Business Planning & Market Operations Intern - Luxury Skincare

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) is a global leader in prestige beauty, bringing together iconic brands across skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair care. At ELC, creativity, innovation, and collaboration come together in an international environment where people are encouraged to learn, grow, and make an impact. Joining ELC means becoming part of a passionate community shaping the future of beauty

Key Responsibilities

Support Marketing Calendar and Go-to-Market Coordination

• Help consolidate and update regional marketing calendars across key launches, campaigns, and commercial moments.
• Support the preparation of planning documents and presentation materials for internal meetings.
• Assist in tracking key milestones, deadlines, and follow-ups related to launch and campaign planning.

Support Launch and Business Performance Tracking

• Help collect, organize, and summarize launch and business performance data.
• Prepare simple analysis and dashboards to support business reviews and team discussions.
• Track key initiatives and highlight updates, gaps, or information still required from markets or internal teams.

Assist with Cross-Functional Coordination

• Support day-to-day coordination with Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Finance, Retail, and Online teams.
• Contribute to making planning tools, trackers, and templates clear, accurate, and easy to use.

Support Business Presentations and Team Deliverables

• Prepare and format PowerPoint presentations, Excel trackers, recap documents, and meeting materials.
• Support the consolidation of market feedback, competitor insights, and internal updates.
• Assist the team with ad hoc projects related to commercial planning, product launches, or operational execution.

Profile / Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, International Business, Finance, or a related field.
• First internship experience in marketing, business analysis, luxury, beauty, retail, FMCG, or commercial operations is a plus.
• Strong interest in beauty, consumer trends, brand strategy, and commercial planning.
• Strong analytical skills and comfortable working with numbers and data.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to produce accurate, well-structured documents.
• Good organizational skills, with the ability to manage several tasks and deadlines.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with different teams.
• Proactive, curious, reliable, and eager to learn in a fast-paced international environment.
• Good command of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Fluent in English; French or another language is a plus.

Key Skills

• Analytical mindset, attention to detail
• Organization and follow-up
• Communication, teamwork, curiosity and willingness to learn
• Interest in marketing, retail, beauty, and commercial planning