Internship - Economic Studies Analyst Intern

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

As part of your studies, you are currently looking for an internship (Master’s 1 or Master’s 2 in Economics).

You will join the Finance Department and report to the Group Chief Economist. The team monitors the global environment (macroeconomic developments, international relations, the organization of global value chains, regulatory reforms and the competitive landscape) and assesses its impact on the Group’s activities.

You will help monitor the macroeconomic and sector environment, with a particular focus on the drivers of supply and demand. This internship will give you a unique view of how world trade is evolving, at the heart of a global shipping and logistics group.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Macroeconomic monitoring: You will help improve the tools used to monitor global macroeconomic trends and their impact on sector-level dynamics. To do so, you will analyze internal and external data sources and prepare concise, high-quality presentations.
• Trade outlook & scenarios: You will analyze the medium-term transformation of the global trade system, paying particular attention to the effects of trade tensions. You will use public and proprietary datasets to build forward-looking scenarios for trade flows across key sectors and regions.
• Research & literature reviews: You will carry out structured reviews of the relevant academic literature and support ongoing research on trade diversification strategies.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Education: Master’s 1 or Master’s 2 student with a focus on Economics.
• Technical skills:
  • Strong Excel and database skills
  • Programming skills (Stata, R or Matlab) are a clear plus
• Languages: Fluent English; French is a plus.
• Personal qualities: Rigorous, responsive and autonomous, with strong intellectual curiosity and a team spirit.

JOB ENVIRONMENT

• Location: Head Office – Marseille
• Duration: 6 months
• Internship start date: January 2027

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !