

We make decisions with the next 100 years in mind. That’s why we seek graduates who value long-term growth and broad experience. We’re looking for future leaders who:
•   Hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree.
•   Are eager to start a career in the global supply chain and logistics industry.
•   Speak fluent English & Dutch. Other language is a plus (French, German, Romanian, Polish, Italian, or Spanish).

Frequently Asked Questions

What we do?

As a part of Mainfreight, you can expect to be helping some of the world’s largest brands become more competitive and efficient. Being a strategic supply chain partner means Mainfreight helps customers get their products from the manufacturer to the end-user in the smartest, most cost-effective way.

Our business can be broken down into three core areas:

Who we are?

It all started in 1978 with a couple of free-thinking entrepreneurs who didn’t care much for rules. As a start-up they challenged the establishment and always took care of their own. Years later, that rebellion and people-first philosophy is still deeply ingrained in our DNA. In 2011 Mainfreight acquired the business of Wim Bosman Group providing further opportunities to expand Mainfreight's international global network with branches throughout Europe.

We have a 100-year vision, that means every person and every decision we make today will leave an imprint on this company now and for 100 years to come. This long-term vision guides us as a business and determines both our decisions and actions every day.

As we extend our operations across the major trading nations of the world, we continue to stand out for the right reasons. It is our uncompromising quality, agility and unique culture which sets us apart.

What is the working culture like?

We are a very flat structured organisation. We have open plan offices and management sit in amongst the team. We do not use the “s” word (staff) and refer to everyone as Team – everyone has a part to play in moving Mainfreight forward and meeting our targets and goals.

We believe in working hard but we also have fun and a laugh while we do it. Our team is empowered to make decisions and have a say in how we do things.

How will my career progress?

Our philosophy is to recruit and ‘grow’ our own people, rather than hire people from other businesses. That is why we invest in and manage the long-term growth and development of our people, right from the start.

Once you have learnt the fundamentals of Mainfreight on the operations floor, you will move into other areas of the business where you will get the right mix of autonomy and support. We believe that smart people can learn the specifics of any role so our focus is on helping you develop personal and professional skills that will allow you take on any role in the business.

We are an ever-changing business and we are constantly reviewing new ways to help our team develop the world-class skills that will lead our business into the future.

What Training and Development do you offer?

We understand that our biggest asset is our people and that our growth as a business is only limited by our ability to grow our own people. Our training and development strategy reflects this with structured induction, training and development. The Mainfreight difference is that we focus on helping you develop the professional and personal strategies, tools and life skills to step into any role in the business, anywhere in the world.

Our ongoing team development programs around the world currently includes:

A full induction program
Learning the business from the operations floor-up
Structured leadership programmes
Personal development courses

Nicol Martínez | Recruiter Mainfreight Development Programme
T: +31 314 672 777
M:+31 626 206 690
E: careers.eu@mainfreight.com