Volvo Group Operations Program - Traineeship

Over 15 exciting months, the operations graduate program will give you a comprehensive view of the Volvo Group’s global truck manufacturing organization. You’ll explore our brands, plants, logistics, and key business areas like manufacturing, quality, and continuous improvement. You'll also engage with emerging technologies and develop future-ready skills.

From day one of the traineeship, you’ll hold a permanent position, supported by a manager and mentor, with opportunities for “on-the-job” rotations and real project experience. Through team development sessions and learning modules, you'll connect with other participants and grow into your future career at Volvo.

If you're seeking a traineeship with global exposure and the chance to shape the future, this role could be your next step.

Our organization

Service Operations & technology (SO&T) is one of the key departments within Volvo Group, and our Ghent Distribution Center is the largest Distribution Center of the Volvo Group worldwide. It holds spare parts for multiple brands of the Volvo Group, including Volvo Trucks, Buses, Construction Equipment, and our marine- and industrial engines.

Next to storage, our mission is to drive delivery precision, efficiency and service excellence across the globe.

This is us, your new team

You'll be joining a diverse, cross-functional team of operators, engineers, analysts, and operations experts who work both globally and locally to drive the future of our distribution network. From day one, you’ll be in the driver's seat of meaningful initiatives—combining a long-term strategic vision with hands-on, day-to-day impact.

Your role as Future Leader at Volvo Group
From day one, you will hold a permanent position as a member of the local leadership team in our Distribution Center in Ghent. Your journey starts by working alongside different operations teams, to truly understand the day-to-day reality and our logistics flow.

By engaging in on-the-job rotations, you will gain valuable insight into domains such as continuous improvement, quality, digitalization, and logistics engineering. To support your development, you’ll receive leadership training and mentoring from experienced Volvo leaders, and participate in group sessions designed to strengthen both your personal and professional skills.

You will deep dive into critical areas of our business, while gaining a broader understanding of our end-to-end supply chain, aftermarket services, and remanufacturing operations. Throughout the program, you’ll contribute to our digital transformation, exploring and applying emerging technologies to help connect and automate processes across the organization. Think AI, data science, machine learning, circular systems, and virtual manufacturing—essential tools in building our fully electric and autonomous products of the future.

How you will make an impact:

You ensure daily operations run smoothly, you manage a team of blue collars and support their development
You lead and inspire your team, ensuring safety, quality, efficiency, and performance.
You drive engagement through positive team communication and individual coaching.
You tackle operational challenges hands-on and implement improvements.
You collaborate with cross-functional teams on larger logistics projects and transformation initiatives.
You grow your leadership maturity through experience, feedback and reflection.

This role provides the perfect foundation for a long-term leadership career, blending strategic vision with real-world experience on the floor.

Are you our new Leader?

You hold a Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, Economics or equivalent
You have a strong interest in logistics and digitalization
You have clear ambition to grow into a leadership or management role
You are someone who wants to lead people as much as you want to optimize processes
You have a natural sense of ownership, strong communication skills, and a healthy dose of empathy
As this is a truly global program, you need to be fluent in both speaking and writing in English. A very good knowledge of Dutch is mandatory.
You hold a valid work permit for Belgium.
Maximum two years of previous full-time working experience, prior to or after graduation.

Are we the perfect match?

If this is you, please jump in and join us for the ride!

Please send us your application before the 11th of March 2026. We will not accept new applications after this.

The start of the traineeship will be mid August 2026.

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