Job Title: Manager- Internal Control (Manufacturing) / Inventory Management

Division: Operations

Location: Piscataway, NJ manufacturing plant

Reports To: AVP- Operations Finance

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 Operations, we create innovative, inclusive, and sustainable beauty together with our business partners by designing, developing, sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing over 6 billion products globally every year. We support over 36 brands across four L’Oréal divisions. We are consumer-oriented, and we act responsibly all along the value chain.

At L’Oréal, our Finance teams turn data into insights and risk analysis into solutions while ensuring the Group’s financial performance is top notch. We have a diverse range of expertise at L'Oréal Finance, including Financial Planning & Controlling, Internal Audit, Mergers and Acquisitions, Treasury, Tax and Consolidation. We bring numbers to life! Come join our dynamic team!

What You Will Do:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Internal Control Manager / Inventory Manager to join our Piscataway Finance team. As the Internal Control Manage / Inventory Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing internal control processes and procedures across our manufacturing plant as well as the Health of Inventory and Paid on time process and metrics. Your primary objective will be to ensure compliance with company policies, identify and mitigate risks, and improve operational efficiency within the manufacturing function while driving a culture of accountability, integrity, and ethical behavior.

• Animate and Implement Internal Control priorities: Animate internal control framework, policies, and procedures within Manufacturing Finance, Operations, MSC, EHS and HR. Benchmark and create value though best practice sharing and standardization. 
• Serve as the go-to-person for ALL internal control matters for Manufacturing; partner with manufacturing internal control to assist in the development of a strong internal control culture and added value creation for the business.
• Controls Design and Implementation: Animate, lead, and implement effective internal controls to mitigate identified risks, ensuring accuracy and completeness of group compliance, best practices implementation for but not limited to; inventory management, destructions, excess and obsolete, and procurement processes. Including Segregation of Duties. 
• Audit Management & Follow up: In charge of success of internal and external audits and implementation of recommended actions within specified timeline; serve as SME and lead contact for both external and internal auditor’s requests.
• Self-Assessment Campaigns: Coordinate annual self-assessment for the plant. Ensure timely completion as required by group timeline. Ensure corrective actions are in place prior to validation. 
• Monitor, support and drive Health of Inventory monthly.  Collaborate with Logistics, MSC, QA departments in driving improvement.        Prepare inventory provision and support inventory destruction efforts and compliance with DGO Norms and business strategy.
• Drive Paid on Time metrics by educating workforce and serve as SME for all related topics.  Work closely with Accounts Payable and PO Creators to maintain proper compliance around payment to vendors.
• Manage the Physical Inventory Annually. 
• Training and Awareness: Provide training and awareness sessions to relevant personnel on LUSA policy regulations, internal controls, and company procedures.
• Reporting and Communication: Prepare reports and presentations on internal control compliance and identified risks for Operations management and Franklin leadership. Perform other accounting duties as required including but not limited to the area of Inventory Controls including sensitive movement, sundry sales, and health of inventory analyses

What We Are Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

What’s In It For You:

Salary Range: $90,200 - $128,500 (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors which may include geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level)  

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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