Manager - Supply Planner

Company Overview

The world leader in cosmetics, L'Oréal is present in 150 countries on five continents. Our 35 international brands have allowed us to devote ourselves solely to one business: beauty, with a mission to provide the best in cosmetics innovation to all women and men globally. Our ambition is to win over another one billion consumers around the world by inventing the cosmetic products that meet the infinite diversity of their needs and desires through continued digital innovation. L'Oréal supports diversity and sustainable, ethical sourcing for all our products, and we have reduced our emissions by approximately 78% since 2005.

The DNA of L'Oréal is innovation, and we are driven by a real passion for the future. Our Research and Innovation Centres in India are the sixth innovation hub for L'Oréal worldwide to fuel local market innovations.

The distance between beauty and tech is closing rapidly, and we are determined to be pioneers in this new beauty tech world. New digital technologies and services are making the world of beauty move faster than ever before. Data and artificial intelligence are opening new horizons for personalization and customization. By incorporating digital into everything that we do, we are creating a better relationship with our consumers.

When beauty and tech collide, the impossible can happen!

In our journey, we are looking for talented individuals who can lead us on this mission.

Would you like to be a part of the adventure?

Position Overview

We have a suitable opportunity in the Supply Chain division for the position of Supply Planner. In this role, the Supply Planner is responsible for generating procurement plans of finished goods, samples, and testers for respective sources of procurement considering the forecast, stock covers, and safety stock. The ideal candidate should have 2-4 years of professional experience with FMCG, Pharma, or Retail industry. The location of the job will be Mumbai - HO.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the smooth execution of the planning process in order to guarantee the availability of the product while optimizing customer service and cost and while improving the quality of stocks.
• Build the supply plan of the entity based on the validated sales forecasts and supply/procurement parameters.
• Determine the stock and supply parameters according to the objectives of service rate, costs, and global targeted stock.
• Manage global monthly sales forecast process and the sales forecast quality.
• Build baseline forecast and challenge and consolidate the promotions and new launch forecast projected by marketing and commercial planning teams.
• Ensure the global sales forecast consistency through the building of a consensus between commercial forecasts, the financial trend, and sales history. Independently animate the Pre-S&OP meetings.
• Manage the replenishment process through the evaluation of the shortage risks and by communicating priorities to the MSL.
• Manage stock levels in country in accordance with the objectives set and compute obsoletes and slow movers. Define and implement action plans.
• Define and follow the key performance indicators (out of stock, service rate, stock, forecast accuracy, bias) and communicate them internally and to the MSL.
• Build the budgeted stock equation according to the stock and supply parameters.
• Contribute to the improvement of the processes and information systems related to his/her activity and be the referent of his/her job.
• Build solid understanding of our supply chain structure and functioning during the first assignment within L'Oréal.
• Responsible to manage the communication between key stakeholders in assessing the supply risks/gaps and opportunities as a part of the pre-S&OP process.
• Participate in projects impacting supply chain optimizations.
• Improve flexibility, reactivity, and reliability in the respective work streams.

Key Competencies:

• Make it happen with operational excellence and agility.
• Ability to influence several stakeholders in commercial, marketing, finance, and physical execution.
• Anticipate risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Customer centricity.

Key Relationships:

Internal - Division marketing, commercial, order management teams, warehouse operation team, transport team, factory and S&OP team, finance teams.

Physical Demands:

Travel will be need based.

Education:

Post-graduate/MBA with 2-4 years' experience.

L'Oréal is committed to building a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. L'Oréal closely prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of the individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.