Trainee, France

**Are you keen on joining a global organisation and want to help Swedish companies reach their full international potential? Have you recently completed or are about to finish your studies? The Business Sweden France team in Paris, made up of 15 employees, are now looking for a Trainee to join our team for one year.**

Business Sweden's mission is to help Swedish companies grow global sales and international companies invest and expand in Sweden. In short, we are management consultants with a higher purpose and a unique mandate. We deliver advisory and consultancy services related to commercial excellence and revenue growth across various industries.

The foundation “The Swedish-French Language Fund” (Svensk-Franska Språkfonden, SFS) aims to promote trade between Sweden and France and offers unique scholarships every year to deepen the knowledge of French business language and business culture, as well as increasing and developing Swedish-French business collaborations.

Within the foundation's scholarship program, a one-year Traineeship at Business Sweden in Paris is offered, starting in September 2025.

The position will provide you with valuable insight and experience in international business development, and you would be working with a large variety of clients and services. Our assignments range from strategically complex business to hands-on operational projects and our client base is a mix of global corporations, start-ups and local family businesses, as well as public agencies and organisations.

As Trainee at Business Sweden, your job will encompass a diverse range of tasks and the role includes responsibilities such as:

- Contributing to consultancy and investment projects, playing an active role in execution.
- Supporting with guidance to Swedish companies to navigate export-related challenges.
- Collecting, analysing, and compiling market information.
- Screening, targeting, and engaging with potential partners or clients to Swedish companies.
- Supporting the marketing and promotion of key Swedish industrial sectors through various collaborations with the Embassy and Team Sweden actors in France.

Several former Trainees have upon successful completion of their Traineeship continued their career at Business Sweden, both in Paris or in another of Business Sweden's 50 offices spread across the globe.

The role is based in Paris, but you will collaborate with colleagues from around the world.

The role is a fixed-term employment to August 2026.

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

**Core competencies and collaborative skills**
- Demonstrate commitment, honesty, and accountability in tasks.
- Provide support and take ownership to ensure high quality delivery on time.
- Collaborate effectively to achieve good results with a positive can-do attitude.
- Contribute to team spirit and transparent communication.
- A problem solver who easily adapts to new ways of working.
- Voice your own ideas and share opinions. Show appreciation for different perspectives.

**Formal requirements**
- You have a higher academic degree, preferably a Master either of Science in Engineering, Business Administration or Political Science
- You preferably have prior experience from living or studying in France, other international experience is a plus
- You are capable and analytical with a strong drive, and you enjoy working in teams towards common goals
- A high level of proficiency in **both written and spoken French, Swedish, and English is a**requirement**

**Application**

GREAT PLACE TO WORK

Global exchanges and career opportunities

Exclusive focus on our client’s growth agenda

Extensive responsibility

Diversified teams with world class colleagues

Training academy for continuous development

Entrepreneurial environment

ABOUT THE COMPANY

**Diversity powering global growth**

**About Business Sweden**

Business Sweden helps Swedish companies grow global sales and international companies invest and expand in Sweden. With a unique mandate from the Swedish government and the business sector, we offer strategic advice and practical support in more than 40 markets worldwide.

Our mission is to help lay the foundation for sustainable, inclusive, and digital growth - in Sweden and around the world. We do this by providing startups, small
- and medium sized companies and multinationals with tailored services, coupled with access to key stakeholders in the public and private spheres.
OUR VALUES
Our high performance culture rests on that all our employees live our core values. We will never have guidelines for every situation we will meet, but if all of us are guided by a strong sense of our values, we will always navigate in the right direction.RESPONSIBILITY
This is the foundation of our culture. Taking responsibility is a way to show commitment to our work. We take ownership of the relationships with our clients and stay true to our word.COLLABORATION
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Collaboration knows no geog