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Graduate Trainee Program

 

 

Throughout the program, you'll explore different parts of our business through meaningful rotations, develop your leadership skills, and build a strong professional network — all while helping drive change and create sustainable solutions in agriculture, food, and bioenergy. For those who want to make it matter. From field to fork.

 

Join us on our journey, where we invest in sustainable agriculture, biorefineries and food. We are looking for curious, passionate talents who want to become part of our graduate trainee program - a unique opportunity to explore different businesses, markets and functions.

 

 

The application for the graduate trainee program starting in September 2027, will open after the summer 2026.

It could be you who...

... as one of Lantmännen's next graduate trainees will be:

About the trainee program

 

 

Exciting challenges for 15 months

As a Graduate Trainee in our 15-month program, a fantastic start to your career awaits. You will be part of one of our divisions/companies within the Lantmännen Group and this will be your home turf during the program, depending on the chosen track. After the program, you will continue your career and to make it matter in your home division.

4 assignments in different areas

You will explore four different areas – two within your home division and two within other divisions or companies within the Group – giving you a broad experience and different competencies. You can expect varying projects/rotations, and our goal is for at least one of the rotations to have an international focus or be abroad.  

Training to reach new heights

Trainings are held in parallel with the rotations to strengthen your skills and create a good platform and tools in areas such as leadership, change management and personal development. Between rotations, you will meet the other trainees and make study visits to further explore our business, share your experiences and insights, reflect and recharge.

Strategic Group Assignment

These strategic projects are carried out in groups, focusing on key areas in Lantmännen's future development and they are often initiated by Group Management. During the program, you will also build a unique network of brilliant colleagues and make a real difference, both for our Group, for yourself and for society and for people's everyday lives.

The different tracks of the trainee program

For Lantmännen's graduate trainee program, we are looking for you who have a bachelor's or master's degree in business administration, industrial economics, engineering or agronomy, with a maximum of two years of work experience after completing your studies. 

For the program 2024 – 2025, we had the following tracks:

  • Agriculture Division, Malmö - IT / Business Development
  • Energy Division, Biorefineries, Norrköping – Operations / Supply Chain
  • Food Division, Cerealia, Järna – Operations / Production
  • Group Function Finance, Stockholm – Finance / Business Controller
  • Sales/Marketing and Product Management
  • Supply Chain Management

 

 

It is a great experience to learn more about this great country and its different cultures.

Read Linn's full article about her experiences from Chicago, aka "The Windy City" here

/ Linn Fredriksson

Graduate Trainee 2022 - 2023

Meeting colleagues on site, listening to them talk about their work and understanding the value that each part contributes to a company like Lantmännen, which has operations throughout the value chain – that's the best thing about the trainee programme.

/ Henrik Nilsson

Graduate Trainee 2020 - 2021

During the trainee program, I have met many fantastic leaders and had the opportunity to both see them "in action" and hear them discuss and reason about their leadership. It has made me realize what I appreciate in good leadership.

/ Johanna Taflin

Graduate Trainee 2018 - 2019

As a Graduate Trainee, I got to do several interesting things – from working with organic grains and internal pricing to building experience in marketing at Unibake in Belgium and also learning more about Public & Regulatory Affairs.

/ Axel Walin

Graduate Trainee 2016 - 2017

As a former trainee, I was inspired to try exciting roles within Lantmännen's grain chain, both in Sweden, internationally and in B2B and B2C. I have now taken on a role that challenges me outside my comfort zone, but with the trust of the managers and supportive colleagues who say: "You can do this!"

/ Helena Storsten

Graduate Trainee 2016 - 2017

Recruitment process

Application

The application period opens in late autumn of the year preceding the start of the program. To qualify, you need to have a bachelor's or master's degree - preferably in economics or business administration, industrial economics, agronomy or engineering with up to two years of work experience after your studies.

Tests and telephone interview

After the application has closed, the process continues with several different tests, which are carried out digitally. This is followed by telephone interviews for a number of candidates.

In-depth interviews

After tests and phone interviews, further evaluations will be conducted. Based on an overall assessment, a number of candidates will be invited to in-depth interviews.

Final steps and employment

Further interviews, where the candidates will meet employees from Lantmännen's various divisions, is the next step. Then an overall evaluation is made of all parts of your application and previous steps in the process. After that, the recruitment process is completed and final candidates are offered a place in the graduate trainee program.

Meet former graduate trainees

Listen in and hear Axel, Veronica and Alice share their experiences from Lantmännen's Graduate Trainee Program and how they make a it matter.

 

Curious to know more? Watch the videos with Linnea, Mikkel and Sofia as they share their experiences from the trainee program. Or why not read the blog from previous trainees here.

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Employee stories

The people who best can tell you what life at Lantmännen is like, are our employees. And before we meet, you can take part of your future colleagues' insights and experiences here.

Your future colleagues

Graduate Program - Lantmännen Unibake

Lantmännen Unibake offers a two-year Global Graduate Program. Here you can read more about the program.

Global Graduate Program at Lantmännen Unibake

Thesis or internship

Every year, we welcome a number of students who get the opportunity to do an internship or write their thesis with us. Keep an eye on our vacancies for current opportunities.

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Open positions

When you like your job and your colleagues, good things usually happen. The breadth of our business means that we can offer career opportunities in different areas. See what jobs are available right now.

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Lantmännen is owned by 17,000 Swedish farmers, has more than 10,000 employees, has operations in some 20 countries and has annual sales of approximately SEK 60 billion.

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