Why L'Oréal?

We are driven by a passion for beauty that moves the world.

We are the market leader in Beauty and a pioneer in Beauty Tech. As a result of the constantly changing world, cosmetics and technology are inseparably linked for us. Together with our consumers and partners, we anticipate trends and shape the beauty of tomorrow.

We live sustainability and environmental protection. By 2030, our Commitments mark the beginning of a more radical transformation and embody our view of how a company's vision, purpose and responsibility should look to meet the world's challenges. Our 88,000 employees in 150 countries are transforming our business to ensure that our activities respect the boundaries of our planet.

For our location in Düsseldorf we are looking for people who will join us in making a difference. 

We are the market leader in Beauty and a pioneer in Beauty Tech. As a result of the constantly changing world, cosmetics and technology are inseparably linked for us. Together with our consumers and partners, we anticipate trends and shape the beauty of tomorrow.

Mission

As a dynamic leader you will lead, drive and inspire the business planning and broader multifunctional team by aligning strategy and driving organizational excellence, ensuring quality of commercial forecast. Also, as a critical stakeholder of the commercial director, you will work closely with Channel managers / KAMs team bringing a customer centric view to the forecast.

Main Tasks

• Lead and embed the business planning processes. 
• Foster a multi-functional collaboration and alignment. 
• Guarantee the quality of O+O commercial forecast (offline & online). 
• Ensure that the promo forecast in units is always up to date along with the promo investment.
• Anticipate risks and opportunities. Ensure consistency with the trend or flag gaps.
• Articulate KAMs, Supply, Finance towards optimized sales planning (TWWP).
• Build a promo library and consolidate the promo plan.
• Support the construction of the unit forecast for the customer but understand and diagnose the value forecast.
• Challenge & strategize the longer-term forecast.
• Capture SIT impact to sales forecast, ensuring buy-in profile accuracy, reflecting cannibalization and seasonality trends, also by working closely with CSC.
• Collaborate with the Customer to ensure alignment on promotional forecasts.

Your Profile:

• Several years of professional experience in business planning or a comparable activity
• Sales mindset - ideally initial sales experience
• High attention to detail and confident handling of complex issues
• High degree of initiative and personal responsibility
• Strategic vision and ability to structure and manage complex issues
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence a multi-functional team
• Excellent analytical skills
• High level of commitment/resilience
• Fluent in German language

Our offer

• Permanent employment in a crisis-resistant, growing market with a comprehensive range of social benefits.
• A competitive and attractive salary and benefits package
• Individual personal and professional development, a steep learning curve, strong team spirit and an open, cooperative culture
• Diverse, national and international perspectives

Diversity & Inclusion

L'Oréal is committed to providing equal opportunities to its applicants.

We value diversity, inclusion and individual self-expression in the workplace as diversity strengthens our teams and we want to reflect the image of society and therefore our consumers in our company. Any form of discrimination is therefore not tolerated.