Job Title: Director, Supply Planning - Brand Supply Management Lead (BSM)

Division: L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty

Location:  Clark, NJ

Reports To:  AVP, US Planning

Who We Are: 

For more than a century, L’Oréal 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’Oréal Dermatological Beauty, our mission is to help everyone in their quest for healthy and beautiful skin. Our division is the world leader in dermo-cosmetics by adding health to beauty. Our brands portfolio includes CeraVe, La Roche-Posay, Vichy, SkinCeuticals and Skin Better Science, offering a range of skincare and haircare products to respond to all expectations linked to beauty and health of the skin.

What You Will Do:

The BSM (Brand Supply Management Director) Lead is a critical leadership role within the LDB Supply Chain organization.  This leader will be responsible for leading and overseeing the domestic and imports supply management (FPV and FCC), as well as ensuring the implementation of Supply Planning best practices across all LDB brands.  This role demands a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills, a proven track record in supply chain management, and a passion for driving continuous improvements.  

Some of the key responsibilities in this role include the ownership of the US Stock Equations, Inventory landing, E&O Management and the associated budgeting, trend forecasting and performance monitoring.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Functional leadership of the BSMs for the total LDB Division, helping to streamline processes, tools, and ways of working across all LDB brands.
• Responsible for monitoring inventory levels and maintaining inventory parameters. Understands and communicates short to mid-term supply constraints and manages E&O at the Division level.
• Coordinates the flow of product and information, manages exceptions, and streamlines communication to commercial teams.
• Communicates with the GS&OP to understand supply confirmation, analyze tradeoff decisions at market level, present options during S&OP meetings, and coordinate Division level allocation.
• In supply allocation scenarios, supports the BSM team to coordinate assembly vs base product allocation with the LDB business planning team.
• Support the BSM function to manage DRP including supply confirmation from import products coming from other zones.
• Support the BSM function to manage deployment and support the distribution network strategies.
• Responsible for E&O review & management and identifying and implementing E&O reduction opportunities across all brands in the local market.
• Stock in Trade Ownership and reporting.
• FX (Foreign Exchange) budget, financial trends, and monthly monitoring of the import purchases.

What We Are Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering or Business related
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant business/supply chain experience
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills required.

• Possess well-developed communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills to be able to build strong work relationships with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to synthesize information and create a clear synopsis of key issues.
• Possess strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize, handle multiple tasks, and work independently.

• Ability to influence organization.
• Demonstrate ambition, empathy, resilience, learning agility and judgement.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills

As an integral part of our culture at L’Oréal, 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'Oréal products as well as VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, and other perks such as Monthly Mobile Allowance, discounted gym memberships, and ERGs.

What’s In It For You:

• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)  
• Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home) 
• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)  
• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)  
• Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)  
• Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)  
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs   

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, 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!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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