Senior Demand Planner

L'Oreal Middle East

UAE

Ref: RP957-1157

Job description / Role

Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
General Management
Company Industry
Cosmetics & Luxury Goods

Hello, we're L'Oréal.

We're not just building brands; we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading—this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.

A day in the life

As a Demand Planner in our Operations team, you'll play a pivotal role in driving supply chain excellence. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you'll lead demand planning activities to ensure optimal customer service, cost efficiency, and stock quality. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Sales and Marketing, to build accurate forecasts and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Here's what your day-to-day will look like:

  • Global sales forecasting: Lead and ensure the high quality and consistency of the global monthly sales forecast process, including baseline management and integrating promotional/new product launches through stakeholder consensus.
  • Catalog & demand management: Oversee comprehensive catalog rationalization and optimize demand planning to achieve excellent customer service, cost efficiency, and stock quality.
  • Operational supply chain excellence: Drive operational excellence within the supply chain by optimizing flows, enhancing flexibility, and meticulously managing costs.
  • Continuous improvement: Actively contribute to improving sales forecasting practices and methodologies.
  • Strategic collaboration: Build strong consensus among cross-functional stakeholders to align forecasts with business objectives.
  • Leadership & resource management (where applicable): Manage and develop teams while effectively sizing structures, resources, and budgets.
  • Proactive & consumer-oriented approach: Foster a consumer-centric mindset, anticipate business needs, and operate responsibly within L'Oréal's standards.

Ideal candidate profile

You'll thrive in this role if you have:

  • A bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in Operations, with expertise in demand planning and forecasting.
  • Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills.
  • Proficiency in tools like SAP and advanced Excel.
  • A collaborative mindset and the ability to work cross-functionally.

What's in it for you

  • A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you'll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!).
  • Real responsibility from day one—there's no sitting on the sidelines at L'Oréal.
  • An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender, and sexual orientation, as well as people with disabilities, are accepted, can speak up, will thrive, and are celebrated!
  • A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal and environmental causes to make a concrete difference.

Who we are

Our daring Operations team of thousands of exceptional minds doesn't just work on complex challenges; they help create sustainable and inclusive beauty alongside our partners by crafting, innovating, sourcing, producing, and delivering millions of products and services that touch every corner of the globe.

About the Company

For more than a century, we have devoted our energy and our competencies solely to one business: beauty. We have chosen to offer our expertise in the service of women and men worldwide, meeting the infinite diversity of their beauty desires. We are committed to fulfilling this mission ethically and responsibly.

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