Strategy & Transformation Summer Internship

Based: Hammersmith, London

Duration: 10 weeks

Start Dates: 3rd July 2023

Annual Salary: £22,000 pro rata per annum

If you’re a results-driven worker with a strong eye for business and a genuine interest in Beauty and/or the broader Consumer Goods industry, then there’s no better experience than an industrial placement with the Commercial team at L'Oréal. We give you the responsibility you need to thrive and make a real difference during your time here.

We have multiple Commercial Industrial Placement roles which sit across lots of our brands/teams. Once you have been recruited, we use the feedback from your Assessment Centre to match you up to a role where you will thrive the most!

You will...

As part of your Summer Internship you will be supporting the Professional Products Division (PPD) Strategy & Transformation Director in driving this agenda forward. Looking for a self-starter who relishes working in a fast-paced environment, with an interest in learning about multiple business functions and is comfortable building professional relationships with key stakeholders across the organisation.

Day-to-day you may be...

• Tracking and analysing PPD’s sales figures, promotions, new product launches
• Tracking and analysing PPD’s competitor landscape and activity, e.g. NPD, activations, partnerships, financial performance
• Project Management: responsible for managing projects and tracking progress by meeting with project stakeholders to help drive progress and key decision-making
• Feed into the Strategy & Transformation Director strategy
• Working with the communications team on change management

You have...

In order to be successful in this role you will have/be:

• A solution orientated mindset with the ability to work accurately at pace and cope with ambiguity
• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with a keen eye for detail
• A strong analytical background, with the ability to digest and interpret complex information, build clear and concise data-driven messaging to inform decision-making and highlight opportunities for growth
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Innovative mindset, actively seeking new business solutions and keen to contribute with own ideas
• A proactive individual, able to self-manage projects, adjust priorities and deliver high quality work under pressure
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Strong planning and organisation skills – with an ability to appropriately re-prioritise and change as required to meet deadlines.

You are...

• Eligible to work in the UK
• In your second year of your Bachelor Degree

Next steps...

Once you click apply you will be asked some questions to check you are eligible for this role. These will questions around your current situation, whether you’re happy with the salary, location etc.

If you are eligible to apply you will then be sent a link via email to a Competency Assessment. In this we would like you to answer three competency questions, two written and one via video. Although there is no time limit on this the quicker you get it finished the quicker we can continue to move you through the process! The video element of the assessment is translated into a text and scored, so please don’t worry what you look like, just worry about what you’re saying!

If you have met our benchmark we will then send you some cognitive tests to complete. These will be sent via an email link and will give us a great idea on your numerical ability as well as testing you in a few other areas. Remember practise makes perfect so make sure you’re prepared when you give these a go!

We will then do a final review of your entire application and if successful, invite you to an Assessment Centre. Please be patient with us, sometimes it can take a few weeks before your application gets reviewed.

Our Assessment Centres this year will all be completely virtual; they will be running from when applications open until the roles are filled. These Assessment Centres are specific to function, so please be patient if you don’t get invited straight away – it might just be because your function’s Assessment Centre date isn’t until later on in the recruitment period!

Please note, if you apply for more than one role you will be put forward for the one we deem most suitable for you. If you have a strong preference, please only apply to that one role to ensure you are considered for the correct role.