• 2009 Management Trainee Program

     

    To apply, it is essential you:

    Have attained or are in the process of attaining a University Degree

    Are fluent in spoken and written English and Mandarin

    Are eligible to work in China

     

    Application deadline: 30 November 2008

    The Program Start date: 1 July 2009

    Please submit one application in: Marketing, Sales, Finance, Logistics, Packaging, ETNSE, Quality, Production.

     

    What is the Management Trainee Program? 

    The Management Trainee Program is a yearlong program designed for young graduates who have finished their studies and are beginning their career at L’Oreal. It is a preparatory integration stage, giving successful applicants a tailor-made, all-rounded experience and exposure to several different aspects of one function (sales, marketing, finance, operations, communications/PR…) before being assigned to a specific post.  

     

    What is the Marketing Function? Apply

    A marketeer’s responsibility is to successfully manage the products in your portfolio in a fiercely competitive environment. It’s about having a vision for your brand, and achieving it - a fantastic combination of strategic thinking and daily operational challenges. Key roles and accountabilities include:

    • Monitoring, understanding and reporting on the performance of your brand and its competitors within the market. Accurately forecasting sales and promotions

    • Assessing the potential for new launches and helping build successful launch plans. Conducting consumer research to identify new product opportunities

    • Building strong internal relationships with the commercial and logistics teams to ensure competitive pricing and promotion and a smooth supply-chain process.

    • Working with external agencies including design, PR and advertising

     

    What is the Sales Function? Apply

    There are 3 main areas in the sales:

    Sales Field Management

    You will be responsible for a part of our business in an assigned territory within China. Your key role would be coaching the sales representatives teams and developing individuals’ potential to achieve the given objectives

    Key Account Management

    You will work with large clients such as Carrefour, Watsons. Your key role would be:

    • Negotiating with the client to build a business relationship of trust and confidence to deliver mutual business objectives. Tailoring and maximizing new launches within accounts. Putting together rationales for new product listings, space increases and promotions. Key competitor analysis.

    • Liaising with all areas of the business internally in order to assure the highest level of customer service. Monitoring sales and identifying new business opportunities whilst accurately forecasting promotions and launches.  

    Trade Marketing

    You are the communication link between marketing and sales teams and the key retailers. You will influence product range reviews, undertaking data analysis, range and space evaluation, category plan grams, merchandising activities.

    Your key role would be:

    • Meeting the brands' and the key retailers' needs to grow together by initiating, implementing and coordinating the trade marketing plans.

    • Coordinating the corporate and promotional POS activities (of the brands and the retailers) from conception to implementation on the field.

     

    What is the Finance Function? Apply

    Finance takes part in the growth of our business by ensuring a high level of financial performance. Their constant objective is to optimize resource allocation to contribute effectively to the company's dynamic growth.  

    Controlling, internal auditing, accounting and treasury – whatever your role, you'll work closely with General Management. Ensuring that growth equates with profitability and a high level of service to our customers. In finance, you will be in permanent contact with:

    • Your external customers: distributors and suppliers…

    • Your internal customers: sales / marketing department, commercial department, corporate function…

    You guarantee the reliability of the finance databases and have to ensure that information is structured and communicated in a timely manner.

     

    What is the Logistics Function? Apply

    Logistics belong to the bigger Supply Chain team. As a team, it manages all flow types - from raw material to finished goods, from factories to the international distribution centers, from our own warehouses and then to our clients. In logistics, you will be in permanent contact with:

    •your external customers: distributors, counters and suppliers

    •your internal customers: marketing department, commercial department, distribution platform …

    You will be completely responsible for the flows you are managing and have to ensure that information is structured and communicated. You guarantee the reliability of the logistics databases.

     

     

    What is the Packaging Function? Apply

    The Packaging Department works to ensure product conception quality through the creation, approval and technical specification of the packaging components we produce. In Packaging, you will be in permanent contact with:

    •your external suppliers for components;

    •your internal interlocutors: departments of development, quality, production...

     

     

    What is the ETNSE Function? Apply

    ETNSE stands for Etablissements Travaux Neufs Securite Environnement in French & which is the department in charge of Building, Engineering, Facilities, Safety, Hygiene & Environment.The team manages all facilities and construction projects to meet the plant requirements and implements L’Oreal group SHE system on site to develop a high level safety culture and to realize group sustainable development strategy. In ETNSE, you will be in permanent contact with:

    •your external customers: suppliers, contractors, authorities…

    •your internal customers: colleagues in plant, counterparts in China/Asia/Europe, contacts in headquarters...

     

    What is the Quality Function? Apply

    Quality or more specifically Industrial Quality in L’OREAL includes quality control (from raw materials to finished goods), quality management, quality assurance, quality documentation & last but not least, manufacturing process. You will be in permanent contact with:

    •your external customers: suppliers, subcontractors, authorities…

    •your internal customers: colleagues in the plants, counterparts in China/Asia/Europe, contacts in headquarters…

    You will be completely responsible for the quality indicators you are managing and in cooperation with your colleagues you will have to ensure that the quality objectives are reached.

     

     

    What is the Production Function? Apply

    UP stands for Unit of Production. The UP department works out a general production objective, supervises the production according to the standard in term of quality, SHE, process, productivity, cost/investment etc, schedules a short term production plan, controls the production quantity and maintain production equipment in good conditions and coordinates different departments for daily operations and new projects. In Production, you will be in permanent contact with:

    •your external customers: distributors,

    •your internal customers: departments of quality, logistics, commercial, warehouse…...

     

    Tip: Please remember to submit the page first before you go next step, to support your application, please click "Attach your resume" to submit a creative self-introduction (valid formats: txt, rtf, doc, docx, pdf, ppt, swf; maximum size:1MB) 

     

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