Group Strategic Advisory Intern Apprentice

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

YOUR ROLE

90% of global trade moves by sea. Behind every strategic decision at the CMA CGM Group stands a team of experts mobilised to advise top management – and that is exactly where you come in.

CMA Conseil is the Group's internal strategy unit: designed to bring together a pool of external talent and deliver advice and recommendations to the entire top management. The team works across all Group entities.

Joining CMA Conseil means stepping into a demanding, fast-paced environment where professional posture, execution speed, and analytical quality are at the core

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

As an intern, your responsibilities will include:

Conduct market research, benchmarking and in-depth analyses (quantitative and qualitative) on Group activities and markets

Produce high-quality slide presentations for senior management and clients

Synthesize mission outputs and contribute to formalizing the team’s intellectual capital

Track and publish mission KPIs; participate in key steering meetings

Contribute to live strategic projects spanning a broad range of topics: M&A integrations, geographic expansion and new entity creation, organizational restructuring, HR transformation, and customer experience improvement

Participate in internal process automation and team operations improvement

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Master’s degree (Bac+4/5) from a top business school

Proven track record producing analytical deliverables: Excel (data analysis) and PowerPoint (executive presentations)

Fluent French and English, written and spoken (bilingual working environment)

Strong synthesis and communication skills: ability to distill complex topics into clear, concise outputs

Rigor and reliability under tight deadlines and high visibility (deliverables go directly to top management)

Prior experience at a consulting firm, investment bank or in a strategic corporate role

Appetite for high-intensity environments

Curiosity for transformation, M&A and corporate organisation topics

JOB ENVIRONMENT

Location: MARSEILLE

Internship duration: 6 monts, beginning January 2027

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !