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Division: Professional Products Division
Location: Hudson Yards, NY
Reports To: Assistant Vice President Marketing, Matrix Haircare & Styling
Who We Are: For more than a century, L’Oréal 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 beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.
At L’Oréal Professional Products, our mission is to support hairdressers and develop the hair industry sustainably and lead the digital transformation of our industry with a customer-centric approach. Our brands portfolio includes L’Oréal Professionnel, Kerastase, Redken, Matrix, Biolage, Mizani, L’Oreal Technique and Pureology.
Position Overview: As the Matrix Trade Marketing Director, you will accelerate brand growth across assigned retail channels by leading the strategic integration of Brand Marketing, eRetail, and Visual Merchandising. You will be responsible for translating high-level brand goals into impactful, account-specific growth plans that drive distribution, optimize O+O (Online + Offline) assortments, and maximize sell-out performance.
As the owner of both the physical and digital shelf, you will combine long-term strategic vision with operational excellence to inspire consumer trial, acquisition, and loyalty. You will lead and develop a high-performing team to deliver best-in-class retail activations that elevate the brand's commercial and digital footprint in a competitive landscape.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership & O+O Planning: Define and lead the trade marketing vision for consumer channels. Translate brand strategy into actionable, account-specific marketing plans that leverage market dynamics, category insights, and the total consumer journey across physical and digital touchpoints.
- eRetail & Digital Shelf Ownership: Oversee the eRetail strategy to ensure brand equity is maintained online. Partner with eCommerce teams to optimize product pages, search visibility, and digital promotional calendars to drive conversion and digital share of growth.
- Merchandising Excellence: Direct the development of visual merchandising guidelines and permanent/temporary fixtures. Optimize product placement and shopper engagement in-store to enhance the consumer experience and maximize productivity.
- Commercial Growth & Portfolio Strategy: Provide data-driven recommendations to account leads regarding distribution opportunities, pricing strategies, and assortment optimization.
- Activation & Promotional Design: Oversee the design and execution of impactful trade promotions, retail events, and "hero" product launch plans. Ensure all activations are tailored to specific account demographics while remaining consistent with global brand pillars.
- People Management & Development: Lead, coach, and develop a team of direct reports across Trade Marketing, Merchandising, and eRetail. Foster a culture of high performance, continuous learning, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Cross-Functional Orchestration: Act as the key liaison between Sales, Brand Marketing, and eCommerce to align all trade activities with broader organizational objectives.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field (MBA preferred).
- Experience: 8+ years of experience in trade marketing, account management, merchandising or related roles.
- Leadership: Proven track record of managing and developing direct reports and leading complex, cross-functional projects.
- O+O Expertise: Expertise in the "Omni-Retail" environment, specifically regarding digital shelf optimization (eRetail) and physical visual merchandising execution.
- Analytical Expertise: Strong ability to interpret complex data to drive commercial strategy and investment decisions.
- Relationship Management: Proven success in strengthening high-level retailer relationships.
- Travel: Ability to travel occasionally for account visits, market tours, or activations.
- Agility: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and manage multiple high-stakes priorities simultaneously.
- Salary Range: $138,500-$200,800 (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors which may include geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level)
- Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
- Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
- Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
- Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
- Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
- Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting [1] USApplicationAccommodation@support.lorealusa.com. If you need assistance to accommodate a disability, you may request an accommodation at any time.
Our Safe Together Plan: Your safety is our highest priority. We will proceed with caution and adhere to enhanced protection standards to ensure our sites are safe for all employees. We must all operate with the shared responsibility for each other’s health & safety in mind.
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Division: Professional Products Division
Location: Hudson Yards, NY
Reports To: Assistant Vice President Marketing, Matrix Haircare & Styling
Who We Are: For more than a century, L’Oréal 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 beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.
At L’Oréal Professional Products, our mission is to support hairdressers and develop the hair industry sustainably and lead the digital transformation of our industry with a customer-centric approach. Our brands portfolio includes L’Oréal Professionnel, Kerastase, Redken, Matrix, Biolage, Mizani, L’Oreal Technique and Pureology.
Position Overview: As the Matrix Trade Marketing Director, you will accelerate brand growth across assigned retail channels by leading the strategic integration of Brand Marketing, eRetail, and Visual Merchandising. You will be responsible for translating high-level brand goals into impactful, account-specific growth plans that drive distribution, optimize O+O (Online + Offline) assortments, and maximize sell-out performance.
As the owner of both the physical and digital shelf, you will combine long-term strategic vision with operational excellence to inspire consumer trial, acquisition, and loyalty. You will lead and develop a high-performing team to deliver best-in-class retail activations that elevate the brand's commercial and digital footprint in a competitive landscape.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership & O+O Planning: Define and lead the trade marketing vision for consumer channels. Translate brand strategy into actionable, account-specific marketing plans that leverage market dynamics, category insights, and the total consumer journey across physical and digital touchpoints.
- eRetail & Digital Shelf Ownership: Oversee the eRetail strategy to ensure brand equity is maintained online. Partner with eCommerce teams to optimize product pages, search visibility, and digital promotional calendars to drive conversion and digital share of growth.
- Merchandising Excellence: Direct the development of visual merchandising guidelines and permanent/temporary fixtures. Optimize product placement and shopper engagement in-store to enhance the consumer experience and maximize productivity.
