Graduate Program - Commercial Excellence Specialist (Europe)

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Reimagine What’s Possible

Are you a curious, analytical graduate who enjoys solving problems, working with data, and turning insights into actions? Do you want to make a real impact across a diverse European business while developing skills that will accelerate your career?

As part of our 18-month Graduate Programme, you will join the European Commercial Excellence & Business Improvement team and play an active role in improving customer retention, commercial performance, sales effectiveness, and business processes across Europe.

During the 18-month programme, you will work on focused assignments designed to prepare you for the future European Commercial Excellence Specialist role. As the programme progresses, you will take on increasing responsibility for European initiatives while developing your commercial, analytical, process improvement, digital, and stakeholder management skills.

What You'll Be Doing

- Analyse commercial and customer performance to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Support customer retention initiatives and translate insights into business actions.
- Contribute to sales effectiveness and commercial improvement projects across Europe.
- Help optimise commercial processes by reducing complexity and improving efficiency.
- Support the development and implementation of new commercial initiatives and service offerings.
- Collaborate with colleagues across functions, countries, and cultures.
- Prepare analyses, recommendations, and presentations for business stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Data Analytics, Marketing, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Recent graduate or early-career professional.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
- Interest in commercial performance, customer insights, business improvement, and digital solutions.
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams and cultures.
- Fluency in English.

Preferred Skills

- Experience with Excel, Power BI, or similar analytical tools.
- Interest in process improvement, automation, digital transformation, or Artificial Intelligence.
- Internship or project experience in business analysis, customer insights, or commercial improvement.
- Knowledge of an additional European language.

What You'll Gain

During this 18-month programme, you'll gain broad exposure to key commercial functions across Europe through rotational assignments in areas such as:

- Commercial Excellence & Customer Retention
- Local Sales & Customer-Facing Operations
- Pricing & Commercial Strategy

You'll work on real business challenges, collaborate with experienced professionals across Europe, and progressively build the commercial, analytical, and stakeholder management skills needed for a future career in Commercial Excellence.

Why Join Us?

This is more than a graduate role. It's an opportunity to accelerate your development, gain exposure to multiple commercial disciplines, and make a meaningful impact from day one.

If you're ambitious, analytical, and excited about turning insights into action, we'd love to hear from you.

Start your career journey with us and help drive the future of Commercial Excellence across Europe. 

Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.