2024 USA Trainee Program
Position Overview:
The Hunter Douglas Trainee Program is hand-selected and sponsored by the Executive Leadership Team. This 10-month trainee program provides you with the tools and experience to develop you into a future leader of our organization while providing a holistic view of the business. Through this program, you will immediately immerse yourself into the company, the culture, and the industry.
You will join a class of other trainees and gain a community of ambitious peers. You will learn from Hunter Douglas leaders and contribute directly to our purpose and our DREAM. You will travel to our North America locations to see exactly how our innovative products are made and sold. You will add value from day one, doing real work on different projects while delivering actual results.
You would work on high-impact projects in either of the three groups below.
As a trainee for our Commercial group, you will have the opportunity to support work in our engineering, product development, or sales teams for Hunter Douglas or one of our Core brands. These teams are at the forefront of the design, development and delivery of our innovative products for our consumers.
As a trainee for our Operations group, you will have the opportunity to support work in our supply chain or procurement teams. Hunter Douglas is building a best-in-class supply chain organization which leverages data to make sound business decisions.
As a trainee for our Functional group, you will have the opportunity to support work in our finance, information technology, human resources, or marketing teams. These functions are key pillars in our strategy as we transform to a digitally enabled company.
What you'll do?
- You will engage with all levels of the organization from front-line employees to senior leaders
- You will receive company training and be placed on two high-impact projects
- You will receive field-based training at our manufacturing facilities and across our field sales locations.
- You will receive leadership training to learn more about the underlying strategies and processes that support the field operations
- The training and projects may take place in any of our major locations which include Broomfield, CO; Atlanta, GA; Cerritos, CA; Irvine, CA, and New York, NY
Who you are?
- You are pursuing a Bachelor’s degree and are excited to make an impact immediately after graduation. Please apply if your anticipated graduation time frame is Winter 2023 or Spring 2024
- Have demonstrated leadership capabilities including extracurricular activities, student clubs and organizations, and/or job experiences
- Eligible to work in the United States. International applicants authorized to work in the United States under a student visa who may require sponsorship are welcome to apply
- Open to relocation with a willingness to be on-site at one of our major locations in North America
- Hard-working and enjoy a high level of responsibility
- Hungry for success, yet humble to continuously learn
- You think like an owner and take accountability for your actions
- A self-starter with a track record of taking initiative
- Intellectually curious and willing to challenge the status quo
- A natural born leader who enjoys working with teams to complete ambitious but achievable goals