What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Vice President - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, & People Experience Champion Lead (Operations) position at L'Oreal?
Job Title : Assistant Vice President - Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion & People Experience Champion Lead, Operations
Location : Clark NJ (The Hub)
Reports To : Chief Operating Officer with dotted lines to : Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer & SVP, Operations HR
Who We Are :
For more than a century, L'Oral 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'Oral Operations, we create innovative, inclusive, and sustainable beauty together with our business partners by designing, developing, sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing over 6 billion products globally every year. We support over 36 brands across four L'Oral divisions. We are consumer-oriented, and we act responsibly all along the value chain. Come join our dynamic team!
What You Will Do :
As the Lead for DEI & People Experience Champions in Operations, you will partner closely with the COO, HR, and Corporate DEI teams to Champion a One L'Oral community, embody People-First leadership culture, and enhance the People Experience journey. In addition, you will create and lead the full life cycle of strategy, implementation and animation of the Operations DEI and the People Experience Network of programming and initiatives for 3000 employees spanning 16 locations, multiple shifts and across a variety of levels ranging from Leadership Committee to hourly.
- Collaborate closely with Operations Leadership Committee & HR to help influence functional and division DEI and People Experience strategy across Operations.
- Leverage data insights to align the DEI and People Experience (SIMPLICITY2, PULSE, PXp Journeys, & Wellness) strategies with business objectives, values, and leadership competencies, while continuously assessing and refining those strategies based on industry trends, best practices, and internal feedback.
- Create and lead the change management strategy and roadmap to create awareness, knowledge and desire for DEI and adoption and sustainability across 16 locations for 3000 Operations employees complex workforce (salaried, hourly, and multiple shifts).
- Collaborate with Human Resources, Global and LUSA DEI colleagues and other functional areas to animate and amplify global and local priorities in these key areas.
- Build, lead, influence and provide performance feedback for a team of 190 champions, while working closely with senior leaders at the Leadership Committee level to set priorities to animate, strengthen, customize, track, & measure KPI's for successful adaptation.
- Create and lead communication strategy to magnify, address and identify internal and external factors and brand causes that align with and / or may impact L'Oral perception and commitment while enabling psychological safety, knowledge, awareness, and community outreach.
- Manage the DEI budget.
- Lead and facilitate Supplier Diversity initiatives to optimize and reduce spend across 16 locations while creating community awareness of L'Oral products and services and organizational commitment to DEI and Simplicity.
- Develop and facilitate educational content to support DEI and Simplicity into Operations DNA
- Provide expert and strategic guidance to Operations LeadCom, People Leaders and individual contributors to enable and accelerate the people experience through insights gathered from pulse, focus groups, champion feedback and other data points.
- Collaborate in talent acquisition and talent management initiatives to increase representation and retention of underrepresented dimensions of diversity.
- Collaborate with Leaders, Human Resources employees to reduce disparity in employee experience as measured through Pulse, focus groups and other points of feedback.
What We Are Looking For :
Required Qualifications :
As an integral part of our culture at L'Oral, wellness is at our core. We not only offer a generous Benefits Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K), we also offer flexible time off, work from home days, and a pension plan! Additionally, you will have access to company perks such as Makeup, Skincare, and Fragrance! Employees receive a stipend for L'Oral products as well as VIP Access to L'Oral's Internal Shop for Discounted Products, and other perks such as Monthly Mobile Allowance, discounted gym memberships, and ERGs.
Additional Benefits Information As Follows :
Don't meet every single requirement? At L'Oral, 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!
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