EMEA Commercial Development Program Associate

Locations: Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain
 

Program start date: 1 October 2026
 

As part of our European 24-month program, you will have the opportunity to gain a wide breadth of exposure and experience across our key Commercial Business Units. In addition, you will continue to grow and develop your career through on-the-job and formal training, coaching and mentoring. At the end of the program, you will be placed in a commercial role that suits your strengths as you kick start your career with Avient.

Besides the on job and formal training, we offer you a long-term career path into a performing and rewarding workplace, teambuilding and network activities and a culture of values focus on Collaboration, Innovation and Excellence.

You will navigate into our rotational assignments in:
 

• Marketing: 
  o    You will learn the basics of marketing strategy and brand positioning. You will learn how to analyze data, understand customer behavior and collaborate with sales and other teams to support business goals. 
• Customer Service:
  o    You will be exposed to customer service, and you will learn how to communicate professionally with customers and to use customer service systems and tools. You develop skills in problem-solving, active listening while gaining an understanding of company products.
• Inside Sales: 
  o    You will gain experience in how to manage leads and support the sales process through calls and digital channels. You will develop skills in customer communication and in understanding customer needs while working closely with sales and marketing teams. 
• Sales
  o    You will learn how to manage the sales process from customer needs analysis to presenting solutions and closing deals. You will develop skills in communication, relationship-building and pricing while learning to use sales tools and understand market dynamics to drive business growth.

Selection process:
 

• Initial phone screens will take place between 1st April – 30th April 2026
• Recruitment Events take place between 18th May – 1st July 2026
   

Program start and end: 
 

• Program start date 1st October 2026 in Assesse, Belgium. 
• The Program will end in 2028 in Assesse, Belgium. 

• Bachelor’s or Master degree in Chemical Engineering, Engineering or similar. 
• Fresh graduate or up to 2 years of experience including internship or student assignments.
• Desire to learn and make a difference into the Polymer/Chemical Industry.
• Desire to use technical background in a commercial role. 
• Good spoken and written communication skills.
• Good active listening skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Languages: English and French fluent.
• EU Category B Driving License

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world.  In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.