Growth & Planning Intern - Make-up

The Estée Lauder Companies; Neuilly-sur-Seine; On-site; EUR 10,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

The Estée Lauder Companies in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, is seeking a motivated Master’s student to support marketing calendar coordination, regional launch planning, and cross‑functional project tracking across campaigns and commercial moments.

You will assist with planning documents, dashboards, and presentations, collaborate with Global and Regional teams, and contribute to pricing, forecasting, VM integration, and assortment management in a fast‑paced, international beauty environment.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, International Business, Finance, or a related field.
• First internship experience in marketing, 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

• 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.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Attention to detail

Organization

Communication

Teamwork

Curiosity and willingness to learn

Fluent in English

Education

Master's degree in Business, Marketing, International Business, Finance, or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Key ResponsibilitiesSupport Marketing Calendar and Go-to-Market CoordinationHelp 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 MerchandisingHelp build regional recommendations for new launchesHelp coordinate new product integration to VM configurations according to distribution strategyHelp build pricing recommendationSupport Portfolio managementBuild categories analysis to support brand strategy: market data, consumer insights, trends, recommendationsSupport in managing brand assortment and manage assortment file: new launches, discontinuations, mix per channelSupport Launch and Business Performance TrackingHelp 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 CoordinationSupport 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 DeliverablesPrepare 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 / QualificationsCurrently 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 SkillsAnalytical mindsetAttention to detailOrganization and follow-upExcel and PowerPoint proficiencyCommunication and teamworkCuriosity and willingness to learnInterest in marketing, retail, beauty, and commercial planning