Business Planner

Luxury division

 About L’Oréal

L'Oréal has been a world leader in the cosmetics business for more than 100 years and has grown into one of the largest FMCG companies in the world. With international brands such as L'Oréal Paris, Garnier, Kérastase, Lancôme, Giorgio Armani and Vichy, we offer relevant products for every consumer.

Who am I?

As Business Planner you are a central part of the commercial team. Your key responsibilities within the planning cycles are:

Support Strategic Lead

• To support Sr. Business Planner in defining the strategic direction of the commercial sell in / sell out planning
• To support Sr. Business Planner in the commercial planning process with respecting RACI’s and deadlines on the following granularity level:
  • Channel Offline vs Online
  • Retailer
  • Category
  • Brand
  • Launches / Sets / Baseline

Alignment & Collaboration

• To pre-align with business development on the market sell out expectations   
• To pre-align with supply on the assumptions for next planning cycle
• To pre-align with the brands on the sell out expectations
• To be the go-to person for Supply Chain and Brands for strategic planning topics
• To prepare the commercial view for any alignment or validation meeting

Challenging & Risk Management

• To challenge and support the KAMs on their forecasting construction
• To identify risks or opportunities within the commercial forecast
• To analyze forecasting gaps with supply and brands
• To lead periodical landings (Month, Quarter, FY)
• To analyze forecasting gaps vs Trend / Hebdo
• To steer returns & consolidation

Meeting Lead

• To lead and prepare the weekly commercial meeting in support of        Sr. Business Planner

Systems, Data, Tools, Processes

• To safeguard data quality used for the planning process (stock in trade, actuals etc)
• To verify and improve the planning tools used by the commercial team
• To constantly improve the processes of the commercial planning
• To be the international go-to person for international planning projects

In order to do so you foster a multi-functional collaboration, both with the commercial teams, as well as with supply chain, sales controlling and marketing.

Your profile

You are analytical strong but pragmatic when the situation requires. As a person you are determined to make a great impact by taking initiatives and sharing your ideas. It is important to feel comfortable to collaborate with different stakeholders and that you know how to convince them if necessary. Furthermore you are open minded and supportive towards new initiatives.

Our ideal candidate has:

• At least a first experience in business planning
• Strong Analytical, Communication and Influencing Skills
• Strong Excel, Power BI and/or reporting skills
• Able to communicate profoundly in both Dutch and English
• A background in Commercial, Supply Chain or Finance

What do we offer?

When you start at L'Oréal, you get a great deal of responsibility from day one. To develop, we offer an introduction program and an individual training program. Training can be local or at the global headquarters in Paris. An enriching experience where you will meet international peers.

And furthermore you will find with us:

• An inspiring work environment with ambitious colleagues;
• A healthy career perspective with good development and career opportunities;
• A competitive salary which is adjusted on an annual basis in case of good performance;
• Good secondary employment conditions, such as a 13th month, profit sharing, discount on medical expenses and a favorable pension scheme;
• Discount on L'Oréal products
• Nice extras such as various sporting company activities.

Finally, a great added value of working at L'Oréal is that you will be working with so many different people and functions. This offers you the opportunity to broaden your knowledge about different stakeholders.

Diversity

L’Oréal would like their personnel to represent the diversity of the Benelux society. We welcome everyone regardless of origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, philosophical or political conviction, disability, etc.

“A diversified workforce in every function and on all levels strengthens our creativity and our understanding of consumers and it enables us to develop and market products that are relevant“

(Jean-Paul Agon, former CEO of L’Oréal)

How to apply

Are you ready for this challenge and do you meet the conditions?

Then apply quickly!

Do you want to know what it's like to work for L'Oréal Benelux?

Check out our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/loreal/life/