JOB TITLE Retail Category Analyst, Montreal
Hello, we’re L’Oréal, We're not just building brands, we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading, this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.
A Day in the Life As a Retail Category Analyst within our Consumer Products Division, you will be instrumental in shaping our presence in the Canadian market. Reporting to the Category Leader, you will develop and execute tailored O+O (Online + Offline) category growth strategies for our key retail partners. You'll join a collaborative Category Business Development team and work closely with Sales, Marketing, and Consumer & Market Intelligence to turn shopper insights into impactful business growth. This role offers high visibility and the autonomy to drive innovation and elevate our retail experience.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- Develop Customer Category Strategy: Translate the O+O category growth vision into specific customer action plans and build strong partnerships.
- Become the Shopper Expert: Act as the internal O+O expert by identifying and sharing current and upcoming shopper trends and insights to guide strategy.
- Drive In-Store Excellence: Optimize our in-store fundamentals, including share of space, assortment, and planograms to create the perfect sequence for shoppers.
- Lead Project Execution: Collaborate with transversal teams to plan and execute customer-specific projects, such as "Look & Feel" initiatives for retail elevation.
We Are Looking For We are looking for a candidate with an entrepreneurial spirit and a strong analytical mindset to join our team. You are a data storyteller, able to transform complex shopper insights into compelling business cases that drive action. You thrive in a dynamic environment and have a solid understanding of the integrated shopper journey across both physical and digital touchpoints.
More specifically, you have:
- A Bachelor's degree in a related business field
- Initial experience in a similar role; a specialization in Business Development and Category Activation is an asset.
- Strategic Category Management expertise.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills.
- Fluency in both English and French for communications with local and global teams
What’s In It For You
- A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
- Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal
- A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal /environmental causes to make concrete difference
Who We Are Join us at L’Oréal, the world's #1 beauty company present in over 150 markets. For over a century, we have been transforming; fueled by data, tech, innovation, and science. Together, we tackle big challenges while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.
The Consumer Products Division is on a mission to democratize beauty at its best. That means celebrating the diverse beauty of humanity and engaging the maximum number of people worldwide while elevating the mass beauty market with premium innovations. Our aspirational brands are at the forefront, inspiring and capturing consumer desires across regions and beauty categories. We have powerful, industry-leading brands like L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, NYX Professional Makeup, and more.
We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.