Your traineeship at van Leeuwen
Feel Welcomed. Be Inspired. Be Curious. Have Fun.
Your traineeship!
Your first two days
- Feel welcomed. We will welcome you into the Van Leeuwen family. Remember, Van Leeuwen is a family owned business and you will feel this culture from day 1.
- Be relaxed. We will assign you a buddy from the business who will help you navigate the first few months and help you with the tricks and tips to be successful.
- Be inspired. Meet our executive leaders and learn more about the business and their career journeys.
- Explore. Go on a warehouse tour and experience the inner working of our business.
- Be comfortable. Meet your regional HR Manager who will be your biggest supporter throughout the whole journey.
- Have fun. The basis of our work should be that you always enjoy your time at Van Leeuwen.
- Ask questions. We will dive deeper into the 18 month program and highlight all the ways we will help you and grow and develop.
- Learn more about us. Our subject matter experts from the various Van Leeuwen functions will be on site to introduce their area of work and help you clarify what the next 18 months will look like in the business.
- After the weekend, you will start within your home country office.
Your 18 month journey
- You start your 3-month assignment in your home country where you will learn about the Van Leeuwen global organization, your local business operations, and the industries we operate in.
- In the next 3 to 6 months you will be moving further into the business in a chosen area where you deepen your knowledge of the business and start building out an extended network.
- Around month 9 (halfway in the program) you will get the opportunity to go on a 3-month international assignment to a different business where you would expand your network and begin seeing the organization as a global operation.
- The final 6 months you return to your local office where you become embedded in the business and share your international experience.
- Finally, we will celebrate you completing the program in the Netherlands, and welcome you into your new role in the Van Leeuwen Group.
Our stories
Van Leeuwen in the world: 9.100 solar panels installed in Zwijndrecht
On the 13th of September P. van Leeuwen Jr's Buizenhandel B.V. opened a 5 mega watt peak solar panel installation. The official opening was executed by former prime minister of the Netherlands: Jan Peter Balkenende. With the installation of these 9.100 solar panels on the roof of our warehouse in Zwijndrecht van Leeuwen is taking an important step in the reduction of CO2 emission.
Meet our colleagues: Timo Sostmeier
‘I thoroughly enjoy working in sales. My contacts with existing and new customers give me a great deal of satisfaction. In addition, in my leadership role I find it inspiring to get the most out of my team members. Sparring together to find the best solutions for our customers and then implementing them together. In my job I am able to perfectly combine these passions,’ says Timo Sostmeier, Regional Sales Manager at Van Leeuwen Germany.
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Meet our colleagues: Emilia Hjortenholt
The development of a new pricing strategy, a better digital connection with customers and the rollout of SAP S/4 HANA. Project Manager Commercial Excellence Emelia Hjortenholt is involved in different innovation projects at Van Leeuwen. ‘I enjoy contributing ideas about how we can continue to make progress to even better serve our customers.’
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