Project Analyst

Corporate division

About L’Oréal

L’Oréal has been a world leader in the cosmetics business for more than 100 years and has grown into one of the largest FMCG companies in the world. With international brands such as L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Kérastase, Lancôme, Giorgio Armani and Vichy, we offer relevant products for every consumer.

Who am I?

As Project Analyst, you will monitor transformational, continuous improvement & key business projects. As the right hand to our Head of PMO, you will be analyzing, supporting & driving projects throughout their lifecycle: From effective planning, and solid implementation to successful closure. This will include evaluation & root cause analysis, preparation of relevant project documentation (timeline, budget, resource planning…) as well as the follow-up on the project progress with project stakeholders in individual meetings as well as project update calls and Steerco meetings potentially including Management Committee/Zone members. You will be working in a diverse, dynamic, and performance-driven team with a good team spirit and humor. As Project Analyst in our team, you will build up your own project management experience & expertise, you will gain a broad network across functions within our company and become acquainted with L’Oreal Operations and its key stakeholders.

Your Key Responsibilities

• In-depth evaluation, process reviews and root cause analysis through both quantitative data analysis and qualitative stakeholder interviews.
• Using the gained knowledge to subdivide problems into smaller packages and create a project plan and timeline.
• Planning and managing timelines, workshop schedules and monitor completion of planned deliverables & milestones
• Providing proper project status visibility (and if needed escalation with recommendations for actions and decisions to be taken) through the maintenance of clean project documentation and regular updates
• Driving smaller projects or work packages yourself, including risk management & managing project interdependencies.

Your profileYou can navigate in highly complex, volatile, and uncertain settings with both strong technical and business expertise. You potentially know structures and WOW in L’Oreal and in Operations’ projects already and if there is an unfamiliar area, you have the curiosity and willingness to learn and find out quickly. You like to take initiative and are a strong communicator with a collaborative attitude, who is not afraid to challenge, and of being challenged. Your resilience helps you also with setbacks and you can recover your optimism and find compromises. You can work closely and get the buy-in of (technical) stakeholders to identify and mitigate potential risks associated with the proposed changes, ensuring a smooth transition. You prioritize effectively and can balance the strive for excellence with pragmatism. With your great enthusiasm and creative mindset, you ideate and bring new ideas to the table, not only as an individual but also together with your colleagues. You work well in cross-functional teams and are not afraid to take responsibility and make decisions. With your hands-on mentality, structured approach, and analytical skills, you proactively seek to improve the status quo. You see change as something positive, can adapt quickly, even in ambiguous and stressful settings and you like to courageously help shaping the future of L’Oreal Operations.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Has Data & root cause analysis skills
• Can set up project plans
• Has experience in change management
• Knows how to do Resource Management
• Has Agile & Waterfall Project Management Methodologies knowledge
• Can work in cross-functional teams
• Has Risk Management skills
• Has stakeholder management skills

Tools Knowledge Requested

• Excel, SAP, PowerBI, has worked with database structures & queries, basic knowledge of Google Cloud platform

What do we offer?

• An inspiring work environment with ambitious colleagues, where working Agile is the norm Broad career path possibilities within and outside of the corporate Customer Care team
• A competitive salary and good secondary employment benefits (profit sharing, retirement, healthcare, etc.)
• Discount on our products
• Broad and professional training offerings

Finally, a great added value of working at L’Oréal is that you will be working with so many different people and functions. This offers you the opportunity to broaden your knowledge about different stakeholders.

Diversity

L’Oréal would like their personnel to represent the diversity of the Benelux society. We welcome everyone regardless of origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, philosophical or political conviction, disability, etc.

“A diversified workforce in every function and on all levels strengthens our creativity and our understanding of consumers and it enables us to develop and market products that are relevant“

(Jean-Paul Agon, Chairman of L’Oréal)

How To Apply

Are you ready for this challenge and do you meet the conditions?

Then apply quickly!

Do you want to know what it’s like to work for L’Oréal Benelux?

Check out our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/loréal/life/