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Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Commercial Trainee

Business OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLuxembourgNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Approximately 2–5 years of professional experience, for example in consulting, strategy, fintech, financial services, commercial management, or a comparable environment.
  • Strong analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to quickly understand complex business topics.
  • A structured approach combined with a pragmatic, hands-on mindset.
  • Curiosity about how clients, products, economics, technology, risk, and operations come together to create a successful business.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills.
  • Confidence working with stakeholders across functions and seniority levels.
  • A high degree of ownership and willingness to drive topics independently.
  • An appetite to move beyond analysis and contribute to implementation.
  • Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

  • Drive preparation and follow-up of Commercial Leadership meetings and ensure key decisions translate into action.
  • Coordinate strategic planning across Product Lines and commercial functions.
  • Prepare analyses and decision materials for senior management.
  • Coordinate Commercial input into product prioritization and the Product Board.
  • Support and drive organizational-development initiatives.
  • Shape Townhalls and internal communication.
  • Create transparency around strategic priorities, decisions, and execution.
  • Take active responsibility in concrete business projects across Product Lines.
  • Analyze business problems, develop solutions, and help implement them.
  • Gradually take ownership of increasingly complex business initiatives.

Desired Qualifications

  • Additional European languages are an advantage.

About the Company

Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Bertelsmann is a global media, services, and education group made up of eight autonomous divisions, including RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, and Arvato. It operates across B2B and B2C markets, with activities in broadcasting, book publishing, music rights management, and business process outsourcing. Its products range from streaming subscriptions and printed books to logistics, CRM services, and AI-powered content and rights-management tools. The company differentiates itself through a decentralized, entrepreneur-led structure that reinvests profits into content and digital infrastructure via its Boost program, backed by private foundations and the Mohn family. It aims to grow organically and through selective acquisitions while leveraging large-scale data and cross-divisional synergies to deliver personalized content and service experiences at a global scale.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.4B
Headquarters
Gütersloh, Germany
Founded
1835

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