What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager - Demand Planning position at L'Oreal?
Job Title Manager - Demand Planning
Division : Consumer Products Division
Location : New York, NY
Reports To : Director - Demand Planning
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.
What You Will Do :
The Demand Planning team develops accurate and timely demand forecasts while reducing inventory / working capital, and minimizing forecast variability. They partner with commercial planning teams (Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Customer Planning) to gather inputs to build the consensus demand plan through the S&OP process for CPD.
- Develop accurate and timely demand forecast while reducing inventory / working capital, and minimizing forecast variability
- Partner with commercial planning teams (Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Customer Planning) to gather inputs to build the consensus demand plan through the S&OP process
- Work closely with the supply planning team to understand and resolve known supply constraints or excess inventory risks and communicate to commercial teams in the S&OP demand review.
- Work with the business in action plans to help in the excess / obsolete reduction and be more and more aligned in the L'Oral for the future goal of zero destruction.
- Ensure consistency of forecast assumptions across the business unit, including base business trends, promotional plans, new launch volumes, planogram changes & seasonal volume.
- Ensure alignment of Demand Forecast with Sales Estimate and / or provide reconciliation and analysis of variance
- Focus on accuracy of demand plan for new product launches, based on accurate analysis of distribution builds and velocity / share expectations
- Analyze historical sales data and future plans. Work cross-functionality and proactively monitor forecast error / accuracy including root cause analysis to achieve continuous improvement in demand forecast accuracy
- Prepare written analyses, documentation, reports or other data
- Lead process improvement and tool creation across the DP community.
What We Are Looking For :
Required Qualifications :
Competencies Required :
Puts the consumer as the central focus
Builds a shared vision and strategic frame
Takes accountability with courage and transparency
Fosters a climate of trust, and constructive confrontation
Treats all individuals in a respectful and consistent manner
What's In It For You :
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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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Salary : $98,400 - $140,200
