Sales Trainee – L'Oréal Consumer Products Division

Do you dream of a sales career with a global beauty brand and top FMCG player?

L'Oréal offers you the chance to make that dream come true! We are looking for an ambitious and energetic Sales Trainee who we will develop into a junior account manager. In the sales traineeship of 1.5 years, you will take on the challenge of a combined role as sales representative in the field for 3 days a week as well as building a strong collaboration with our commercial teams by a support role in the office for 2 days a week. At the same time, you will have get a strong commercial and general trainings plan. You will have a mentor in the commercial organization as well as a coach in the commercial leadership team. In this, you will have the unique opportunity to develop yourself and grow into a junior account Manager.

Your Impact: A Versatile Role with Many Possibilities

This role is twofold: you will actively work as a Sales Representative, visiting stores within your assigned sector, and on the other hand, you will be crucial for the administrative support and coordination of our Sales Team.

A. Sales Representative As a Sales Representative, you are the face of L'Oréal to our clients. You build relationships and optimize our presence in stores by:

• Conducting commercial negotiations with clients regarding assortment, promotions, and placement.
• Planning sales activities: You set routing and priorities for your visit schedules and missions.
• Optimizing the assortment at points of sale, aimed at maximizing sales and visibility.
• Providing category insights as an expert, through understanding of market and consumer trends.
• Ensuring optimal product displays in the store.
• Excellence in activation: You ensure flawless execution of product launches and promotions.
• Presenting our brands and products persuasively and effectively handling client questions or objections.
• Performing commercial calculations, including preparing sales forecasts.
• Identifying business opportunities and solving problems in the store.

B. Administrative Management As Administrative Support, you ensure efficient and accurate operational support for our sales & representatives team at the head office.

Your tasks will include:

• Creating and updating the catalogue in our CRM system.
• General administration for the Field Team and ensuring a streamlined process.
• Analyzing, extracting, and compiling sales data to support strategic decisions.
• Administrative support for meetings: You facilitate, coordinate, and prepare meetings.
• Support for merchandising-related activities.
• Project management.

In both pillars of the role, a close connection with the head office is crucial. You will work daily with various (Key) Account Managers and Marketing and Category Management teams where necessary. You will be supervised by the Field Manager, together with a close contact from the Group Account Manager of the Benelux Food Retail & Field Force team, of which you will be a part.

Your Growth Plan: From Junior to Strategic Force as (Key) Account Manager

At L'Oréal, we believe in developing talent. After a successful period in this junior role, in which you further develop both your sales and administrative skills, you will have the opportunity to grow into a fully-fledged junior Account Manager role. In this role, you will be responsible for your own client portfolio and strategic partnerships with our most important clients.

Who are you?

• A recently graduated young talent with a strong interest in both sales and business development. (Masters degree required)
• A proactive, independent, and accurate team player with a winner's mentality.
• Strong in both communication (verbal and written) and in numbers and analysis.
• Driven to give your best both in the office and in the field.
• Agile in and comfortable with a fast moving business context
• Fluent in Dutch and/or French and English.

What do we offer you?

• A versatile kickstart to your career at one of the largest beauty companies in the world, with a clear growth path.
• A steep learning curve with ample opportunities for personal and professional development.
• An inspiring and dynamic work environment where talent is valued.
• An attractive salary package with excellent secondary employment conditions.
• The chance to work with leading beauty brands and make a direct impact.

Ready to launch your Sales career?

Apply directly! Send us your CV and motivation letter and convince us why you are the perfect candidate for this challenging role at L'Oréal. For more information about L'Oréal and our vacancies, visit loreal.com.

Diversity L'Oréal strives for its staff to reflect the diversity of Benelux society. We welcome everyone, regardless of origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, philosophical or political conviction, disability, etc.

"A diverse workforce in every function and at every level strengthens our creativity and our understanding of the consumer and enables us to develop and market products that are relevant." (Jean-Paul Agon)

Want to know what it's like to work at L'Oréal Benelux? Take a look at our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/loreal/life/