Merchandising Intern

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for a highly motivated and detail-oriented Visual Merchandising Intern to join our Travel Retail APAC team.

This role offers hands-on experience in fragrance and beauty merchandising, providing exposure to global prestige brands.

The intern will support the end-to-end visual merchandising process across Asia Pacific duty-free environments – from design and planning to execution and post-launch follow-up.

You will collaborate with internal stakeholders, external vendors, and regional markets, gaining practical insights into VM operations, planogramming, POSM management, logistics coordination, and retail activation in a dynamic travel retail environment.

Brands: Full portfolio across categories.

Markets covered within the scope: Travel Retail APAC

Your main focus :

1.

Visual Merchandising Support

• Assist in creating, updating, and adapting planograms for new product launches and permanent counters.
• Support preparation of VM guidelines for markets, ensuring alignment with global brand directions and local APAC needs.
• Consolidate and review in-store photos/reports from markets to monitor compliance and highlight best practices.

2.

POSM & Launch Coordination

• Track POSM (Point-of-Sale Materials) orders and assist VMs with POSM forecast.
• Support in maintaining VM trackers (e.g., deployment, order forms, stock-on-hand, POSM calendars).
• Help ensure markets receive the right VM assets (collaterals, testers, visuals, fixtures) on time for launch readiness.

3.

Project & Operational Assistance

• Support VM team in launch readiness trackers, follow-up with cross-functional teams (marketing, logistics, commercial, finance).
• Assist in vendor management – chasing timelines, consolidating feedback, sample approvals, and QC follow-ups.
• Participate in deployment calls/induction sessions and help consolidate meeting minutes and action items.

4.

Creative & Process Improvement

• Assist in preparing presentation decks for internal and external stakeholders (brand inductions, post-mortems, VIP market visits).
• Support development of digital tools and trackers (e.g., AI planogram project, SharePoint libraries).
• Provide creative input on POSM design, material choices and sustainability initiatives.

By the end of the internship, you will:

1. Gain strong exposure to travel retail merchandising operations.
2. Develop practical skills in planogramming, project management, vendor coordination, and VM guideline creation.
3. Understand the full lifecycle of a new product launch from planning to in-store execution.
4. Build stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration experience.

YOU ARE A COTY FIT

• Undergraduates who can commit for at least 6 months (Jan to Jun 2026) for a full-time internship.
• Skilled in the use of MS Office tools including Outlook (or related email tool) Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
  
  For Visual Merchandising Interns, skilled in the use of Adobe Creative cloud will be a plus.
• Self-motivated and self-starter, with a strong work ethic and a sense of confidentiality.
• Possesses cross-cultural awareness and high emotional intelligence.
• Articulate, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Good balance of a professional attitude while having fun.
• Strong interest in consumer goods, makeup and beauty products.
• Strong desire to learn along with a strong sense of ownership.
• Persuasive, resilient and flexible, able to easily adapt to new challenges.
• Passionate, enthusiastic and driven to regularly follow-up with loose ends.
• Able to thrive despite challenges while adopting a positive attitude under pressure.

OUR BENEFITS

As our this role, some of the benefits you will receive are:

• A salary that matches your knowledge and experience
• Great holiday benefits
• Comprehensive medical and commercial insurance
• Fair rewards given based on performance and individual abilities
• Promote flexible and diverse lifestyles and ways of working

RECRUITMENT PROCESS  

1. A telephone/online introductory meeting follows.
2. A first online/in-person interview
3. A second interview
4. You will receive a proposal with the terms of employment.

ABOUT COTY

Coty is one of the world’s largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, skincare, and body care.

At Coty, we celebrate the entire human kaleidoscope and cultivate a culture of fearless kindness.

Therefore, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

We do not discriminate against any candidate or employee and strive to be an open, inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees can be their authentic self.

Join us in making over the world of beauty!

For additional information about Coty Inc., please visit www.coty.com/your-career.

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