IT - Project Management Industrial Placement 2026

Think IT involves sitting at a desk staring at a computer screen all day? Think again. L'Oréal is looking for a PMO Intern who enjoys working with people, processes, and problem-solving. You'll be working with the Northern Europe Portfolio Management Officer to support and guide the 4 Northern Europe teams on how to manage and deliver their projects in a best-in-class way. This might mean running coaching or training, collaborating with centralised teams on improvements, or delivering part of a transformational project yourself.

As an innovative global company, technology is at the heart of everything we do, so we're looking for someone who can rise to the challenge of introducing, embedding and tracking changes, and taking people on the journey with you. You'll be on the move in a busy and fast-paced environment, tackling different problems and working with a variety of teams at all levels, so strong communication and collaboration skills are a must.

You will...

• Manage the portfolio of projects for the 4 Northern Europe hubs, meeting regularly with the teams to discuss upcoming projects, resource needs and keeping central information up to date

• Own the tracking and consolidation of regular project status reporting, escalating risks and dependencies when necessary

• Support the research, set-up & roll-out of a new transformation workstream across IT Europe zone

• Support the embedding of project management & agile methodologies, including their translation into workable tools & templates

• Work with the Northern Europe Portfolio Management Officer to rollout, embed and monitor Global and Zone Governance processes

• Contribute to process improvement and help maintain best practice through the gathering of feedback and suggesting improvements

• Contribute to the evolution of our IT Europe PMO community

• Gain awareness of project management practices and methodologies

• Must be self-motivated with strong sense of ownership

• Highly organised, accurate and excellent attention to detail

• A passion for successful project delivery

• A good level of Microsoft Office suite of products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong interpersonal and problem solving skills

• Ability to work in a fast paced project environment and under pressure

• Strong team player