Graduate Management Trainee – Commercial (London)

L'Oréal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured mentoring

Rotations across divisions

Early project ownership

Job summary

Join L'Oréal at our London headquarters for a Commercial Management Trainee program starting in 2028. You will undertake three 6-month rotations across Key Accounts, E-Commerce, and Field Sales over 18 months, reporting to a Commercial Manager in each rotation.

Applications close 20 November. Based in White City, you will gain real responsibility from day one, supporting forecasts, negotiations, and performance tracking while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive growth across

Qualifications

• Account management: build collaborative partnerships with retail and digital accounts.
• Commercial calculations: evaluate sales figures, terms, and performance data.
• Engaging selling: structure clear arguments to present commercial proposals.
• Business planning: support sales forecasting to maintain service levels.
• Cooperation: partner across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to joint business planning by preparing sales forecasts, promotion tracking, and commercial scorecards.
• Support commercial negotiations and range reviews by helping build persuasive retailer presentations.
• Assist in tracking sell-out performance across retail and digital accounts to identify growth levers.
• Help coordinate field sales and retail activations to ensure in-store execution.
• Participate in transversal projects with supply chain and marketing to guarantee product availability.

Skills

Account Management

Commercial Calculations

Selling to Retailers

Business Planning

Cross-functional Collaboration

Job description

Commercial Management Trainee - London 2028

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

Based at our UK headquarters in White City, London, you will complete three 6-month rotations across Key Accounts, E-Commerce, and Field Sales over an 18-month journey, reporting to a Commercial Manager in each rotation (applications close 20 November).

• Contribute to joint business planning by preparing sales forecasts, promotion tracking, and commercial scorecards.
• Support commercial negotiations and range reviews by helping build persuasive retailer presentations.
• Assist in tracking sell-out performance across retail and digital accounts to identify commercial growth levers.
• Help coordinate field sales and retail activations to ensure consistent in-store execution.
• Participate in transversal projects with supply chain and marketing to guarantee product availability.

We Are Looking For

You Bring Commercial Curiosity, An Entrepreneurial Mindset, And An Eagerness To Learn How Beauty Brands Grow Across Retail Channels. You Bring

• Account Management: Ability to build collaborative partnerships with retail and digital accounts.
• Commercial Calculations: Comfort evaluating sales figures, commercial terms, and performance data.
• Engaging Selling to Customers/ Retailers: Skill in structuring clear arguments to present commercial proposals.
• Business Planning: Readiness to support sales forecasting methodology to maintain strong service levels.
• Cooperation: Capacity to partner effectively across diverse cross‑functional teams.

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 a concrete difference

Who We Are

You will join an international, diverse team where fresh perspectives are welcomed from day one. We offer structured mentoring, early project ownership, and multi-division rotations to help you develop your commercial capabilities.

We create the beauty that moves the world across four divisions: Luxe, Consumer Products, Dermatological Beauty, and Professional Products. In Commercial, you drive business growth across high‑street, e‑commerce, and salon partners.

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.

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