Operations Assessment Center 2023

Job description

At L'Oréal, whether you are an intern, manager, or senior leader, the most valuable asset we have is you. Your unique sense of curiosity, creative mindset, and desire to innovate are what we expect you to bring with you every day.  

The L’Oréal USA Summer Internship Program is a paid, 11-week experience where you will be fully integrated into the day-to-day activities of a team while also leading your own, individual strategic project to discover what it is truly like to develop a career at the #1 Beauty Tech company in the world. We are committed to giving our interns the space to explore, to have full time employee responsibilities, present their own insights to senior management, and to become future leaders. At the end of the summer, you will present your project to senior leadership for the opportunity to be considered for a full-time return offer into a Management Trainee program or a full-time role. 

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so it is highly encouraged to apply soon. We encourage students of diverse backgrounds to apply, including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender expression, LGBTQ+, military status, and people with disabilities. 

What You’ll Do:  

Become immersed into L’Oreal North America’s Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Team and help to implement L’Oreal for the Future , our global program designed to transform L’Oreal towards an increasingly sustainable business model and contribute to solving the challenges facing the world 

Research and execute projects that will help to reduce waste across L’Oréal’s business operations and may focus on solutions like inventory management, product donations, and recycling  

Support L’Oreal USA’s philanthropic and employee giving initiatives, including organizing events and collecting data from our annual Employee Volunteer Day and supporting our product donation program 

Conduct competitive benchmarking and landscape analysis to identify how L’Oréal’s sustainability commitments compare to our peers and retail customers 

Develop engaging communications to educate and inspire L’Oreal employees to support our sustainability objectives  

Network cross functionally to learn about how all our functions (Digital, Supply Chain, Finance, R&I and Sales, etc.) impact sustainability 

Deepen your understanding of key sustainability issues and understand how they apply in the context of global business  

Hone your presentation, collaboration, project management and communications skills  

Who You Are: 

Minimum Requirements:  

·  Currently enrolled in a 4-year college or university pursuing a bachelor’s degree with an expected graduation between December 2023 – July 2024 
·  Able to start working fulltime starting July 2024 upon graduation with your bachelor’s degree 
·  Legally authorized to work in the US on a fulltime, permanent, and ongoing basis without requiring sponsorship now or in the future 
·  Willing to relocate to any USA-based office that has a summer internship opportunity, including: 
·  New York, New York 

Stand-out Qualifications:  

·  Available to work the entirety of the 11-week summer internship program in 2023 
·  Showcased ability to work in a professional, dynamic environment through previous internship or relevant work experience. This includes part-time work, work study, side-gigs, freelancing, volunteering, summer work, or internships 
·  Demonstrated leadership ability and interest in Sustainability and CSR through your academics, extra-curricular activities, or professional/volunteer work 
·  Established self-awareness, in terms of understanding your own culture, identity, biases, prejudices, power, privilege and stereotypes 

Skills Key to Success in Sustainability:  

·  You are both collaborative and self-motivated - you enjoy brainstorming and problem-solving solutions with others and can also execute on individual projects 
·  You are resilient and able to bounce back with positivity and persistence 
·  You are curious and willing to ask questions  
·  You are a strong project manager with the ability to collaborate with multiple partners to achieve a common goal 
·  You are an effective communicator and have effective time management skills to work with both your peers and upper management to move projects along