ABOUT THE JOB
L'Oréal Australia & New Zealand’s Supply chain team is responsible for the end-to-end management of our flow of goods. This encompasses how we forecast future needs, how we procure stock from our international suppliers and how we deliver efficiently to the customer or consumer. As the Supply Chain Transformation Manager (Data), you will be responsible for the optimization of our processes, through the use of data and analytics tools. A key focus will be the visualization of insights and the simplification of processes using automation or dashboards. In this role, you will work closely with the planning and customer supply chain teams to identify improvement opportunities, as well as with the in-house analytics team to support scoping and data validation. For some projects, you will work directly on developing insights dashboards and other data tools. You will be also in charge of ensuring strong and sustained adoption of those tools through training and coaching to users.
You will join a growing in-house local analytics community, as featured in the AFR and Qantas magazine (search ‘Inside L’Oréal’s drive to build a data mindset in staff’). You will also join a global company with clear values, a strong focus on training, and local and international opportunities.
Your responsibilities will include:
Optimization
• Simplify, harmonize, and automate reporting processes across L’Oréal supply chain teams
• Identify opportunities to automate administrative tasks & processes (for e.g. with PowerAutomate), and implement
• Develop insights dashboards to enhance analysis and decision-making
• Work in collaboration with in-house Analytics team to help define scope, and provide and validate data inputs and outputs (for more complex projects)
Centralizing insights
• As required, collect data, and draw insights on specific supply chain initiatives or pain points to help unlock value in our end-to-end supply chain
• Help provide a consolidated view of insights across teams
Contributing to the improved analytics maturity of L’Oréal
• Deliver training to key team members on automation methods & analytics
• Roll out analytics tools developed (training, coaching). Ensure they fit latest needs and usage is sustained.
ABOUT YOU
• Good understanding of supply chain processes and tools. Ideally previous experience in a planning role, and/or customer supply chain role
• Strong organisational/time management skills, ability to manage delivery within required deadlines
• Ability to work with ambiguity and ‘manual’ systems
• Strong communication skills, ability to synthesize complex information and influence stakeholders
• Ability to interpret data and attention to detail
• Outstanding Excel skills
• Quantitative background and ability or willingness/ability to learn statistical analysis
• Ability or willingness to learn methods of data extraction/preparation/cleaning from SAP and Google Cloud Platform
• Ability or willingness to learn how to use PowerBI, PowerPivot, Power Automate
• Programming experience (Python or RStudio) are good to have but not essential
ABOUT THE PERKS
• Hybrid working – WFH and from our newly renovated St Kilda Rd office
• Product allowance/discount across entire L’Oréal portfolio of 31 brands
• Staff shop | Onsite gym | Sustainable café
• Work-life balance – Summer Hours | Lots of Leave (extra week leave)
• Volunteering leave | Life Insurance and Income Protection
• Training | Career opportunities
ABOUT L’ORÉAL AUSTRALIA
L'Oréal Australia & New Zealand is part of the L'Oréal Groupe, with 31 brands present in Australia. For over a century we have been dedicated to one sole vocation: creating 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.
And because we are the global leader in beauty, we are aware that everything we do can have a meaningful impact, and everyone at the L'Oréal Groupe has a common purpose – to create the beauty that moves the world.
L'Oréal Australia & New Zealand is a supporter of reducing barriers that exist due to traditional working practices and therefore flexible work arrangements will be considered for this role. We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and encourage applications from people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. We are an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (WGEA) and a Family Friendly Workplace (ParentsAt Work & UNICEF). We hold a Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan and we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
