Operations Assessment Center 2023

Job description

6-month Internship | FromJuly 2023to December 2023| Paris area | Master 1 or 2 | 1700€  |More than 30opportunities

“ Nos marques sont nos titres de noblesse”

Jean Paul Agon

Dive into the life of one division!

As a pure player, L’Oréal intends to offer the right product to the right consumer, through different paths. Whether you like to buy your beauty products in supermarkets, pharmacies, hairdressers, perfumeries or even online, L’Oréal will have various ranges of products to propose to you. During your internship, you get the chance to discover the secrets of a division and the reasons for its success:

Consumer Product Division : embrace the universe of a fast-paced environment which accounts for 50% of L’Oréal turnover and have an impact on the products you will see on the shelves of your next-door supermarket

Luxury division : high-quality formulas, breath-taking experiences, premium and personalized products are the key for the timeless success of our 22 international luxury brands

Active cosmetics division : health is the future of beauty. Turning science into beauty is the mantra of our 6 Active Cosmetics brands, and this has been made possible thanks to our powerful innovation & passion of our professional experts such as dermatologists, pharmacists and medical advisers.

Professional Products Division : the historical division of L’Oréal is now all about transformation, disruptive trends and colorful creativity. Our brands from Professional Products Division live through the expertise of our hairdressers & beauty specialists, distributing our 10 diverse brands through beauty and hair salons

Click HERE to discover our brands and divisions!

When you apply, here are some examples of opportunities you will be considered for:

-       Key Account Management:

You will be at the heart of the negotiation with our clients, embracing the challenging stakes of your division's business, and working with a team entitled to negotiate and deploy the brands' commercial strategies. You will help in the preparation of the negotiations and client meetings, participate in the analysis and recommendations on the product mix & promotion strategies and the merchandising. You will become the best ally to our sales force, helping them to deploy the different strategies agreed in the head quarter. Thanks to your strong analytical and negotiation skills, you will participate in the never-ending challenge of an increasing turnover.

-       Category Management:

 You will become the expert of a product category by:

·       Establishing merchandising diagnoses of dedicated categories via different analysis tools (panels)

·       Building new merchandising plans in accordance with the commercial strategy established by you

·       Monitoring our performance indicators by category and make recommendations based on the findings 

Business Analysis:

If you have strong analytical skills and enjoy understanding the numbers to make the best recommendations, this mission is for you! You will have a real impact on the optimization and the monitoring of our sales results and become an expert of the cosmetics industry and its evolution. 

·      Follow-up of the key indicators of performance (turnover, market shares, profitability of different categories,...) 

·      Market analysis and follow-up using different panels and tools 

·      Analysis of the different actions put in place and recommendation for improvement (launches, promotions...) 

… And many more!

You are...

·  A  Master student  (Cesure or Fin d’études) able to  provide an internship agreement of 6 months issued by your school  - mandatory!
·  Creative Entrepreneur : courageous and adventurous. Every single day, you spot opportunities to shake things up and change the world for the better. There’s no blueprint for the future. You’ll have to design it yourself! 
·  People oriented . You’re not afraid of new ways of doing things or of other people’s (sometimes crazy) ideas. Here, we cherish and celebrate diversity, so you’ll feel right at home whoever you are. 
·  Respectful . Whether you’re talking to our CEO (this can happen!) or a salon owner round the block, you treat everyone the same.
·  Willingness to  own the strategic level  direction whilst maintaining a  passion forgrassroots
·  Critical thinking with strong decision-making abilities
·  Confidence in a fast-paced and ever-changing dynamic environment
·  Strong capability with quantitative and qualitative measures

What does our recruitment process look like? 

1°/ Our recruitment team will review all the applications - And If your CV is selected , you will be invited for an  Exploratory Recruitment Interview. The recruiter you meet with will be getting to know you better so they can capture the métier, division, brand and finally the mission in which you will be able to better express your potential .

2°/ Finally, you will get a business interview with your potential future manager(s). At this point, your recruiter will help you prepare for this final interview!

Your advantages: 

·  Monthly Salary : 1700€ 
·  VIP access to the internal L'Oréal online shop to buy discounted products  
·  Access to L'Oréal's canteen and gym  
·  Unlimited access to the L'Oréal Learning Platform to boost your development 
·  1 day of remote working per week 
·  A bespoke development process guiding you towards a permanent position in the Group. 
·  Note that ~70% of our entry level roles are filed by previous interns/apprentices! 

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