Sephora Wholesale Intern (Fall 2026)

L'OCCITANE Group (B Corp); New York (NY); On-site; USD 24,796 - 35,817; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

School credit offered

Open and friendly work environment

Employee discounts

Job summary

L’Occitane Group is seeking a Wholesale Intern to support the Sephora North America Wholesale business. You will be a proactive team player focused on sales growth and detail-oriented execution, championing the brand among internal and external stakeholders.

Typical duties include inventory and pricing analysis, reporting enhancements, and assisting with account administration, marketing projects, and field sales tools. This role offers exposure to one of beauty’s premier retail channels.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree relevant to retail or business.
• 1–2 years of experience in beauty or luxury consumer products preferred.
• Strong MS Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Support Sephora North America Wholesale growth and development.
• Create tools to streamline administrative tasks and improve reporting.
• Assist with account administration: new SKU creation, asset forms, samples, and gratis.
• Support marketing initiatives: sampling plans, ratings & reviews campaigns, local market activations, and creative requests.
• Extract and input sales data from retailer reports into reporting files.
• Develop field sales toolkit: events, trainings, best practices.
• Conduct online PDP page audits and SKU updates.
• Assist with Market Meeting presentation planning.

Skills

MS Office proficiency

Communication skills

Detail oriented

Organization

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s, Pursuing Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

MS Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Job Summary

The overall responsibilities of the Wholesale intern will be to support the growth and development of L’Occitane Sephora North America Wholesale business. The right candidate should be excited by sales and growth, detail oriented and a proactive team player. She/He will be responsible for supporting the Sephora business in line with the L’Occitane brand vision, and being a champion for these businesses among internal and external stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure Sephora's assortment remains up-to-date while conducting ongoing inventory analysis.
• Create new tools to streamline daily administrative tasks for Sephora account management, focusing on enhancing reporting and tracking systems in Excel.
• Assist in all administration for the account (new SKU creation, asset forms, samples to buyers, gratis).
• Assist with marketing projects, such as planning sampling initiatives, managing ratings & review campaigns, coordinating local market activations, and handling creative requests.
• Pulling sales data from retailer reports and entering it into reporting files.
• Assist in developing Field Sales Team toolkits (store events, trainings, and best practices).
• Online site audits of PDP pages and SKU updates.
• Assist with presentation planning (ex Market Meeting).

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely completion of weekly sales reporting.
• Successful enhancement and optimization of reports and tracking tools.
• Development and delivery of the field team toolkit.
• Efficient management and ownership of start-to-end administrative tasks.
• Provide actionable insights and identify opportunities for improvement in daily account management operations.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s, Pursuing Bachelor’s Degree

Experience

• Prior experience in a beauty retail setting.
• 1-2 years of experience working with consumer products (especially beauty or luxury products) strongly preferred.

Skills

• Proficient in MS Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot tables), PowerPoint)
• Excellent oral, written, presentation and communication skills needed.
• Must be detailed and have excellent organization skills with the ability to manage multiple duties simultaneously.
• Possess a high level of integrity – must show good judgment and confidentiality at all times.
• Strong grasp of business strategy and the ability to prioritize opportunities.
• Must present a positive, professional and energetic attitude, be able to work in a team, be proactive and remain self‑motivated.
• Passion for cosmetics/beauty products with Interest in Retail/E-Commerce is a plus (Sephora, Ulta, etc.)
• Growth‑oriented; results‑driven, a healthy sense of urgency

Physical & Travel Requirements

N/A

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• School Credit Offered
• A warm, open, fun, and friendly work environment
• Generous L’Occitane employee discounts