[2026] LOA - UKI - EC27: Business Development Industrial Placement

L'oreal Usa; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

L’Oréal in London is seeking a placement-year Analyst to monitor our UK skincare portfolio performance. Reporting to the Senior Category Manager, you will develop monthly category reports, analyze market trends, and support the team with data-driven presentations while gaining hands-on experience in a fast-moving beauty portfolio.

You will work on data analytics, market insights, and category planning as part of a structured placement year, available until June 2027.

Qualifications

• Ability to analyse market dynamics and track portfolio performance.
• Excel skills to translate numbers into insights.
• Curiosity and drive to learn about skincare.
• Eager to take initiative and run tasks independently.
• Enrolled in a university placement year programme, available until June 2027.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly category reports using UK market data and sales tracking systems.
• Perform store visits to monitor competitor trends and new product launches.
• Support the team with ad-hoc analytical presentations.

Skills

Planning & Business Analysis

Data Analytics

Category Expertise

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Education

Placement year programme

Job description

Location: White City, London

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: Until end of June 2027

Hello, we’re L’Oréal, We're not just building brands, we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading, this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.

A Day in the Life

Reporting to the Senior Category Manager, you will monitor our UK skincare portfolio's performance:

• Data & Tracking: Own monthly category reports using UK market data and sales tracking systems.
• Competitor Analysis: Perform store visits to monitor competitor trends and new product launches.
• Business Support: Support the team with ad-hoc analytical presentations.

We Are Looking For

• Planning Management & Business Analysis: Ability to analyse market dynamics and track portfolio performance.
• Data Analytics: Excel skills to translate numbers into insights.
• Category Expertise: Curiosity and drive to learn about skincare.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Eager to take initiative and run tasks independently.
• Academic: Enrolled in a university placement year programme, available until June 2027.

What’s In It For You

• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
• Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal
• An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal /environmental causes to make concrete difference

Who We Are

Join us at L’Oréal, the world's #1 beauty company present in over 150 markets. For over a century, we have been transforming; fueled by data, tech, innovation, and science. Together, we tackle big challenges while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.

The Consumer Products Division is on a mission to democratise beauty at its best. We have powerful, industry-leading brands like L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, and Maybelline New York.

We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.