Maersk Liner Graduate Programme (MLGP) 2016

Posted on :

5 May, 2016

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Graduate Jobs in Nigeria

Maersk Line is the world’s largest container shipping company, known for reliable, flexible and eco-efficient services. We provide ocean transportation in all parts of the world. We serve our customers through 374 offices in 116 countries. We employ 7,000 seafarers and 25,000 land-based employees and operate 580 container vessels. We market our services through the following brands: Maersk Line, Safmarine, MCC Transport (Intra-Asia), Seago Line (Intra-Europe), Mercosul (Brazil), and SeaLand (From 2015 Intra- Americas). Maersk Line is part of the Maersk Group, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Group employs about 88,900 people in around 135 countries. Maersk Nigeria Ltd. is an agent for Maersk Line which is a part of The Maersk Group. Maersk Nigeria is represented in Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Kano with over 120 employees and is part of the Central / West Africa Cluster consisting of Togo, Benin Republic, Ghana and Niger Republic.

Maersk Line currently seeks application from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Description

We offer a challenging and rewarding opportunity where we will provide you with the framework to build a long-term career in the global trade and transportation industry. During the graduate programme, you will have vast opportunities and be part of a truly international group of passionate and ambitious professionals. Together you will:

•Build your knowledge from working with world-class experts within the shipping and business fields, in your rotational assignments and in the four global MLGP seminars.
•Build a global network that you can leverage in your future interactions to enable collaboration and career.
•Be significantly exposed to high-level leaders to ensure that theoretical insights are continuously linked to concrete business challenges.
•Become part of a diverse team where we play to win and ‘we’ always comes before ‘I’.

Key Responsibilities

•You will join a team of colleagues who have robust functional acumen, strong insight, informed opinions and passion for the dynamics behind global trade. Together you will collaborate in executing strategies and reaching the business objectives of your assigned department.
•You will take part in four seminars across Asia, Europe and North America, where you will receive knowledge and business insights into the Shipping Industry. The seminars will challenge and inspire you to enhance your personal competences, and deploy them in your rotational assignments.
•You will steer your career. We provide you with a framework of business insights and developmental support. With continual support from your manager and HR, we empower you to be the captain of your career by delivering, learning and reflecting on your own development.

Requirements

•Master’s level education in Business or related discipline with a maximum of 3 years’ commercial work experience after graduation in parallel with education or between degrees.
•Ambitious individual with a passion and drive to excel.
•An international mind-set and excellent command of English (both spoken and written).
•A pragmatic and holistic thinker.
•Resourceful and flexible with strong capabilities to prioritise, optimise and perform in a high-paced environment.
•Strong desire to pursue a long-term career within the commercial part of the business.
•International mobility and travels are expected.


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