Graduate Supply Chain Trainee: 18-Month London Rotations

L'Oréal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

L'Oréal is seeking a Supply Chain Management Trainee in London for an 18-month program with three 6-month rotations across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Physical Logistics. You will report to Supply Chain Managers in each rotation and contribute to forecasting, launches, and distribution excellence.

The program emphasizes hands-on ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and learning within a global beauty company committed to diversity and responsible recruitment.

Qualifications

• 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 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.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Supply Planning

Forecast Modeling

E2E Value Chain

Problem Solving

Cooperation

Job description

L'Oréal is seeking a Supply Chain Management Trainee in London for an 18-month program with three 6-month rotations across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Physical Logistics. You will report to Supply Chain Managers in each rotation and contribute to forecasting, launches, and distribution excellence.

The program emphasizes hands-on ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and learning within a global beauty company committed to diversity and responsible recruitment.