Join Lagardère Travel Retail – Shaping the Future of Travel Retail
Are you ready to be part of a global leader in travel retail, operating in over 40 countries? At Lagardère Travel Retail, we create innovative and customized retail concepts that transform the passenger journey into a premium shopping experience. Our stores span a wide range of categories including alcohol, perfumes and cosmetics, tobacco, fashion and accessories, electronics, confectionery, and gourmet foods.
Our Geneva-based entity, Lagardère Travel Retail International, plays a strategic role in purchasing, marketing, and business development. We manage key international partnerships with leading global suppliers of products and services.
Position: Business Analyst
You will contribute to ensuring the reliability of financial and commercial data essential to the performance of our international operations. You will be responsible for implementing and monitoring analytical tools and reporting systems to support and optimize commercial negotiations. Additionally, you will liaise with the Finance departments during budgeting phases and communicate with all operational subsidiaries of the Lagardère group to collect commercial data and organize an international purchasing seminar.
Key Responsibilities
- Preparation for Commercial Negotiations:
- Collect, consolidate, analyze, and share sales data with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Produce reports necessary for performance tracking and business activity analysis.
- Manage the Group’s new dynamic global sales tool.
- Prepare tender documents.
- Budgeting Phases Preparation:
- Collect data from subsidiaries and verify its accuracy.
- Analyze variances and root causes; develop bridges.
- Communicate with Finance departments.
- Seminar Management and Organization (200 persons):
- Prepare presentations and content.
- Cross-Functional Tasks:
- Monitor overhead costs.
- Track invoicing in collaboration with the administrative assistant.
- Lead additional side projects.
Key Contacts
- Lagardère legal & financial departments
- Corporate organization & Business lines/Countries Commercial directions / Operations
- Suppliers
- LSTRI Commercial Team
Qualifications
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to interpret complex data sets, identify trends, and provide actionable insights.
- Data Management: Proficient in data collection, cleaning, consolidation, and visualization using tools such as Excel, Power BI, or Tableau.
- Reporting & Dashboarding: Experience in building and maintaining performance dashboards and automated reporting systems.
- Business Acumen: Strong understanding of business processes, KPIs, and financial indicators to support strategic decision-making.
- Problem Solving: Capacity to identify issues, evaluate options, and implement effective solutions in a timely manner.
- Communication Skills: Ability to clearly present findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Project Management: Skilled in managing multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and coordinating with cross-functional teams.
- Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy and precision in data handling and reporting.
- Adaptability: Comfortable working in a fast-paced, international, and evolving environment.
- English: Fluent.
Client First Mindset
At Lagardère Travel Retail, the Client First attitude defines the behavioral competencies we expect from our teams. It fosters high-quality collaboration and promotes employee well-being. Here's what it means in practice:
- Engage effectively and positively with others.
- Show respect and consideration in every interaction.
- Listen actively to understand needs and go beyond the initial request.
- Advise and support clients, internal stakeholders, and partners in their daily challenges.
- Welcome feedback and address dissatisfaction with a constructive mindset.
- Build lasting relationships based on trust and mutual understanding.
- Seek creative and constructive solutions quickly.
- Deliver ready-to-use, practical solutions that align with everyone’s constraints.
- Prioritize collective success over individual interests.
This mindset is at the heart of how we work and grow together. If you share these values, we’d love to hear from you!
What Can You Expect When You Join Us?
- A dynamic and international work environment.
- A culture that values responsibility, well-being, and personal growth.
- Opportunities for training, development, and career advancement.
- The chance to contribute to exciting projects that shape the future of travel retail.
Ready to take off with us? Apply online using the form below and be part of our journey!
We believe that inclusion and diversity are essential to the success of both businesses and individuals. At Lagardère Travel Retail, we are committed to creating a work environment where our people can thrive, be themselves, and pursue their ambitions. We welcome and value applications from all backgrounds, and we are dedicated to ensuring a fair and equitable recruitment process for every candidate. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.