6-MONTH INTERNSHIP - Starting January 2027 - SOURCING - Master's ½ - €1700/month

6-MONTH INTERNSHIP - Starting Januay 2027 - SOURCING - Master's ½ - €1700/month

Life is too short for a boring career! At L'Oréal Groupe, work doesn't mute you, it amplifies you. We believe your career should give you the same thrill, drive and fulfillment as your personal interests. Here, creativity drives innovation and ideas become impact. Grow across brands, markets, and divisions, and take your career in any direction you choose. With the global scale of L'Oréal, your growth knows no boundaries.

Why join L'Oréal? 88% of our interns are proud to work at L'Oréal. 87% recommend L'Oréal for an internship. (Internal Satisfaction Survey - June 2026)

Ready for an experience that makes a difference?

The Opportunity:

Joining L'Oréal means above all discovering a true industrial company delivering more than 7 billion products worldwide every year. By joining the Purchasing teams, you will deep dive in Operations, whose métiers contribute to the growth of L'Oréal, from product development, sourcing, production to the distribution of all the Group's products. As an ally of the brands, Operations always develops and seeks the most agile, innovative, efficient and responsible solutions to meet the specific requirements and diversity of consumers.

The Opportunity :

At L'Oréal, your potential is what truly matters! Joining L'Oréal means above all discovering a true industrial company delivering more than 7 billion products worldwide every year. By joining the Purchasing teams, you will deep dive in Operations, whose métiers contribute to the growth of L'Oréal, from product development, sourcing, production to the distribution of all the Group's products. As an ally of the brands, Operations always develops and seeks the most agile, innovative, efficient and responsible solutions to meet the specific requirements and diversity of consumers.

More precisely, you will have the chance to work within one of our wide variety of purchasing areas:

DIRECT PURCHASING

Raw materials: Various raw materials are used in the composition of formulas and the manufacture of products: polymers, natural ingredients, perfumes, sun filters, vitamins... L'Oréal sources its raw materials from specialist suppliers, committed to the constant search for quality and safety.

Packaging: The purpose of packaging is to protect and enhance the product. For L'Oréal, it is essential that our packaging is innovative and environmentally friendly.

Contract Manufacturing: In addition to its own in-house plants, the Group uses a panel of subcontracting companies for packaging or the manufacture of specific finished products (soaps, pencils, wipes...) and logistics services.

INDIRECT PURCHASING

Retail & Promotion: Promotion of products is a strategic area of communication for L'Oréal brands. Point-of-sale advertising and promotional items are important ways of winning over consumers. They require creativity, innovation and a competitive edge from suppliers of multi-material POS displays (metal, plastic, wood, etc.), cardboard displays, boxes, printing (notices, book, etc.) and consumer gift accessories (luggage, textiles, accessories, etc.).

Marketing Services: Similarly, and as a complement to Retail and Promo, the brands rely on Marketing Services aimed at making the products known and accompanying the consumer at the point of sale. These include creative agencies, post-production, advertising space, and market research, not forgetting digital media.

Business Services: Various expenses are essential to the smooth running and development of the Group. These general and administrative expenses are all the costs incurred by L'Oréal to carry out its activities, excluding production costs. In other words, they include all expenses related to Human Resources, Consulting, IT & Telecom, Facility Management & Utilities, Travel, Events, etc. This Purchasing area handles all expenses for L'Oréal sites worldwide.

Industrial and Devices: In order to equip and operate the production lines of its factories around the world, L'Oréal works on a daily basis with many industry suppliers specialized in manufacturing equipment, packaging machinery and industrial utilities.

Excellence Team: The role of the Excellence Team is to define the global purchasing strategy while working on common projects to the different areas. These teams work in particular on tools but also on projects guaranteeing the conformity of purchases at the international level.

Your missions

As a member of our Sourcing Teams, your main responsibilities will include:

• Develop purchases initiatives to optimize the costs and create value
• Build and follow calls for tender
• Participate in projects: Business Review, animation of the purchasing community, market studies, suppliers' mapping, and analysis of portfolio...
• Come in support to the implementation and to the deployment of the strategy of the category
• Set up key indicators and strengthen the purchasing data
• And innovate, go further: bring your own ideas and impact!