Job Title: Assistant Manager, Sales Admin

Division: CPD Development

Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ (moving to Clark, NJ in Q4 2026)

Reports To: AVP, Sales Admin

Who We Are: For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

At L'Oréal Consumers Products, our mission is to democratize the best of beauty, and for us, beauty has to be sustainable. Our division holds the world’s #1 beauty brand with L’Oréal Paris, the #1 makeup brand with Maybelline New York, the #1 natural brand with Garnier, as well as NYX Professional Makeup.

What You Will Learn: As the Assistant Manager

• Sales Admin you will manage data integrity in the APEX Trade Promotion System by tracking promotional events through pricing validation, item and forecast accuracy and ensuring alignment with brand and customer strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Divisional Strategy & Liability Management (CPD):

• Analyze obsolete inventory to determine division and brand markdown and return liability. Evaluate the P&L impact for past, current, and future seasons.
• Partner with Sales and Finance to ensure correct retailer strategies, including markdown/return assumptions and account-specific deletions.
• Collaborate with Sales and Finance to ensure APEX promotions are configured with the correct tactics and product mixes.
• Execute EDLP and TPR On-Invoice (OI) entries in APEX for Thayer’s, Soft-Sheen Carson, and Essie PRO, while providing oversight for all CPD brands.

1. Master Data & System Governance (CPD / NYX / Thayer’s / Soft-Sheen Carson):

• Coordinate with Sales, PEP, and PIM to ensure Bills of Materials (BOMs) feature accurate components and pricing.
• Proactively resolve data quality issues, including missing UPCs, incorrect proxy assignments, and Product Group/Cluster maintenance to ensure accurate forecasting.
• Investigate Master Data and pricing discrepancies; align with IT, Assembly, and PIM to resolve issues while adhering to internal controls.
• Manage unique pricing groups for Thayers and SSC, verifying field accuracy for retailer-specific setups.

1. Luxe Division Operations (LDB):

• Collaborate with IT and Finance to develop the LDB APEX Financial Close Calendar, ensuring alignment with monthly timelines and avoiding divisional overlaps.
• Lead communication regarding monthly financial locks to ensure field documentation is updated for accurate corporate reporting.
• Investigate and resolve NCH coupons and other retailer-specific promotions.
• Maintain updated event approvers and account assignments based on current LDB organizational shifts.

Training & Continuous Improvement:

• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) to train new Sales, Marketing, and Finance users on the APEX system.
• Identify opportunities to streamline data flow between cross-functional teams (Customer Service, Marketing, Finance).

What We Are Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 3-5 years of experience in Sales Administration, Sales Support, Finance, or Sales Operations, preferably within the CPG industry.
• MS Office software experience to include Excel formulas.
• Strong ability to analyze complex data sets and translate them into financial impacts.
• Exceptional accuracy in attention to detail, data entry and master data management.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional partners and the field sales team.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across different brands (NYX, Essie, LDB, etc.) with varying business rules.
• Experience in B2B sales environments preferred.
• Must be eligible to work in the US on an ongoing and permanent basis without assistance.

What’s In It For You:

• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)

• Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home)

• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)

• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)

• Learning & Development Opportunities for Career Progression (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)

• Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)

• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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