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Talent Track

Albert Heijn is more than a supermarket, we are a foodtech company. As a starter looking for exciting challenges? Do you want to help accelerate our transition to a hybrid food & tech company? Are you ready to reinvent the way millions of people buy and enjoy food? If your answer is yes three times, then you're in the right place with us! 

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Internship

Do you also want to make impact and see your results in our stores? From our headquarters in Zaandam, we work every day to make our customers' lives a little better and easier. You can now apply for internships starting from September 2024 or February 2025. 

Work based learning

At Albert Heijn, it's possible to follow a BBL (work-based learning) traject at levels 2, 3, and 4. Especially for you, an accelerated program has been developed. This allows you to obtain a recognized vocational diploma in a shortened period. During the BBL program at Albert Heijn, you combine learning and working. This means you work four days a week and study one day a week. We offer you a contract for at least 20 hours per week. Additionally, you will be paid per hour according to our collective labor agreement (CAO). This way, you can gain work experience, earn money, and achieve a recognized diploma.

This education course requires to write and speak Dutch fluently.    

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Free school and exam preparation

With work experience and a diploma in hand, you have an ideal start in the job market. Albert Heijn employs a large number of staff in the upper years and/or taking final exams. For this reason, Albert Heijn offers all employees in the upper years free (Dutch spoken) school and exam training. This allows all our colleagues to start preparing well in advance for school exams (SE) and central exams (CE).

The exam training requires to write and speak Dutch fluently.

Continuous development

We believe it's important to continually develop yourself. This involves adopting behaviors and ways of working that we value for collaborating effectively with colleagues, as well as enhancing your functional expertise in both knowledge and necessary skills. This ongoing development ensures that we continue to evolve as the best food retail experts.

To develop your skills, we have our AH Academy tailored for various areas of expertise: developing for different food tech fields, existing retail expertise, and emerging areas of expertise, enabling our colleagues to become and remain the best in their field. As an expert, you continuously develop based on your personal development needs. The Academy provides you with development opportunities such as training and inspiration. However, it starts with you as a professional; you take the initiative and actively seek opportunities to excel. Moreover, you do this together as a learning community, inspiring and sharing knowledge with each other from both within and outside Albert Heijn. At Albert Heijn, you can continue learning.

What drives us

Working at Albert Heijn means...

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workplace

Inclusive
workplace

Meaningful <br>
work

Meaningful
work

Making impact

Making impact

Excel in <br>
your job

Excel in
your job