Demand Planner

Demand Planner

Luxe 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.

In the Demand Planner role, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and continuously improving the sales forecasting process in our dynamic organization. You are a key business partner within the Luxury Division & collaborate closely with Marketing, Sales & Finance to construct the monthly forecast. You are the central actor that connects the dots between the different functions of the organization. Your critical & analytical eyes are key to develop assumptions & provide recommendations towards the organization. You work across several categories, and it is your challenge to further professionalize the S&OP process.

Who am I?

• Lead & coordinate the sales forecast process for your brand(s).
• Create short-, medium- and long-term baseline forecast for your brand(s).
• Coordinate the integration of promotional volumes into the overall forecast together with the sales team.
• Manage launches; support marketing in the forecast construction of new products; determine cannibalization on other products; and follow up the execution.
• Ensure consistency of the overall forecast (baseline, promo & launches) in units & value versus budget, commercial objectives and achieved results;
• Be owner of your KPIs (Forecast accuracy; Service level; Excess & Obsolete); find proactively actions to improve the performance of your brands.
• Optimize catalog for finished goods & other materials
• Initiate improvement proposals as part of structural improvements in the supply chain process.
• Act as a bridge between the other planning functions and the business when it comes to short-term supply planning related topic.

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:

• Completed WO education or similar through experience; preferably towards Supply Chain;
• At least 3-5 years of relevant work experience in a similar position in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven affinity with the field 'Supply Chain'; preferably experience within FMCG
• Command of the English language in word & writing. Dutch or French are a +.
• Good knowledge of Excel
• Knowledge of SAP & FuturMaster are a nice-to-have.

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, where working Agile is the norm;
• 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, Chairman of L’Oréal