Management Trainee

As a global logistics provider, Mainfreight offers managed warehousing and international and domestic freight forwarding. Mainfreight began its operations in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1978, and has now branches across Australia, China, Europe, New Zealand, and the Americas Mainfreight continues to expand its global footprint.

“Special people, Special company” embodies Mainfreight and its unique culture. We have developed a style of doing business, successful not only in New Zealand, but around the world. We promote our people from within, and encourage innovative, non-hierarchical, and decisive outlooks. Our team regard each other as a family and share mealtimes

The moment you become a member of the Mainfreight family, your career hits overdrive - if you want it to.  Anything is possible here because you get to work alongside the best people and make real-life decisions.

We promote from within our own European or even global pool of talent and give you the freedom to go as far as you dare. If that freedom means travelling and living in other parts of the world, if a new area of the business gets you excited or you're fired up about running this global business one day, we say "go for it"!

Our commitment to creating a 100-year company is not about reaching an end point in 100 years time. It's about longevity; growing a business that's strong, iconic, and enduring.

We are focused on growing in both capability and scale within our existing markets. We're also rapidly expanding our network into new territories. As the world's new trading nations emerge, Mainfreight will be there to meet the demand for global logistics.

To achieve our goals and aspirations we know that we need to recruit and develop the next generation of savvy, fresh-thinking, and globally aware leaders. We never stop looking for people who can help lead our business into the future.

Leadership at Mainfreight is a way of doing things. It's a mindset rather than a role and it's accessible to everybody who's willing to step-up.  We are a team that's fiercely ambitious, proud, and compassionate. We look for that in our people and in return, offer them the world. At Mainfreight how far, how soon and where, is up to you.

Our Management Traineeship

By joining our three-year Mainfreight Development Programme, you will receive the ideal combination of ‘doing’ and ‘learning’. Right from the start, you will get to work in an operational role whilst benefiting from a clearly defined structure of training and coaching. You will have the opportunity to work in different roles within our business units, Air & Ocean, Warehousing and Transport. As we are a global business, we offer you the opportunity to fill roles in our branches across Europe.

Our Mainfreight Development Programme focusses on your individual development and career path. It is a three-year programme where you will learn more about your strengths and your interests within Mainfreight; whether in a leadership role, sales, operations, business development, IT, or finance, it’s up to you! 

To further your development, you will participate in multiple personal leadership courses, presenting courses and networking sessions with our European trainees. You can put training into practice by taking on improvement projects within your role. This is a great way to see just how big your impact on our business can be!

Looking after our people is a key part of our culture at Mainfreight and you will receive coaching from your manager or team leader. We also plan coaching sessions for you and the programme coordinator to reflect on your development, where you want your career to go, and how we can help get you there. 

Every decision we make at Mainfreight today, we do so while looking at the next 100 years. We look for people who understand the long-term benefits of learning from the ground up and gaining a broad base of experience.

We also look for people who:

• Recently graduated
• Hold a European passport
• Are passionate about starting a career in the supply chain industry
• Speak proficient English and have a high command of either Dutch, French, German, Romanian, Polish, Italian, or Spanish

Want to read more? Check out www.mainfreight.com/managementtrainee