Assistant Manager, Retail Merchandising

Job Title: Assistant Manager, Retail Merchandising

Reports to: Director, Retail Merchandising & Category Development

Location: Hudson Yards, New York

Who We Are:

For more than a century, L'Oreal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beautyin terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

At L'Oreal Dermatological Beauty, our mission is to help everyone in their quest for healthy and beautiful skin. Our division is the world leader in dermo-cosmetics by adding health to beauty. Our brands portfolio includes CeraVe, La Roche-Posay, Vichy, SkinCeuticals offering a range of skincare and haircare products to respond to all expectations linked to beauty and health of the skin.

Our Sales teams are into building relationships and showing why our products are worth falling for. It is about having the flexibility to adapt to the ever-changing world of sales! Come join our dynamic team!

What You Will Learn:

The Assistant Manager of Retail Merchandising, reporting to the Director of Retail Merchandising, supports the end-to-end planogram process and in-store merchandising execution across skincare brands and retail partners. This role helps bring category strategies to life at shelf through strong project management, cross-functional collaboration, vendor coordination, and execution against retailer timelines.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Support planogram development, execution, and rollout across Food/Grocery accounts.
• Partner with the Director and cross-functional teams to translate category strategies and retailer objectives into compelling in-store merchandising solutions.
• Manage planogram timelines and deliverables in partnership with Sales, Marketing, Trade Marketing and Promo Purchasing.
• Own account lead planogram trackers, store lists, and SKU reference tools to ensure accuracy and alignment across internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate day-to-day activities with third-party vendors supporting printing, fixtures, and merchandising execution.
• Support retailer-specific category visions designed to enhance the shopper experience and drive category growth.
• Build knowledge of merchandising rends, competitor strategies, retailer dynamics, and category insights to inform future planning.
• Support implementation of global Derm merchandising standards and consistency across shelf presentation, signage, and in-store execution.

Job Scope:

• Manage multiple planogram builds and merchandising projects across Strategic Food accounts and store formats, while balancing competing priorities and timelines.
• Support development and execution of consistent merchandising and category vision strategies across LRP/CeraVe/Vichy brands and retailers.
• Track Strategic Food merchandise-related budgets and investments across print, fixtures, and execution ensuring accuracy and visibility.
• Partner with our retail teams, internal cross-functional stakeholders and third-party vendors to support execution of space planning and merchandise initiatives.
• Build strong day-to-day working relationships with internal teams and third-party partners to ensure execution excellence.
• Ensure accuracy and consistency in merchandising execution while maintaining brand standards and retailer requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and tools that increase speed, visibility, and quality of merchandising outputs.
• Balance strategic and executional workstreams, while adapting to changing business needs and timelines.
• Develop towards increased retailer and project ownership as experience and capabilities grow.
• Work is reviewed against organizational objectives, deadlines, and overall business impact.

What We Are Looking For:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's college degree
• 1 to 3 years of relevant experience in merchandising, category management, space planning, sales, or marketing (CPG or beauty experience preferred)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook); familiarity with planogram software (e.g., Spaceman, JDA, Blue Yonder) & Project Management tool WRIKE preferred.
• Demonstrated interest in retail, merchandising, category development, and the shopper experience.

Other Requirements:

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage competing priorities.
• Results-driven, curious, and passionate about retail and merchandising.
• Demonstrates curiosity and creativity in identifying new approaches and solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build cross-functional internal partnerships.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Proactive problem solver with sound judgement and a willingness to learn.
• Demonstrates the potential and desire to grow into increased strategic and retailer ownership over time.

Additional Benefits Information As Follows:

Salary Range: $98K-$140K

• (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
• (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
• VIP Access to L'Oreal's Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
• (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
• (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs

Don't meet every single requirement? At L'Oreal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

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