Management Trainee - Commercial L'Oreal UK Limited

Job description

Following a comprehensive company induction, Commercial Management Trainees will be given responsibility from day one. They are integral to defining and implementing distribution and sales strategy to build their brand and achieve the organization’s short and long-term turnover objectives.

They are responsible for:

• Developing sales strategies and annual business sales plan aligned with the objectives decided by General Management
• Developing strong relationships with clients and Senior Management
• Integrate the sales strategies and activities with other Departments (esp. Marketing, Customer Service, Education, Merchandising)

Person requirements

• Effective at building and maintaining relationships
• Commercially aware
• Entrepreneurial
• Confident communicator
• Collaborative team player
• Self-Starter
• Strong analytical skills

Company information

With 130 products sold per second, L’Oréal is one of the world’s most successful FMCG companies. Continuously voted the No. 1 FMCG employer of choice by students across Europe (Universum, 2007, 08, 09, 10), L’Oréal’s business is driven by the development of innovative products to meet the diverse needs of consumers in 130 countries worldwide. With annual sales in 2011 in excess €20 billion, the company employs more than 69,500 people in 62 countries and manufactures 4.6 billion products in 42 industrial plants around the world.

The prestigious portfolio of leading brands are developed by scientists in the company’s 16 research & development centres around the world and includes: L'Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, SoftSheen-Carson, Lancome, Giorgio Armani, Shu Uemura, Yves Saint Laurent Beaute, Viktor & Rolf, Diesel, Cacharel, Kiehl’s, Ralph Lauren, Biotherm, L'Oréal Professionnel, Kerastase, Redken 5th Avenue NYC, Matrix, Logics, Mizani, PureOlogy, Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Essie and The Body Shop.

Qualification and experience requirements

On track for a 2:1 degree

Accepted degree subjects

Any