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Decathlon

Designs and sells sports equipment and clothing

Digital Project Manager Intern Apprentice - Mechanised Systems & Network

IT Project Management +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Internship · Summer 2026Lille, France

About the Job

Requirements

  • The candidate should have a strong interest in networking and infrastructure; knowledge of logistics environments is a plus.
  • The candidate should have a strong interest in security, data protection, and access security.
  • The candidate must have English proficiency at B2 level or higher to communicate daily with international partners.
  • The candidate should demonstrate autonomy, rigor, clear communication, composure during crisis management, collaboration, mutual support, and willingness to keep learning.
  • The candidate should be studying at least at Bac+2/3 level in an engineering school or university, with a project-management specialization and interest in networking; the posting also describes the candidate as a student in computing at licence, engineering-school, or master’s level.

Responsibilities

  • Manage IT support, resolve incidents, and optimize performance.
  • Optimize warehouse network performance and security.
  • Monitor network equipment.
  • Participate in strategic projects to deploy new IT solutions.
  • Write and update technical documentation.
  • Work in an international and collaborative environment.
  • Serve as the technical point of contact for mechanization partners and oversee operational maintenance of their solutions and KPI tracking.
  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with partners.
  • Define and validate LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, and MPLS interconnection architectures between Decathlon’s network and mechanized partner environments, ensuring alignment with Cisco and Meraki standards.
  • Assess architectures proposed for new mechanization deployments before global rollout.
  • Coordinate infrastructure and network work for site openings, extensions, and retrofits, and ensure the technical success of installations.
  • Maintain high availability and ensure partner solutions remain robust and performant.
  • Organize and supervise disaster recovery plan resilience tests with partners, including network failover and crash tests.
  • Manage hardware and software lifecycles to prevent technical debt and avoidable failures.
  • Lead crisis coordination with partners, warehouses, and internal teams during major incidents to restore service and limit warehouse impact.
  • Secure partner solution traffic and access through network segmentation, single sign-on deployment, and identity management on warehouse control system interfaces.
  • Audit partner installation security and lead remediation plans for identified vulnerabilities.
  • Travel regularly in France and internationally to meet local teams and maintain relationships with warehouse colleagues.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience or knowledge of logistics environments.

About the Company

Decathlon

Designs and sells sports equipment and clothing

Decathlon designs, makes and sells sports equipment, footwear and clothing for people ranging from beginners to competitive athletes. Its own sports brands cover activities such as hiking, cycling, running and swimming, with products developed around the needs of each sport. Teams manage product design, production and distribution, combining physical stores with online shopping to sell directly to consumers while also carrying selected partner brands. Revenue comes from sales of sporting goods, with its own product development and purchasing operations supporting a broad assortment at accessible prices. Founded in 1976, Decathlon is headquartered in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
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Founded
1976

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