What it Does: The company is committed to fulfilling the aspirations of women and men globally by understanding and respecting their culture, needs, and traditions in beauty and by developing their products with research, innovation, and commitment. They have several research centres and product development centres for three lines of business – hair, skincare, and make-up.
Mission: The mission of L'Oreal is to provide all its customers with the best beauty products in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, and responsibility. Having such strong principles as its basis, the company aimed to build an infinite diversity of beauty products and services by embracing technologies such as augmented reality and artificial intelligence and transforming from a Beauty to a BeautyTech company.
Size and Presence: The L’Oreal group has around 88,000 employees around the world, operating across 150 countries with 36 trusted brands.
The Good Bits: The company provides good career growth opportunities to its employees with diverse perspectives and better at understanding the many different ideas of beauty and they are better at seizing emerging opportunities.
The Not So Good Bits: Being a huge organization it takes an employee a long time for approvals.
In the year 1909, Eugène Schueller, a young chemist with an entrepreneurial spirit, founded the company that was to become the L’Oréal Group. His first invention started with hair dyes, and he sold the product to Parisian hairdressers. His research and innovation have created a great impact on the beauty industry.
Between 1957 and 1983, by the initiation of the process and action of Chairman François Dalle, the Group started to expand internationally, with the spectacular growth of the company with different brands of products. Also, the company has significantly grown in research and innovation. Under the management of Lindsey Owen-Jones, its success story begins after emerging as the number one brand in the beauty industry between 1988 and 2005. Having developed a successful portfolio, the company has emerged into the 21st century by embracing diversity and inclusion in its global growth agenda.
L’Oreal has a vibrant and unique culture with strong roots in the beauty industry. Working at L’Oreal means joining the world leader in beauty, being at the cutting edge of innovation, and becoming a part of a talented team. The company has a diverse, supportive, and welcoming environment by providing an adapted workplace. It encourages networking, wellness, and a feeling of togetherness with coworkers.
L’Oreal encourages its employees to be authentic, sincere, and who they are. It says to be innovative, make mistakes, and try again. It's good to be a part of a team with diverse, innovative, and flexible thoughts.
The company invests more in their employees to improve their abilities and gain cutting-edge skills by providing training programs, workshops, etc. both online and offline. Loréal, encourage its people to try out new things and not be scared of failing. They believe that trying and failing are part of the creative process. We learn a lot from the mistakes we make.
The L’Oreal India For Young Women in Science (FYWIS) Scholarship Programme is a countrywide initiative that encourages and supports young women from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue their higher education in any scientific field at a recognised college or university in India. A scholarship of INR 250,000 is awarded to each of the promising young women and covers their college fees and allows them to pursue their careers.
Global internship programs, apprenticeship programs, and graduate opportunities are provided for fresh outgoing students.
L’Oreal India's Management Trainee programme gives trainees an in-depth insight into Loreal and prepares them for a fast-track career.
The hiring process for a fresh or experienced candidate at L’Oreal begins with registering on the career page and filling out an online application based on qualification, years of experience, and requirements. A fresher can apply for only three jobs within 30 days. After applying they are called for a written test, group discussion, and interview.
An experienced candidate can check all the jobs that they have already applied for in their candidate space. After submission, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to them depending on the job they applied for. A shortlisted, candidate will be called for a digital or a face-to-face interview.
The average pay for a fresher at L’Oreal can be approximately 5 to 6 LPA, depending on the role they are selected for.
Since its founding, L'Oreal has been a company committed to consumer safety, protecting the environment, and the welfare of its employees. As a market leader, they have a responsibility to go further and to ensure that all their stakeholders share in its success, and thus make the world a more beautiful place. They believe that the real beauty lies in serving the communities, protecting the environment, and biodiversity, and providing security for employees.
In India, the company aims to become the best-practice leader in women’s empowerment and environmental sustainability. Some of the CSR activities initiated by the company are: