European graduate program
Pieter
Supply Chain
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
After a substantial period of studying at Wageningen Agricultural University and Erasmus University Rotterdam, I started as a logistics management trainee.
My first job was soybean meal planning at our crush plant in Amsterdam. In this job you are basically responsible for three things:
- Arrange sufficient load out capacity (trucks, ships, and trains) so that the plant can always produce. If all silos are filled to the brim, one or two plants will have to go down.
- Supplying customers so their plants can keep on running.
- Minimize logistical costs by optimizing our logistics and projects focused on cost reduction.
I immediately received considerable responsibilities in my first job, which resulted in a steep learning curve. Instead of being watched all the time, Cargill gives you freedom and responsibility, and lets you decide when to call for help from others.
Overall, Cargill is a dynamic and challenging environment to work in, and I certainly would say like colleagues do: “Never a dull moment.”
