12-Month Junior Manufacturing Quality Associate

Job description

L'Oréal USA Junior Manufacturing Quality Associate (12-month internship)

Division L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty Location

Somerset, NJ Reports To : Senior Manager, Quality Assurance 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 Dermatological Beauty, our mission is to help everyone in their quest for healthy and beautiful skin.

Our division is the world leader in dermo-cosmetics by adding health to beauty. Our brands portfolio includes CeraVe, La Roche-Possay, Vichy, SkinCeuticals offering a range of skincare and haircare products to respond to all expectations linked to beauty and health of the skin.

What You Will Learn

Drive Digital Transformation: Spearhead digital improvement projects using modern tools (Solvace, PowerBI, Excel, AI) to streamline compliance, long-term stability testing, and annual product reports for quick data analysis and pull.

Annual Product Reporting

Support Annual Product Reports for OTC plant, Equipment & Process Validation: Support and execute equipment re-validations (IQ/OQ/PQ) and Clean-In-Place / Sanitize-In-Place (CIP/SIP) validations for existing and new recipes.

Manufacturing & Hygiene

Help roll out digital solutions like E-CLAIRS (electronic cleaning logs) and support critical hygiene initiatives, trainings and protocols.

Validation/Lab Testing

Assist with SCOOP capability studies, statistical sampling, ACD testing/qualification, and QC lab testing as needed.

Lead Cross-Functionally

Participate in risk assessments and collaborate with external (Engineering, R&I) teams to drive continuous improvement projects to completion.

What We Are Looking For

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Passion for hands on technical problem solving Passion for utilizing digital tools (Solvace, PowerBI, Excel, AI) to drive efficiency Required Qualifications: Candidates must be actively enrolled or have received a Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering or similar discipline within the last 12 months Lab experience preferred.

What’s In It For You

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 for Career Progression (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 Don’t meet every single requirement?

At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles! 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.

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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.