Management Trainee

What’s Cooking? is a European fresh savoury food group headquartered in Belgium which commercialises in Europe and beyond a wide range of high-quality and innovative savoury cold cuts, snacking and ready meal food products (also known from Come a casa®), and related services. “Day by day, we make sustainable food second nature by increasing the world’s appetite for tasty, convenient meals, crafted with care both for the people and the planet”. Our customers and consumers are always on our hungry minds when preparing our food products, as is the well-being of our approximately 2,500 employees from our headquarter, 12 industrial sites in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Poland, and the UK, and 7 sales offices. What’s Cooking Group (previously named Ter Beke) exists for 75 years, is listed as family company on Euronext Brussels since 1986 (EBR: WHATS) and realised a turnover of EUR 832 million in 2023.

Are you ambitious and ready to boost your career? Are you looking for personal growth and challenge? Yes?

Then grab your chance to participate in our exciting Management Trainee Program. The goal of our Management Trainee Program is to create and offer the opportunity to young talent to develop themselves along with our company and in our core competencies.

• The Management Trainee Program lasts 2 years where you will familiarize yourself with the job content in different departments (Sales & Marketing, R&D, Production, Engineering,…). Every 6 months you will be given a new assignment. Each assignment will be accompanied by a project or process improvement challenge. It is the perfect combination to enlarge your know-how by multiple experiences!
• You will be assigned to a Mentor and will work with experienced colleagues, who will ensure you receive all the continuous support, training and information about our different activities and business units in order to be successful. But responsibility for the deliverables lies with you off course!

• You graduate in 2025 and will obtain your Master’s Degree. You can show proof of excellent study results and extracurricular activities.
• You like a technical and operational challenge and you are fully mobile to work in different business areas and locations in The Netherlands (Wijchen, Ridderkerk and Borculo).
• You are a born team player, who reach goals through collaboration and takes accountability.
• You are an analytical problem solver with a hands-on mentality who is eager to get things done.
• You are fluent in Dutch and English.

• We offer you the best start of your career, in an innovative, growing and financial strong company with international appeal.
• You will get responsibilities as of the first assignment and be supported in your growth through an on-the-job training program and mentoring by experienced colleagues.
• You get the chance to participate in in-house and/or external training courses such as project management, leadership skills…
• We offer benefits in terms of a company car, insurance, telecom and flexibility, in addition to a competitive salary.