Operations Assessment Center 2023

Job description

PRECISION MEDIA TRADER – CMO TEAM

When you look at L’Oréal, what do you see? If all you see is lipstick, look again and experience the Freedom to go Beyond the ordinary. That’s the beauty of L’Oréal. We operate in 150 countries on 5 continents. With 36 international brands and 86,000 employees worldwide, we’re well on our way to fulfilling our common purpose: to create beauty that moves the world.

By 2030 we want to capture over another 1 billion consumers around the world. How? By creating cosmetic products which meet the infinite diversity of consumers beauty needs and desires, and always through digital innovation. Not only that but taking our sustainability goals seriously; moving us to a more inclusive and sustainable society, for every generation.

Our brands, dynamic culture, and always being our own challenger mean that we offer freedom and opportunity you won’t get anywhere else. 

If you want the Freedom to go Beyond, we’ll see you at L’Oréal.

Our Corporate Division supports the 4000+ strong workforce in L’Oréal UK & Ireland.  It’s a fast-paced and dynamic environment when you’ll have visibility over our 4 Divisions and play an integral role in moving our business forward.

We embrace our entrepreneurial spirit in everything we do, always challenging ourselves to new ways of doing things. That means looking for innovative solutions, sustainable developments, and having the freedom to go beyond the ordinary.

Our founder Eugène Schueller once said that “a company is not walls and machines, it’s people, people, people”. Joining our corporate teams means joining the world leader in beauty, at the cutting edge of innovation. But above all, it means becoming part of a team of talented and inspiring people.

You will

•Activate paid media campaigns through a tech stack

•Set up campaigns for successful outcomes

•Analyze paid campaign performance and identifying opportunities to optimize investment

•Integrating data from various sources in a meaningful way to produce results 

•Drive best practice and an optimisation mindset through the organization

•Collaborate with the Media team, Marketing, and our agency partners to integrate category learnings into future media strategies 

•Work with key Global stakeholders to share knowledge, techniques, and best practice

•Be responsible for the planning of precision media campaigns, activation optimization and reporting 

•Use the Google Marketing Platform stack (or others) to set up, activate and analyse campaigns

•Quickly identify and troubleshoot platform and campaign issues to ensure smooth delivery of campaigns 

•Effectively communicate with agency teams to create innovative response to briefs and detailed campaign reports

•Work with Marketing to educate on campaign performance and optimization techniques used, building in learnings for future campaigns

•Stay abreast of innovation and new techniques, developing knowledge within the Media team and wider Marketing community

•Work with our tech and media partners to ensure we apply best practice, beta opportunities where relevant and are continuing to drive our transformation 

•Work collaboratively with counterparts in other countries, sharing techniques and results 

•Present and translating technical information in a clear, concise manner to marketing and senior management

You have

•1-3 years’ relevant experience in programmatic media buying, from an agency, trading desk or DSP

•Ability to setup campaigns on DV360 or a similar DSP

•Experience creating media plans, response to briefs and PCAs

•Experience working with both branding and performance advertisers 

•Good understanding of paid media and willingness to learn about new channels

•Experience in Social and Performance media buying an advantage

•Experience of various test and learn methodologies

•Practical and questioning approach, willing to innovate and challenge the status quo

•Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to articulate key insights clearly

•Strong problem-solving skills, ability to work flexibly, autonomously and take ownership for resolution

•Ability to build good relationships and networks and leverage these to achieve your objectives

You are

•Organised: You love a list and have strong planning and organisation skills – with the ability to re-prioritise as required.
•Measured: We want to track the success of our campaigns and initiatives so projects must be able to show ROI.
•Accurate: You have the ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and meet deadlines. 
•Entrepreneurial. Every day, you spot opportunities to drive growth for our brand and our customers, making sure the good name of our brand is always protected. 
•Super creative: Whether it be in overcoming challenges or creating artwork for your channel, creativity is our back bone, and we love new ideas. 
•Proactive and Open: L’Oreal is for the pioneers, which means embracing new ideas, challenges and change with positivity and a hands on approach.
•Teams are the new heroes: There is no better feeling than being part of a successful and dynamic team, so even if you are Superman or Wonder Woman, you recognise that teams are the real heroes. 
•Only Human: we all make mistakes, but you are not afraid of failure. You learn and show how the experience has helped the business learn for the future and benefitted all.
•Ambitious: You crave success and L’Oréal is the ultimate place to achieve your dreams. We will support you all the way and make sure you have the support and development in place to help you succeed. 
•You. You are real. And you’re true to yourself. We cherish and celebrate diversity so you will feel right at home whoever you are.

You get

We put people development and learning at the heart of our business; we’ll help you master your role, develop your technical expertise and you’ll benefit from exceptional management and leadership programmes. From face-to-face workshops to our global online learning resources, you’re actively encouraged to embed learning into your daily life and are rewarded for continuous improvement. Don’t forget that every employee gets 3 Coursera credits; that means you can get qualifications from over 1000 universities from around the world, with thousands of courses to choose from.

Looking for a good work/life balance? With our new hybrid working scheme, you can take a flexible approach to work as well as benefit from early finishes on Fridays during the summer...so you can enjoy more time with your friends and family.

As any great employer should do, we make sure we look after your financial wellbeing. That’s why we have a great pension plan, profit share scheme and many more incentives to give you the security you deserve. We also put employee health and wellbeing at the front of everything we do; fully training employees as mental health ambassadors to support and educate ourselves further. There’s also the chance to enrol in medical and dental insurance, gym discounts, health check-ups and even yoga and Pilates classes to employees in all of our locations.

Oh, did we mention that as an employee you also get discount sales of up to 70% off throughout the year on our 36 brands? Plus, you also get the option to share that in our Friends and Family sales as well!

How we recruit

At L’Oréal, we take pride in creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and their contributions are valued. When we recruit, hire, train, promote or engage in any other employment practice, we are committed to being an inclusive employer regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, socioeconomic status, medical condition or disability, or any other protected status. When we look for talent, we welcome difference - different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and perspectives. The beauty we find in our differences gives us the freedom to go beyond. That’s the beauty of L’Oréal.