Graduate Project Manager

Vanderlande are seeking a Graduate Project Manager to join their team at Heathrow Airport. As a Graduate Project Manager, your primary responsibility is to support and coordinate activities related to innovation, execution and delivery of projects for Vanderlande. You will assist in managing multiple projects, both digital and physical, and report directly to the Strategy and Innovation Manager. This role provides an excellent opportunity to gain Project Management experience in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment while collaborating with internal project team members, including managers, project engineers, product managers, sales engineers, Research & Development (R&D), high-level controls teams, IT, and procurement, as well as external stakeholders such as customers and subcontractors.

In this role, you will conduct project management activities and act as a point of contact for your assigned projects. Your goal will be to achieve optimal project outcomes for both Vanderlande and our customers, with careful attention to planning, quality, and cost factors. You will assist in the day-to-day management, planning, and execution of projects and/or products.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or IT.
• A passion for Project Management.
• Interest in working within matrix organisations with hierarchical and functional reporting structures.
• Willingness to learn in multicultural environments with diverse maturity levels.
• Focus on both qualitative and quantitative operational performance.
• Interest in technology, automated handling systems, capital goods, or system integration.

Vanderlande is a market-leading global partner for future proof logistic process automation in the warehouse, airports and parcel sectors. Their extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.  They focus on the optimisation of the customers’ business processes and competitiveness. Through close cooperation, they strive to improve our customers’ operations and the expansion of their logistical capabilities.  Owned by Toyota, they are a Dutch multi-national, headquartered in Veghel, the Netherlands and with offices globally.