Business Planning & Market Operations Intern - Make-up

The Estée Lauder Companies; Neuilly-sur-Seine; On-site; EUR 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

The Estée Lauder Companies in Neuilly-sur-Seine is seeking an internship to support marketing calendar coordination, new launches, and portfolio management across regional teams in a fast-paced international setting.

You will assist in preparing planning documents and presentations, tracking milestones, and coordinating with Global and Regional teams across Marketing, VM, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Finance, Retail, and Online teams.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, International Business, Finance, or a related field.
• First internship experience in marketing, business analysis, luxury, beauty, retail, FMCG, or commercial operations is a plus.
• Strong interest in beauty, consumer trends, brand strategy, and commercial planning.
• Strong analytical skills and comfortable working with numbers and data.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to produce accurate, well-structured documents.
• Good organizational skills, with the ability to manage several tasks and deadlines.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with different teams.
• Proactive, curious, reliable, and eager to learn in a fast-paced international environment.
• Good command of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Fluent in English; French or another language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate and update regional marketing calendars across launches, campaigns, and commercial moments.
• Prepare planning documents and presentation materials for internal meetings.
• Track milestones, deadlines, and follow-ups related to launch and campaign planning.
• Build regional recommendations for new launches and coordinate product integration to VM configurations per distribution strategy.
• Build pricing recommendations for new launches and regional opportunities.
• Create category analyses to support brand strategy with market data, consumer insights, trends, and recommendations.
• Assist in managing brand assortment and updating assortment files for new launches, discontinuations, and channel mix.
• Collect, organize, and summarize launch and business performance data from multiple sources.
• Prepare simple analyses and dashboards for business reviews and team discussions.
• Track key initiatives and highlight updates or gaps from markets or internal teams.
• Support day-to-day coordination with Global and Regional teams: Marketing, VM, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Finance, Retail, and Online.
• Follow up on action points, timelines, and information requests.
• Develop clear, accurate planning tools, trackers, and templates.
• Prepare and format PowerPoint presentations, Excel trackers, recap documents, and meeting materials.
• Consolidate market feedback, competitor insights, and internal updates.
• Assist the team with ad hoc projects related to commercial planning, product launches, or operational execution.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Attention to detail

Organization and follow-up

Communication and teamwork

Curiosity and willingness to learn

Fluent English

Excel proficiency

PowerPoint proficiency

Interest in marketing, retail, beauty,

Education

Master’s degree in Business/Marketing/International Business/Finance or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Support Marketing Calendar and Go-to-Market Coordination

• Help consolidate and update regional marketing calendars across key launches, campaigns, and commercial moments.
• Support the preparation of planning documents and presentation materials for internal meetings.
• Assist in tracking key milestones, deadlines, and follow-ups related to launch and campaign planning.

Support New launches : Pricing, Forecasting, Visual Merchandising

• Help build regional recommendations for new launches
• Help coordinate new product integration to VM configurations according to distribution strategy
• Help build pricing recommendation

Support Portfolio management

• Build categories analysis to support brand strategy: market data, consumer insights, trends, recommendations
• Support in managing brand assortment and manage assortment file: new launches, discontinuations, mix per channel

Support Launch and Business Performance Tracking

• Help collect, organize, and summarize launch and business performance data from different sources.
• Prepare simple analysis and dashboards to support business reviews and team discussions.
• Track key initiatives and highlight updates, gaps, or information still required from markets or internal teams.

Assist with Cross-Functional Coordination

• Support day-to-day coordination with Global and Regional teams: Marketing, Visual Merchandising, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Finance, Retail, and Online teams.
• Help follow up on action points, timelines, and information requests.
• Contribute to making planning tools, trackers, and templates clear, accurate, and easy to use.

Support Business Presentations and Team Deliverables

• Prepare and format PowerPoint presentations, Excel trackers, recap documents, and meeting materials.
• Support the consolidation of market feedback, competitor insights, and internal updates.
• Assist the team with ad hoc projects related to commercial planning, product launches, or operational execution.

Profile / Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, International Business, Finance, or a related field.
• First internship experience in marketing, business analysis, luxury, beauty, retail, FMCG, or commercial operations is a plus.
• Strong interest in beauty, consumer trends, brand strategy, and commercial planning.
• Strong analytical skills and comfortable working with numbers and data.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to produce accurate, well-structured documents.
• Good organizational skills, with the ability to manage several tasks and deadlines.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with different teams.
• Proactive, curious, reliable, and eager to learn in a fast-paced international environment.
• Good command of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Fluent in English; French or another language is a plus.

Key Skills

• Analytical mindset
• Attention to detail
• Organization and follow-up
• Excel and PowerPoint proficiency
• Communication and teamwork
• Curiosity and willingness to learn
• Interest in marketing, retail, beauty, and commercial planning