When you look at L’Oréal, what do you see? If all you see is lipstick, look again and experience the Freedom to go Beyond the ordinary. That’s the beauty of L’Oréal. We operate in 150 countries on 5 continents. With 36 international brands and 86,000 employees worldwide, we’re well on our way to fulfilling our common purpose: to create beauty that moves the world.

By 2030 we want to capture over another 1 billion consumers around the world. How? By creating cosmetic products which meet the infinite diversity of consumers beauty needs and desires, and always through digital innovation. Not only that, but taking our sustainability goals seriously; moving us to a more inclusive and sustainable society, for every generation.

Our brands, dynamic culture, and always being our own challenger mean that we offer freedom and opportunity you won’t get anywhere else. 

If you want the Freedom to go Beyond, we’ll see you at L’Oréal.

If you join the L’Oréal Luxury Division, you’ll directly contribute to providing our consumers the best products and brand experience by making it unique for them.

Thanks to our strong, balanced and complementary portfolio we are able to meet the needs of every consumer, at every price level.

Our portfolio makes up 26 brands of which 17 are global, including the highly-aspirational and multi-expert ones such as Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent and Giorgio Armani. Our incredible strength comes from allowing us to win in any environment; the most important one being the teams, which are talented, diverse, committed, passionate in every region, country, department, and function.

You will

As the Assistant Omni Activation Manager, Kiehl’s, Urban Decay and IT Cosmetics, you will be responsible for planning & executing omni-channel brand experiences that are impactful and meaningful in terms of engagement, innovation and customer centricity.

• Manage all key trade period/calendar activity for selected retailers in partnership with respective cross-functional teams

• Manage and deliver the implementation of omnichannel retail activations & create bespoke O&O activation plans per channel

• Collaborate with brand experience, retail and commercial teams to identify clear objectives by retailer for each campaign to drive brand awareness, engagement and      conversion KPIs 

• Act as the brand ambassador to ensure the brand aesthetics and tone of voice are correctly represented across indirect channels 

• Collect and analyse data to review marketing activity, measure ROI and use this data in future decision making 

• Build best in class retailer strategy decks to excite retailers and drive our brand vision 

• Be a Simplicity warrior and look for opportunities to streamline work processes, including creating synergies across the various retailer channels

• Work closely with the other Activation Managers to report back to DMI and Zone on challenges and development points in order to win in the context of the UK market 

• Manage and deliver the sampling and GWP strategy for each channel, work with the supply chain teams to ensure timely delivery

• Competitor Analysis -  Regular competitor analysis monitoring and reporting.  

• Manage the activation budget and ensure timely  and accurate delivery 

• Previous experience with working in a Brand Activation role is strongly preferred.

You have

•   A data-driven mentality and analytical approach to decision making

•   A Practical and methodical approach to problem solving 

•   Self-starter with a test and learn mentality

•   A highly collaborative personality 

•   Strong and effective communication and relationship-building skills, together with a resilient character

•   Marketing savvy, with the ability to take shopper and market insights and use these to create meaningful activations 

•   Creative, with an eye for design, excellent attention to detail along with sensitivity to metier

•   Innovation-driven and strives for excellence 

•   Process-driven and with excellent project and time management skills

•   Enthusiastic and able to influence others 

•   Experience working as part of a team and independently 

•   Proactive and assertive, able to prioritise and cope under pressure and multi-task, demonstrating ability to drive projects to completion

•   You have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Power Point) and strong numeric ability

•   Excellent presentation skills

You show

Ambition: You anticipate, think and dream big, demonstrating a high level of aspiration. 

You are self-driven and show proactivity, especially when seeing problems as challenges. 

You thrive for exceptional performance.

Judgement: You can balance operational and strategic thinking, challenging the status quo and managing confrontation effectively. You cut quickly through complexity and ambiguity whilst 

also thinking sustainably and are future-oriented. You reduce complexity to get things done.

Resilience: You always demonstrate purpose and ownership mindset but manage your 

own energy well. You uphold positivity for others and persist, bouncing back when faced with 

obstacles. You step back at times and accept limits.  

Empathy: You cooperate and network effectively, creating genuine and trustful relationships 

with diverse people. You are sensitive to beauty and related emotions, always supporting others 

and showing benevolence. You understand and respect others’ feelings and motives.  

Learning Agility: You are a self-motivated learner, showing self-awareness and demonstrating 

openness and curiosity. You experiment and learn from mistakes and past experiences, 

always showing courage and stepping out of your comfort zone. 

You support the development of a learning culture.

You get

We put people development and learning at the heart of our business; we’ll help you master your role, develop your technical expertise and you’ll benefit from exceptional management and leadership programmes. From face-to-face workshops to our global online learning resources, you’re actively encouraged to embed learning into your daily life and are rewarded for continuous improvement. Don’t forget that every employee gets 3 Coursera credits; that means you can get qualifications from over 1000 universities from around the world, with thousands of courses to choose from.

Looking for a good work/life balance? With our new hybrid working scheme, you can take a flexible approach to work as well as benefit from early finishes on Fridays during the summer...so you can enjoy more time with your friends and family.

As any great employer should do, we make sure we look after your financial wellbeing. That’s why we have a great pension plan, profit share scheme and many more incentives to give you the security you deserve. We also put employee health and wellbeing at the front of everything we do; fully training employees as mental health ambassadors to support and educate ourselves further. There’s also the chance to enrol in medical and dental insurance, gym discounts, health check-ups and even yoga and Pilates classes to employees in all of our locations.

Oh, did we mention that as an employee you also get discount sales of up to 70% off throughout the year on our 36 brands? Plus, you also get the option to share that in our Friends and Family sales as well!

How we recruit

At L’Oréal, we take pride in creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and their contributions are valued. When we recruit, hire, train, promote or engage in any other employment practice, we are committed to being an inclusive employer regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, socioeconomic status, medical condition or disability, or any other protected status. When we look for talent, we welcome difference - different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and perspectives. The beauty we find in our differences gives us the freedom to go beyond. That’s the beauty of L’Oréal.