Summer Trainee, Strategic Planning and Development

Join an industry leader in driving positive change through the sustainable use of the world's natural resources. 

As a Summer Trainee, you'll work in an inclusive and open atmosphere, collaborate with dedicated colleagues, and be supported on your growth journey. This is your chance to apply your studies in practice, deepen your business understanding, and develop valuable skills while building a professional network. Explore the various opportunities in engineering, sales, IT, marketing, logistics, HR, R&D, and more, and realize your potential at Metso in the summer of 2025.

Job posting end date: 02/16/2025

As a Summer Trainee in Strategic Planning and Development, based in Espoo or Tampere, you will:

• Support the team in various strategic inventory planning related business cases.
• Simulate with planning system simulation module and/or in Excel how what-if scenarios would impact inventories or forecast.
• Support global process development and inventory planning key users, specifically in documentation and data gathering/analysis.
• Support strategic development by preparing and facilitating group workshops, and keeping record of outcomes and action points
• Participate in global inventory planning related projects as support resource.
• Other global inventory planning-related tasks.

Who you are

• A higher degree study background in fields such as Business, Mathematics/Statistics, or Logistics.
• Eagerness to learn, develop, and succeed in the role, with the ability to work as part of a team while also handling certain tasks independently.
• Good skills in MS Office tools, with SAP ERP preferred.
• Good documentation skills to support creating memos, action trackers, and instruction documents.
• Fluent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Statistics and data handling coding skills are a plus.

What's in it for you

An exciting position in Strategic Planning and Development team, which is part of the Metso Services business area. You will get a chance to work with professionals of the global planning team, where your team will support your growth. You will have great opportunities to develop your expertise by learning how global inventory strategies and optimization are managed in practice. Our global planning is also a very data-driven process, so you would be working with a high-performance planning system setup and can learn how we apply statistical forecasting and configure our planning system with real business cases. Many of our summer trainees continue their employment with us part-time, full-time, or with their thesis after the summer.  

We offer benefits, such as healthcare, Epass Flex, Auntie mental well-being service, flexible working times, buddy support, learning opportunities, and networking and social activities in all our locations throughout the summer.

 

The expected monthly salary for our full-time trainee roles is between 2065-2875 euros per month. The exact monthly salary for each role is based on the candidate's number of completed academic credits and job location.

Our Summer Trainee positions are primarily targeted at students currently studying at, or recently graduated from, an educational institution in Finland, as well as Finnish students pursuing their studies abroad. Please note that we are unable to provide work permits or relocation services for these positions.

 

Get in touch 

Want to rise above the possible with us? Click 'Apply now' to leave your application. The application period closes on February 16th, 2025. Please send your application as soon as possible, as we will start processing the applications already during the application period and the position will be filled as soon as a suitable person is found.  

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Metso is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability.



Metso is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries globally. We improve our customers' energy and water efficiency, increase their productivity, and reduce environmental risks with our product and process expertise. We are the partner for positive change. 



Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Metso employs over 17,000 people in close to 50 countries and sales for 2023 were about EUR 5.4 billion. The company is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki. metso.com, x.com/metsoofficial