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Internship

Île-de-France

Clichy

Sourcing

Full

• Time

01-Jan-2025

6-month Internship | From July to December 2026 | Paris area | Master 1 or 2 | 1700€ monthly | Many opportunities

Join our Sourcing Teams !

The Opportunity :

At L'Oréal, your potential is what truly matters!

Joining L'Oréal means above all discovering a true industrial company delivering more than 7 billion products worldwide every year.

By joining the Purchasing teams, you will deep dive in Operations, whose métiers contribute to the growth of L'Oréal, from product development, sourcing, production to the distribution of all the Group's products. As an ally of the brands, Operations always develops and seeks the most agile, innovative, efficient and responsible solutions to meet the specific requirements and diversity of consumers.

More precisely, you will have the chance to work within one of our wide variety of purchasing areas:

DIRECT PURCHASING

• **Raw materials: **Various raw materials are used in the composition of formulas and the manufacture of products: polymers, natural ingredients, perfumes, sun filters, vitamins... L'Oréal sources its raw materials from specialist suppliers, committed to the constant search for quality and safety.
• Packaging: The purpose of packaging is to protect and enhance the product. For L'Oréal, it is essential that our packaging is innovative and environmentally friendly.
• **Contract Manufacturing: **In addition to its own in-house plants, the Group uses a panel of subcontracting companies for packaging or the manufacture of specific finished products (soaps, pencils, wipes...) and logistics services.

INDIRECT PURCHASING

• **Retail & Promotion: **Promotion of products is a strategic area of communication for L'Oréal brands. Point-of-sale advertising and promotional items are important ways of winning over consumers. They require creativity, innovation and a competitive edge from suppliers of multi-material POS displays (metal, plastic, wood, etc.), cardboard displays, boxes, printing (notices, book, etc.) and consumer gift accessories (luggage, textiles, accessories, etc.).
• **Marketing Services: **Similarly, and as a complement to Retail and Promo, the brands rely on Marketing Services aimed at making the products known and accompanying the consumer at the point of sale. These include creative agencies, post-production, advertising space, and market research, not forgetting digital media.
• **Business Services: **Various expenses are essential to the smooth running and development of the Group. These general and administrative expenses are all the costs incurred by L'Oréal to carry out its activities, excluding production costs. In other words, they include all expenses related to Human Resources, Consulting, IT & Telecom, Facility Management & Utilities, Travel, Events, etc. This Purchasing area handles all expenses for L'Oréal sites worldwide.
• Industrial and Devices: In order to equip and operate the production lines of its factories around the world, L'Oréal works on a daily basis with many industry suppliers specialized in manufacturing equipment, packaging machinery and industrial utilities.
• **Excellence Team: **The role of the Excellence Team is to define the global purchasing strategy while working on common projects to the different areas. These teams work in particular on tools but also on projects guaranteeing the conformity of purchases at the international level.

Your Missions :

• Develop purchases initiatives to optimize the costs and create value
• Build and follow calls for tender
• Participate in projects: Business Review, animation of the purchasing community, market studies, suppliers' mapping, and analysis of portfolio…
• Come in support to the implementation and to the deployment of the strategy of the category
• Set up key indicators and strengthen the purchasing data
• And innovate, go further: bring your own ideas and impact!

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Your Profile :

• You are a master’s student, taking a gap year, undertaking a final-year internship, and/or studying at an engineering school.
• You have an aptitude for hands-on work and adapting to change. You know how to thrive in a challenging environment while communicating effectively.
• You are dynamic, organized, and methodical.
• You are proactive, a source of new ideas, and capable of working in a challenging environment.

Beyond technical skills, we are primarily looking for individuals with strong potential, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the ability to challenge the status quo.

Benefits

• Compensation: €1 700 gross monthly
• Transportation: 60% of travel costs covered
• Remote Work: 1 day of remote work per week
• Leave: 1 day per month

L'Oréal Group Perks

• Access to L'Oréal Learning Platform to boost your development
• Staff Sales at preferential rates
• Friends & Family flash sales for your close ones
• And depending on the campus: Gym & Concierge services.

The Recruitment Process

• Recruiter Interview - 30 min: To introduce yourself and discuss the position & the L'Oréal Group.
• Meeting with your potential future manager - 45 min: To discuss the role's missions.

The L'Oréal Group

As the world's leading beauty group, we operate in 150 countries with 37 international brands across 4 divisions: Consumer Products, Professional Products, Dermatological Beauty, and Luxe.

At L'Oréal, we create beauty that acts, inspires, and unites. Our mission is to invent the future of beauty by combining the best of technology, science, and natural inspiration, offering everyone inclusive, responsible, and future-oriented beauty.

And because equal opportunities and diversity are strong values within the Group, as a beauty leader, we consider every application.

Regardless of your gender identity, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, social or cultural background, health status, age, religion, or any other element that makes you unique, our teams will carefully review your profile.

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