Job Title Director, Supply Planning – Project Management 

Division: Consumer Products Division

Location: Clark, New Jersey

Reports Into: VP, L'Oreal Operations S&OP

Hello, we’re L’Oréal. We're not just building brands, we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading, this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.

A Day in the Life

As our Director of Project Management for the Consumer Products Division S&OP team, you will be a pivotal leader within our Operations team based in Clark, New Jersey. You will orchestrate high-impact, transformative initiatives that enhance our supply chain's efficiency and responsiveness, ensuring we can rapidly meet market demands and drive growth.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading Strategic Projects: You will steer the division's most critical supply chain initiatives from planning to execution, including the NEO (SAP) implementation for S&OP, plant technology transfers, and optimizing our supply network for broad retail distribution.
• Driving Agility: You will spearhead "Responsiveness for Growth" (R4G) projects within the S&OP framework, enhancing our speed-to-market and our ability to scale for new product launches and promotional activities.
• Optimizing Global Inventory: You will strategically manage inter-zone stock transfers (depanage) to balance inventory levels across the globe, collaborating closely with international teams to ensure seamless product flow and respond to supply disruptions.
• Shaping Future Strategy: You will be instrumental in long-term planning by providing data-driven analysis for budget cycles and the 3-Year Plan, conducting comprehensive sizing analyses to prepare our supply chain for future growth.

We Are Looking For

You're a great match for this role if you are a visionary leader with a talent for turning

complex challenges into streamlined solutions. You thrive in a dynamic environment and

have a proven track record of leading transformative projects. We are looking for

someone who has:

• A bachelor’s degree in     Supply Chain, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of diverse     experience in supply chain management, particularly within a fast-moving     consumer goods environment.  
• Strategic Business Acumen to develop long-term plans that     align with commercial ambitions. 
• Exceptional Project     Management skills to guide cross-functional initiatives to     success.  
• An agile mindset     to Drive for Results in a fast-paced market.  
• The ability to Influence     & Collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels,     globally.  
• Strong Data-Driven     Decision-Making capabilities to conduct in-depth analysis and     provide actionable insights.  
• 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  
• Ensure attention to detail  
• Demonstrate     professional judgment and sound decision-making skills  
• Demonstrate     success in persuasion, influence and negotiation skills  
• Ability     to manage in complex situation often needing to deliver innovative results  
• Demonstrated     success in persuasion, influence and negotiation skills  
• Results     oriented
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What’s In It For You

• Salary Range: $138,500– $200,800 (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors which may include geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level)    
• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
• Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal.
• An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal/environmental causes to make concrete difference.

Who We Are

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has

devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry

world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges

at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.

Our daring Operations team of thousands of exceptional minds don’t just work on complex challenges; They help create sustainable and inclusive beauty alongside our partners by crafting, innovating, sourcing, producing, and delivering millions of products and services that touch every corner of the globe.

The Consumer Products Division is on a mission to democratize beauty at its best. That means celebrating the diverse beauty of humanity and engaging the maximum number of people worldwide while elevating the mass beauty market with premium innovations. Our aspirational brands are at the forefront, inspiring and capturing consumer desires across regions and beauty categories. We have powerful, industry-leading brands like L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, NYX Professional Makeup, and more.

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!

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