At Trucks Technology & Industrial Division in Ghent, we build around 200 heavy duty trucks per day. Guided by Continuous Improvement, the assembly plant provides a challenging working environment with our Customers’ Success as our number one priority. We are proud to deliver them high quality trucks, built with passion.
Next to our Truck Factory we also have the biggest warehouse for Volvo Group worldwide at our site in Ghent. Service Market Logistics is one of the well-respected entities at Volvo Group. At SML, it’s with great pride that we look upon our Ghent Distribution Center? It holds spare parts for multiple brands of the Volvo Group, for example Volvo Trucks, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Busses, and the marine- and industrial engines. Being successful in the long run, that is our vision! We are proud to deliver, together for our customers, now and in the future. Therefore, next to storage we also offer multiple secondary activities, focusing on delivery precision, service, and efficiency.
We are offering 5
challenging graduate programs for an:
As Future Leader, you are responsible for guiding and motivating your team to achieve the production goals together. You develop your employees into professionals who can work efficiently in a dynamic environment where change is the standard. Thanks to your personal approach, they receive the individual coaching they need to get the best out of themselves.
You find the right balance between empathy, autonomy and hierarchy. You ensure that your team strictly follows the rules regarding safety, quality, ergonomics and the environment, and encourage them to both respect procedures and make suggestions for improvement.
- Business Data & AI Analyst
You will support the business in leveraging data and AI to improve decision-making, efficiency, and innovation. You will ollect, analyze, and interpret complex datasets to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights. You will need to translate business challenges into analytical use cases and design data-driven solutions. Collaboration with IT, operations, and business stakeholders is key to ensure data pipelines and models meet business requirements. You will develop and validate predictive models, dashboards, and reports to monitor business performance. You will support the implementation of AI-driven initiatives, such as process automation, demand forecasting, and customer analytics.
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.
- Digital Innovation Analyst
Do you enjoy turning data into actionable insights and using analytics to improve planning and logistics performance? Are you passionate about working with diverse teams to identify opportunities and implement best practices? Would you like to contribute to projects that optimize supply chains and improve production planning and inventory management? Are you excited about driving digitalization and automation initiatives to make processes smarter and more efficient? Do you have a knack for creating clear reports and dashboards that help stakeholders make informed decisions?
As a Digitalization Engineer, you are at the forefront of transforming how our factories think, operate, and evolve. Your mission is to accelerate the digital transformation of our industrial and engineering ecosystem by turning real-world manufacturing challenges into innovative, scalable digital solutions. You bridge engineering excellence with data, automation, and cutting-edge digital technologies to enhance efficiency, quality, safety, and sustainability across our truck manufacturing network. This is where engineering meets innovation. Where ideas become reality. And where you don’t just adapt to the future of manufacturing — you help create it.
If you are up for the challenge of developing our future Operations and want to be a part of the innovative world of Volvo Group, this is the graduate program for you!
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.
You will have a permanent position from day one, with a manager and mentor to support you. You will experience several local and international on the job-rotations and work on business critical projects developing your competencies for tomorrow. You will take a deep dive into some specific areas of our business such as manufacturing, health and safety, quality, and continuous improvements, while also learning about the end-to-end supply chain, aftermarket parts and our remanufacturing operations.
In addition, you will gather with other program participants to take part in trainings and events designed to help you grow into your future career at the Volvo Group. We offer the opportunity for you to be part of our digital transformation, applying new technologies to connect and automate our processes. Together we work with AI, data science, machine learning, circular systems, virtual manufacturing and more, to build our full electric or autonomous products.
If rotational development, a global set up and designing the world of tomorrow are aspects you are looking for in your next job context, this position might be something for you.
Are we a perfect match?
If you're seeking global exposure and the chance to shape the future, this role could be your next step.