- Commercial Growth & Portfolio Strategy: Provide data-driven recommendations to account leads regarding distribution opportunities, pricing strategies, and assortment optimization.
- Activation & Promotional Design: Oversee the design and execution of impactful trade promotions, retail events, and "hero" product launch plans. Ensure all activations are tailored to specific account demographics while remaining consistent with global brand pillars.
- People Management & Development: Lead, coach, and develop a team of direct reports across Trade Marketing, Merchandising, and eRetail. Foster a culture of high performance, continuous learning, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Cross-Functional Orchestration: Act as the key liaison between Sales, Brand Marketing, and eCommerce to align all trade activities with broader organizational objectives.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field (MBA preferred).
- Experience: 8+ years of experience in trade marketing, account management, merchandising or related roles.
- Leadership: Proven track record of managing and developing direct reports and leading complex, cross-functional projects.
- O+O Expertise: Expertise in the "Omni-Retail" environment, specifically regarding digital shelf optimization (eRetail) and physical visual merchandising execution.
- Analytical Expertise: Strong ability to interpret complex data to drive commercial strategy and investment decisions.
- Relationship Management: Proven success in strengthening high-level retailer relationships.
- Travel: Ability to travel occasionally for account visits, market tours, or activations.
- Agility: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and manage multiple high-stakes priorities simultaneously.
- Salary Range: $138,500-$200,800 (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors which may include geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level)
- Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
- Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
- Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
- Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
- Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
- Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting [1] USApplicationAccommodation@support.lorealusa.com. If you need assistance to accommodate a disability, you may request an accommodation at any time.
Our Safe Together Plan: Your safety is our highest priority. We will proceed with caution and adhere to enhanced protection standards to ensure our sites are safe for all employees. We must all operate with the shared responsibility for each other’s health & safety in mind.
References
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Who's Hiring
- JTI - Japan Tobacco International10
- Sigma3
- L'Oréal3
- Flip2
- News2
Top Industries Hiring
- Distribution & Wholesale
- Retail
- Food & Beverage
- Medical Devices
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in trade marketing analyst jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or a related field
- Proficiency with syndicated data tools such as Nielsen or Circana
- Experience building and analyzing trade promotion plans and budgets
- Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and data modeling
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with sales, finance, and supply chain teams
- Familiarity with planogram software and category management principles
Tips for Your Trade Marketing Analyst Job Search
Quantify your trade promotion results
Hiring managers want to see ROI, not responsibilities. Replace vague bullets with numbers: promotional lift percentages, budget managed, or distribution gains achieved on a specific campaign. Trade marketing roles live and die on measurable sell-through outcomes.
Show category management tools you know
Many postings require hands-on experience with planogram software and syndicated data platforms. Call out the specific tools you have used directly in your resume skills section, since applicant tracking systems often filter on exact tool names before a human reviews your application.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists trade marketing analyst openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that name your retailer experience
If you have experience working with specific retail partners such as mass, club, or drug channel customers, filter for postings that name those channels. Matching your channel background to the employer's key accounts immediately signals relevant experience to the hiring team.
Prepare a trade promotion case study
Interviewers frequently ask you to walk through a past promotion from planning to post-event analysis. Have one example ready that covers objectives, tactical execution, retailer collaboration, and what the results revealed, so you can tell the full story without prompting.
Negotiate by anchoring to scope not title
Trade marketing analyst compensation varies significantly based on the number of retail accounts, budget responsibility, and whether the role includes field coordination. When negotiating, frame your ask around the scope you are taking on rather than the title alone.
Trade Marketing Analyst Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most trade marketing analysts?
The companies hiring the most trade marketing analysts right now include JTI - Japan Tobacco International, Sigma, and L'Oréal, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and North Carolina, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Consumer packaged goods manufacturers and food and beverage brands consistently represent the largest share of open roles.
How many trade marketing analyst jobs are remote?
About 73% of trade marketing analyst openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though fully on-site roles remain common in companies with active field or retail operations. Positions focused on data analysis, promotional planning, and reporting tend to offer more location flexibility than those tied to field team coordination or in-store execution.
How do you become a trade marketing analyst?
Start with a bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or a related field, then build foundational experience in sales support, category management, or brand marketing. Learn to work with syndicated data tools and get comfortable building trade promotion models in Excel. Many analysts move into the role from sales operations, retail buying, or brand coordinator positions, where the cross-functional exposure directly translates.
Can I get a trade marketing analyst job with little experience?
Yes, entry-level trade marketing analyst roles exist, particularly at consumer packaged goods companies that run structured rotational programs. Employers hiring junior candidates typically prioritize strong analytical ability, comfort with data, and some exposure to retail or sales environments, even through internships. Highlighting coursework in market research, hands-on experience with spreadsheet modeling, or a retail internship can help bridge the gap on a thinner resume.
What does the trade marketing analyst interview process look like?
Most trade marketing analyst interview processes include an initial recruiter screen focused on background and channel experience, followed by a hiring manager conversation covering trade promotion knowledge and cross-functional collaboration. Many companies add a case study or take-home exercise where you analyze a dataset or build a promotional plan. Final rounds typically involve meeting category management or sales leadership and may include a presentation of your case study findings.
Where can I find and apply to trade marketing analyst jobs?
You can find and apply to trade marketing analyst jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your background and apply directly to each listing without leaving the platform.
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