- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Compensation
- $98,400–140,200/year
- Department
- Finance, Accounting & Revenue Management
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
About L’Oréal Luxe
L’Oréal Luxe is the L’Oréal division responsible for luxury fragrance, makeup and skincare. It operates beauty houses including Lancôme, Kiehl’s and Aesop, and develops products under licence for fashion houses including Prada and Giorgio Armani.
L’Oréal Luxe is hiring a permanent, full-time Commercial Planning Manager in New York, with a hybrid schedule of three days in the office and two days working from home. The role leads budget and trend planning and forecasting for retail and net sales across brands, partnering with Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, and sales teams to consolidate projections and communicate business risks and opportunities. The annual salary range is $98,400–$140,200, depending on job-related factors including location, experience, education, and skill level.
Role & Responsibilities
- Serve, with the Director’s assistance, as a primary conduit for the Luxe budget and trend planning and forecasting process for retail and gross-to-net sales across brands.
- Partner with Marketing to understand advertising and promotional spend, business drivers, and each brand’s plans for growth through new distribution, new products, core-product growth, sets, and promotional activity.
- Work with Marketing and Supply Chain to understand launch activity and its scale within each brand, ensuring the Key Account Director has planned retail and net sales for the budget and trend.
- Partner with Finance and Key Account Directors to understand minorations spend that could affect gross-to-net results, including promotional allowances, markdowns, returns, and DIF.
- Work with Key Account Directors and the Head of Sales to understand account-level promotional activity for budgeting and trending.
- Consolidate monthly projections from Key Account Directors by account into a bottom-up forecast that becomes the brand’s retail and net sales budget and trend.
- Identify and communicate risks and opportunities to the General Manager, using data to explain variances from the last budget or trend commitment.
- Communicate complex information orally and in writing to internal audiences with differing levels of knowledge, up to and including the General Manager or Brand President, on a weekly basis.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field.
- At least 3 years of experience in a sales support role in consumer products or a related field.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Experience working in a data warehouse environment.
- Understanding of the P&L.
- Strong computer skills, especially Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Ability to communicate complex information orally and in writing to internal audiences with differing levels of knowledge, up to and including the General Manager or President.
- Ability to influence decision-making through analysis of facts and sound reasoning.
- Ability to analyze data at granular levels.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple business priorities concurrently.
- Ability to work effectively across functions.
- Prior experience in an SAP environment is a plus.
- Prior planning or forecasting experience is a plus.
- Authorization to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent, ongoing basis; immigration support or sponsorship is not offered.
- Office presence three days per week is an essential function for eligible full-time employees in office-based roles.
Skills
Experience
At least 3 years in a sales support role in consumer products or a related field.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in New York, New York, USA.
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Compensation
The base compensation for this position ranges from USD 98,400 to USD 140,200 per annum.
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k); pension plan; hybrid work policy (3 days in office and 2 days working from home); flexible time off, including paid company holidays, paid vacation, a vacation buy program, volunteer time, and Summer Fridays; discounted products through L’Oréal’s internal shop; monthly mobile allowance; learning and development opportunities, including e-learning, Lunch & Learn sessions, and mentorship programs; employee resource groups; mental health and wellness programs.
Culture
Some roles serve a single house or counter. Others span several houses, from advisors who present more than one fragrance line to planners who coordinate stock across the division.
About Cerulean
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