Warehouse Planning Manager

Step into a pivotal role with us as a leader in driving operational excellence within the largest Distribution Centre (DC) in the L'Oreal network. Leading the team of warehouse planning administrators, you’ll ensure seamless workload management while collaborating closely with the Trafford Planning Manager and cross divisional CSC Teams to maintain, control and mitigate business risks through accurate warehouse labour planning. With a focus on continuous improvement, you’ll regularly identify opportunities to enhance capacity and strengthen our operational agility. 

In addition to warehouse labour planning, you will also lead the DC Training Team, who are pivotal in ensuring your have highly trained and skilled warehouse operatives to meet the business demand. 

Ready to make an impact? This could be the opportunity you’ve been searching for.

When you look at L’Oréal, what do you see? If all you see is lipstick, look again and experience the Freedom to go Beyond the ordinary. That’s the beauty of L’Oréal. We operate in 150 countries on 5 continents. With 36 international brands and 86,000 employees worldwide, we’re well on our way to fulfilling our common purpose: to create beauty that moves the world.

By 2030 we want to capture over another 1 billion consumers around the world. How? By creating cosmetic products which meet the infinite diversity of consumers beauty needs and desires, and always through digital innovation. Not only that but taking our sustainability goals seriously; moving us to a more inclusive and sustainable society, for every generation.

Our brands, dynamic culture, and always being our own challenger mean that we offer freedom and opportunity you won’t get anywhere else. 

If you want the Freedom to go Beyond, we’ll see you at L’Oréal.

You will be:

• A key member of the warehouse leadership team able to demonstrate a strong commitment to Safety, People and Operational Excellence for both you and your direct reports
• Demonstrate you are strong at dealing with change whilst being very process orientated, also have the courage to hold people to account on a daily basis.
• Lead in developing the capacity plan for the Distribution Centre, work with the division to understand customer expectations whilst liaising with the DC for capability requirements.
• Work with the agency provider to share staffing levels required and labour plan for the DC on a daily basis
• Manage your team of planners and trainers to maintain a smooth workflow into the DC by working closely with the Operations Managers 
• Be the key contact to support the Divisional Order to Cash and Customer Supply Chain day to day communication and queries whilst maintaining the agreed workload in the DC
• Develop tools to add value and measure the efficiency of the workload presentation into the DC, look for opportunities to improve efficiency & CTS.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead a small number of direct reports who are responsible for date management, waving, customer bookings, preparing transport proformas, stock call back, short lead time requests.
• Undertake all Capacity planning for the DC, with a strong focus on NEO stock build. 

You are:

• Entrepreneurial. Every single day, you spot opportunities to shake things up. 
• Super creative. There’s no blueprint for the future. You’ll have to design it.
• Adventurous. L’Oréal is for pioneers. So you’ll embrace challenges and change.
• Only human. You’ll make mistakes sometimes but you have no fear of failure because you’re smart enough to learn from mistakes.
• Ambitious. You crave success and we’ll support you all the way. That way, we all win.
• Respectful. Whoever you’re talking to, you treat everyone the same.
• One of the gang. Even if you’re Superman or Wonder Woman, you recognise that teams are the real heroes. And so do we.
• Open. To new ways of doing things. To other people’s (sometimes crazy) ideas.
• You. You’re real. And you’re true to yourself. We cherish and celebrate diversity so you’ll feel right at home whoever you are.

You have:

• Excellent communication and influencing skills with experience of building relationships across an organisation. 
• A solutions orientated mindset with the ability to work accurately at pace and cope with ambiguity.
• Ability to manage change. 
• Stakeholder management experience and the ability to influence at all levels.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Planning and organisation skills – with an ability to appropriately re-prioritise and change as required to meet deadlines.
• Have the ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and meet deadlines.

You show:

• Ambition: You anticipate, think and dream big, demonstrating a high level of aspiration. You are self-driven and show proactivity, especially when seeing problems as challenges. You thrive for exceptional performance.
• Judgement: You can balance operational and strategic thinking, challenging the status quo and managing confrontation effectively. You cut quickly through complexity and ambiguity whilst also thinking sustainably and are future-oriented. You reduce complexity to get things done.
• Resilience: You always demonstrate purpose and ownership mindset but manage your own energy well. You uphold positivity for others and persist, bouncing back when faced with obstacles. You step back at times and accept limits.  
• Empathy: You cooperate and network effectively, creating genuine and trustful relationships with diverse people. You are sensitive to beauty and related emotions, always supporting others and showing benevolence. You understand and respect others’ feelings and motives.  
• Learning Agility: You are a self-motivated learner, showing self-awareness and demonstrating openness and curiosity. You experiment and learn from mistakes and past experiences, always showing courage and stepping out of your comfort zone. You support the development of a learning culture.

You get:

We put people development and learning at the heart of our business; we’ll help you master your role, develop your technical expertise and you’ll benefit from exceptional management and leadership programmes. From face-to-face workshops to our global online learning resources, you’re actively encouraged to embed learning into your daily life and are rewarded for continuous improvement. Don’t forget that every employee gets 3 Coursera credits; that means you can get qualifications from over 1000 universities from around the world, with thousands of courses to choose from.

Looking for a good work/life balance? With our new hybrid working scheme, you can take a flexible approach to work as well as benefit from early finishes on Fridays during the summer...so you can enjoy more time with your friends and family.

As any great employer should do, we make sure we look after your financial wellbeing. That’s why we have a great pension plan, profit share scheme and many more incentives to give you the security you deserve. We also put employee health and wellbeing at the front of everything we do; fully training employees as mental health ambassadors to support and educate ourselves further. There’s also the chance to enrol in medical and dental insurance, gym discounts, health check-ups and even yoga and Pilates classes to employees in all of our locations.

Oh, did we mention that as an employee you also get discount sales of up to 70% off throughout the year on our 36 brands? Plus, you also get the option to share that in our Friends and Family sales as well!

How we recruit

At L’Oréal, we take pride in creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and their contributions are valued. When we recruit, hire, train, promote or engage in any other employment practice, we are committed to being an inclusive employer regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, socioeconomic status, medical condition or disability, or any other protected status. When we look for talent, we welcome difference - different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and perspectives. The beauty we find in our differences gives us the freedom to go beyond. That’s the beauty of L’Oréal.