{"id":20698,"date":"2025-10-04T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/graduate-in-training\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T00:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:24:15","slug":"graduate-in-training","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=20698","title":{"rendered":"Graduate in Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You will be mainly accountable for:<\/p>\n<p>\tEnhancing operational efficiency by diligently following Key Performance Indicators, closely monitoring the status of orders, and taking prompt actions to ensure on-time delivery.<br \/>\n\tObserving the overall process and trends across inquiries, identifying improvement areas, and collaborating with internal resources to implement them.<br \/>\n\tFollowing instructions, practicing your skills, and seeking feedback to ensure your progress.<br \/>\n\tParticipating in regular meetings and training sessions to stay up to date on company policies, procedures, and best practices.<\/p>\n<p>Our team:<\/p>\n<p>You will join a dynamic team, where you will be able to thrive in these functional Areas:<\/p>\n<p>\tCorporate Marketing and Communication Function: You will work in a department responsible for corporate branding, communications, and event management.<br \/>\n\tSupply Chain Management or Logistics: You will gain experience in a department managing transport, trade, logistics, and supply chain operations.<br \/>\n\tHuman Resource Management: You will work in a department overseeing employee lifecycle management, learning and development, compensation and benefits, payroll, and industrial relations.<br \/>\n\tFinance or Accounting: You will join a department focusing on business controlling and accounts payable functions.<br \/>\n\tOccupational Health &amp; Safety: You will contribute to health and safety campaigns while ensuring ABB maintains a safe working environment.<br \/>\n\tInformation Technology or Information Systems: You will work in the IT department, managing end-to-end processes and technology systems.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifications for the role:<\/p>\n<p>\tUniversity graduates with no more than 2 years working experience<br \/>\n\tExcellent written and verbal communication skills in English<br \/>\n\tA growth mindset focused on continual learning and improvement<br \/>\n\tSouth African citizens only.<br \/>\n\tBA or Bcom degree in one of the following fields: Finance Accounting, Human Resources, Supply Chain Management,\u00a0 Health &amp; Safety, Marketing &amp; Communication.<br \/>\n\tHigh-performing students with a minimum average of 65% throughout their studies.<br \/>\n\tStrong oral and written communication skills.<br \/>\n\tProven ability to solve problems, creatively and think innovatively.<br \/>\n\tExcellent interpersonal skills, complemented by leadership abilities, high self-confidence, and a strong desire to learn<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website ( http:\/\/www.abb.co.za ) or<\/p>\n<p>careers.abb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/careers.abb","_company_name":"ABB","_company_website":"http:\/\/www.abb.co.za","_company_tagline":"As a global leader in power and automation technologies, ABB in Africa provides solutions to improve the efficiency, productivity and quality of our customers\u2019 operations while minimizing environmental impact ABB is one of the world's leading power and automation engineering companies that provide... read more solutions for secure, energy-efficient transmission and distribution of electricity. At ABB we increase productivity in industrial, commercial and utility operations. Innovation is at the forefront of what we do and many of the technologies that drive modern society were pioneered by ABB. Our portfolio ranges from robots that can print cars, light switches, huge electrical transformers to control systems that manage entire power networks and factories. ABB has been present across Africa since 1926, with its first office in Cairo, Egypt. Eighty years later, we have major offices in key countries across the region. You can find us in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Nigeria, Mali, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Kenya and more. In South Africa ABB has its head office, logistics and manufacturing centre at Longmeadow, Johannesburg. At these premises ABB has several manufacturing operations including medium voltage switchgear, high voltage protection, rectifiers and a robotics programming and servicing centre. At its Alrode, Johannesburg, premises ABB has an AC machines factory that manufacturers medium voltage electric motors for local and export markets. ABB has a strong presence in the Southern Africa region with engineering and sales offices in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. ABB manufactures a range of power and automation products in Egypt to serve the rising local demand for increased electrical infrastructure. Our project teams in engineering centres across North Africa are hard at work designing and delivering a range of complex solutions from substations to serve new cities, oil and gas electrification, to electrical infrastructure for some of the most exciting new property developments globally. We offer complete solutions to utilities, including electrical power infrastructure for transmission and distribution networks and associated products and systems, such as substations, reactive power compensation, utilities automation (including protection, control and SCADA), water EPC contracts and power plant automation. On the industries side, we offer systems, products and services in the areas of pulp and paper, mining, metals and minerals, cement, chemicals and petrochemicals as well as manufacturing and customer industries. Our project capabilities include a comprehensive offering from feasibility studies, project management and design to construction, installation, commissioning and customer training. All offerings are supported by field maintenance and asset performance services. In South Africa, the group has a strong local manufacturing capability with three manufacturing sites around the country. 2 Lake Road, Longmeadow Business Estate (North). 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