Demand Planner - London, United Kingdom - L'Oreal

L'Oreal

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

LDB Demand Planner

When you look at L'Oréal, what do you see? If all you see is lipstick, look again and experience the Freedom to go Beyond the ordinary.

That's the beauty of L'Oréal. We operate in 150 countries on 5 continents.

With 36 international brands and 86,000 employees worldwide, we're well on our way to fulfilling our common purpose:
to create beauty that moves the world.

By 2030 we want to capture over another 1 billion consumers around the world.

How? By creating cosmetic products which meet the infinite diversity of consumers beauty needs and desires, and always through digital innovation.

Not only that but taking our sustainability goals seriously; moving us to a more inclusive and sustainable society, for every generation.

Our brands, dynamic culture, and always being our own challenger mean that we offer freedom and opportunity you won't get anywhere else.

If you want the Freedom to go Beyond, we'll see you at L'Oréal.

Being part of the L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty will give you direct influence in achieving our mission: to help everyone in their quest for healthy and beautiful skin.

We're the world leader in dermocosmetics, with international skincare brands recommended by health care professionals and distributed in healthcare outlets worldwide, including, pharmacies, drugstores, medi-spa and e-retailers.

Our portfolio is composed of 5 brands offering a range of skincare and haircare across the world; Vichy, CeraVe and La Roche-Posay being just a few.

The products respond to all expectations linked to beauty and health of the skin:
from dermatological and aesthetics skincare to natural solutions, from the most accessible ranges to the most premium ones.

You will

Lead the sales forecast process for your brand(s), ensuring global sales forecast consistency through building consensus between commercial/customer forecasts, brand plans, financial trend and sales history.
Challenge and consolidate the promotional and launch sales forecasts projected by the Sales and Marketing teams.
Present the sales forecast to senior management for monthly signoff, highlighting risks and opportunities vs financial commitments.
Manage monthly and weekly communication with both the S&OP and UK based supply planning teams providing an overview of key forecast changes.
Drive the improvement of sales forecast practices, stock quality and KPI improvement initiatives
Be responsible for the catalog management and contribute to its optimization.
Have a no waste mindset, contributing to the roadmap to zero finished goods destructions by 2025 target.

You have

Stakeholder Management Skills

Ability to engage and positively influence internal & external stakeholders. Ability to manage upwards.

Continuous improvement mindset

Review and improve processes and share best practice with the wider team

Demand Planning Experience

Experience in product planning/demand planning is an advantage
Strong understanding of the building blocks and trends that influence the construction of a sales forecast

Excellent Communication Skills

Be able to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels and simplify complex messages.

Systems Knowledge

Excellent working knowledge of Excel. FuturMaster and SAP are an advantage
Experience in demand or business planning systems an advantage

You show

Ambition:
You anticipate, think and dream big, demonstrating a high level of aspiration. You are self-driven and show proactivity, especially when seeing problems as challenges. You thrive for exceptional performance.

Judgement:
You can balance operational and strategic thinking, challenging the status quo and managing confrontation effectively. You cut quickly through complexity and ambiguity whilst also thinking sustainably and are future-oriented. You reduce complexity to get things done.

Resilience:
You always demonstrate purpose and ownership mindset but manage your own energy well. You uphold positivity for others and persist, bouncing back when faced with obstacles. You step back at times and accept limits.

Empathy:
You cooperate and network effectively, creating genuine and trustful relationships with diverse people. You are sensitive to beauty and related emotions, always supporting others and showing benevolence. You understand and respect others' feelings and motives.

Learning Agility:
You are a self-motivated learner, showing self-awareness and demonstrating openness and curiosity. You experiment and learn from mistakes and past experiences, always showing courage and stepping out of your comfort zone. You support the development of a learning culture.

You get

We put people development and learning at the heart of our business; we'll help you master your role, develop your technical expertise and you'll benefit from exceptional management and leadership programmes.

From face-to-face workshops to our global online learning resources, you're actively encoura