Graduate Management Trainee – Supply Chain (London)

L'OREAL GROUP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured mentoring

Early project ownership

Job summary

L’Oréal is offering a Supply Chain Management Trainee program located at our UK headquarters in White City, London. The role spans three 6-month rotations across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Physical Logistics over 18 months, with direct reporting to Supply Chain Managers in each rotation.

You will gain hands-on experience in forecast accuracy, product launches, inventory deployment, and cross-functional collaboration across our distribution network and Retail/Online channels.

Qualifications

• Analytical curiosity and operational mindset are expected.
• eagerness to discover how complex supply systems deliver beauty.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to sales forecast accuracy and demand planning cycles by analyzing historical data, market trends, and promotional uplifts.
• Support product launch management across distribution channels to secure product availability on time.
• Assist supply planning teams with inventory deployment and balancing stock to maintain service levels.
• Coordinate distribution operations with teams across the fulfillment network adopting Industry 4.0 standards.
• Participate in cross-functional projects with marketing, commercial, and customer care to optimize end-to-end supply chain.

Skills

Demand Planning

Forecast Modeling

E2E Value Chain Acumen

Problem Solving

Cooperation

Job description

Supply Chain 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 Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Physical Logistics over an 18-month journey, reporting to a Supply Chain Manager in each rotation (applications close 20 November).

• Contribute to sales forecast accuracy and demand planning cycles by analysing historical data, market trends, and promotional uplifts.
• Support product launch management across our 8 online and offline distribution channels to secure product availability on time.
• Assist supply planning teams with inventory deployment, balancing stock equations to maintain service levels and prevent obsolescence.
• Help coordinate distribution operations, interacting with teams linked to our network of 158 Fulfillment Centers adopting Industry 4.0 standards.
• Participate in cross-functional projects alongside marketing, commercial, and customer care to optimize our end-to-end supply chain.

We Are Looking For

You bring analytical curiosity, an operational mindset, and an eagerness to discover how complex supply systems deliver beauty to millions. You bring:

• Supply Planning: Readiness to learn inventory deployment principles and balance stock parameters to optimize service levels.
• Forecast Modeling: Capacity to evaluate sales data, promotional impacts, and baseline trends to support forecasting consistency.
• E2E Value Chain Acumen: Eagerness to understand how goods and data flow from initial production to the final customer.
• Problem Solving: Ability to identify operational bottlenecks and propose practical, data-driven solutions.
• Cooperation: Readiness to collaborate with diverse teams across our wider operations ecosystem.

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-disciplinary learning to develop your potential across 7 metiers and 35 expertises under our Operations roof.

We create the beauty that moves the world across four divisions: Luxe, Consumer Products, Dermatological Beauty, and Professional Products. In Supply Chain—consistently recognised among the world's leading supply chain organisations—you ensure our products reach consumers seamlessly across all channels.

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.

Wondering how AI is integrated in our L'Oréal recruitment process? Find practical information and advice in our AI Charter.