JOB SUMMARY:
The overall responsibilities of the Wholesale intern will be to support the growth and development of L’Occitane Sephora North America Wholesale business. The right candidate should be excited by sales and growth, detail oriented and a proactive team player. She/He will be responsible for supporting the Sephora business in line with the L’Occitane brand vision, and being a champion for these businesses among internal and external stakeholders.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure Sephora's assortment remains up-to-date while conducting ongoing inventory analysis.
- Create new tools to streamline daily administrative tasks for Sephora account management, focusing on enhancing reporting and tracking systems in Excel.
- Assist in all administration for the account (new SKU creation, asset forms, samples to buyers, gratis).
- Assist with marketing projects, such as planning sampling initiatives, managing ratings & review campaigns, coordinating local market activations, and handling creative requests.
- Pulling sales data from retailer reports and entering it into reporting files.
- Assist in developing Field Sales Team toolkits (store events, trainings, and best practices).
- Online site audits of PDP pages and SKU updates.
- Assist with presentation planning (ex Market Meeting).
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:
- Timely completion of weekly sales reporting.
- Successful enhancement and optimization of reports and tracking tools.
- Development and delivery of the field team toolkit.
- Efficient management and ownership of start-to-end administrative tasks.
- Provide actionable insights and identify opportunities for improvement in daily account management operations.
REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION:
- Bachelors, Pursuing Bachelor’s Degree
- Prior experience in a beauty retail setting.
- 1-2 years of experience working with consumer products (especially beauty or luxury products) strongly preferred
- Proficient in MS Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot tables), PowerPoint)
- Excellent oral, written, presentation and communication skills needed.
- Must be detailed and have excellent organization skills with the ability to manage multiple duties simultaneously.
- Possess a high level of integrity – must show good judgment and confidentiality at all times.
- Strong grasp of business strategy and the ability to prioritize opportunities.
- Must present a positive, professional and energetic attitude, be able to work in a team, be proactive and remain self-motivated
- Passion for cosmetics/beauty products with Interest in Retail/E-Commerce is a plus (Sephora, Ulta, etc.)
- Growth-oriented; results-driven, a healthy sense of urgency
PHYSICAL & TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
- N/A
BENEFITS INCLUDE:
- Competitive Compensation
- School Credit Offered
- A warm, open, fun, and friendly work environment
- Generous L’Occitane employee discounts
Skills Required
- Pursuing a Bachelor's degree
- Prior experience in a beauty retail setting
- 1-2 years working with consumer products (beauty/luxury)
- Proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Excel skills including Pivot Tables and reporting
- Excellent oral, written, presentation and communication skills
- Detail-oriented with strong organization and multitasking ability
- High level of integrity, good judgment, and confidentiality
- Strong grasp of business strategy and ability to prioritize
- Positive, professional, energetic team player; proactive and self-motivated
- Passion for cosmetics/beauty products
- Interest in Retail/E‑Commerce (Sephora, Ulta, etc.)
What We Do
The L’OCCITANE Group is a leading international manufacturer and retailer of premium and sustainable beauty and wellness products. The Group operates in 90 countries worldwide and has 3,000 retail outlets including 1,500 of its own stores. Within its portfolio of premium beauty brands that champion organic and natural ingredients are: L’OCCITANE en Provence, Melvita, Erborian, L’OCCITANE au Brésil, LimeLife by Alcone, ELEMIS, Sol de Janeiro and Grown Alchemist. Innovative venture studio, OBRATORI and beauty tech start-up, DUOLAB, are also part of the Group. With its nature-positive vision and entrepreneurial ethos, L’OCCITANE Group is committed to investing in communities, biodiversity, reducing waste and to finding sustainable solutions in order to create a better and healthier planet. The mission statement of the Group is: with empowerment we positively impact people and regenerate nature.







