Overview
L'Oréal is seeking a highly motivated and analytical Demand Planner to play a crucial role in forecasting sales for our dynamic brand portfolio. This role is vital in bridging the gap between sales, marketing, and supply chain, requiring strong collaboration and communication skills. The successful candidate will be a key point of contact across multiple functions, influencing forecasting decisions and contributing significantly to the overall success of the business.
Responsibilities
* Collaborate with brand partners to build a consensus forecast, integrating commercial insights with financial trends and historical sales data.
* Challenge and refine promotional and launch forecasts, working closely with Business Planning and Sales & Marketing teams to ensure alignment.
* Present findings to senior management, highlighting key risks and opportunities.
* Maintain regular communication with S&OP and supply planning teams, providing clear updates on forecast changes.
* Drive process improvements, optimize catalogue management, and contribute to better efficiencies and customer service.
* Participate in brand management committees and proactively lead and contribute to supply chain initiatives.
Qualifications
* Minimum two years’ experience in product planning; demand planning experience is a plus.
* Ability to develop demand forecasts by reviewing historical sales trends, promotion plans, and other known activities, adjusting the operational forecast.
* Strong understanding of factors influencing sales forecasts.
* Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to simplify complex information.
* Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with FuturMaster and SAP is highly beneficial.
* Proactive, continuous improvement mindset with a willingness to challenge existing processes.
* Ability to effectively coordinate planning topics and act as the ambassador of supply chain topics within the brand.
What We Offer
Our industry-leading benefits package demonstrates how much we value our people. We offer a fair and competitive package to help you thrive, including savings offers, financial planning support, share options, an enhanced pension plan, private medical and dental insurance, discounted gym memberships, onsite mental health support, enhanced family leave, and up to 4 weeks of paid fertility leave.
Learning is in our DNA at L'Oréal. We provide opportunities to master your role, build skills, and access leadership programs and expert talks.
Who We Are
L’Oréal operates in 150 markets on five continents and is a world leader in beauty with €29 billion consolidated sales. The Corporate Division supports 4000+ employees in the UK & Ireland and offers visibility across divisions. Our recruitment philosophy emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we are committed to inclusive employment practices.
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