At Operations, people from all backgrounds strive to challenge the status quo, to make an impact on the company and the world, to act as if they’re running their own businesses, and to grow themselves and others along the way! We create innovative, inclusive, and sustainable beauty together with our business partners by designing, developing, sourcing, manufacturing, and serving products and services all over the world.

Are you an ambitious and analytical professional with a keen interest in Supply Planning? Do you thrive on optimizing supply chains, forecasting trends, and ensuring our iconic products are exactly where they need to be, when they need to be there?

LOréal is constantly seeking future leaders to join our dynamic Supply Planning team. Even if there isn’t an immediate opening that perfectly aligns with your aspirations today, we look forward to connecting with you for future possibilities. Submit your CV today, and we will reach out when a position within our Supply Planning team opens that matches your expertise and ambition.

Key Responsibilities

• Supply Plan Development: Construct and maintain the entitys supply plan, aligning it with validated sales forecasts, co-packing plans, and established stock and procurement parameters.
• Feasibility Analysis: Assess logistic feasibility through comprehensive stock equation analysis. Collaborate with the S&OP to address long-term challenges such as capacity constraints and demand‑supply gaps.
• Parameter Management: Define and manage stock and supply parameters to achieve optimal service rates, cost efficiency, local and global targeted stock levels.
• Replenishment Oversight: Manage the replenishment process, proactively evaluating shortage risks and clearly communicating priorities to the S&OP.
• Inventory Optimization: Oversee stock levels in line with country objectives. Analyze obsolete and slow‑moving inventory, defining and implementing effective action plans to minimize waste.
• Shortage Mitigation: Drive initiatives to reduce shortages by analyzing root causes, defining corrective action plans, and challenging suppliers regarding material availability dates for out‑of‑stock products.
• Performance Monitoring: Define, track, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as out‑of‑stock rates, service rates, and stock levels, sharing insights internally and with the MSL.
• Budgeting: Help to build the budgeted stock based on defined stock and supply parameters.
• Continuous Improvement: Actively participate in initiatives aimed at improving best practices within the supply chain. Contribute to the enhancement of processes and information systems relevant to your activity. Serve as a subject matter expert, leading and training the Supply Chain community on best practices and tools within your area of expertise.

Our Expectations

• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to build trust and act as a valuable business partner for Brand marketing teams and other stakeholders.
• Analytical Prowess: Strong analytical thinking capabilities to dissect complex data and inform strategic decisions.
• Adaptability & Resilience: A positive attitude, a high degree of self‑organization, and resilience to thrive in a dynamic and evolving environment.
• Teamwork: A true team player with the ability to work effectively across diverse, cross‑functional, and multicultural teams.
• Proactive Ownership: Willingness to take full ownership of tasks and continuously strive for process improvement.
• Agile Mindset: Comfort working effectively in an agile, fast‑paced environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Proven experience working with SAP. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel (including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, and basic modeling), PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Education: Higher education in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Economics, or a related field.
• Language Skills: English proficiency sufficient for daily communication and collaborative work.
• Experience: Previous experience in supply planning, logistics, or FMCG environments is highly valued.
• Foundational Knowledge: Basic understanding of supply chain KPIs and planning cycles.

We Offer

• Friendly and dynamic work atmosphere in a diverse environment of the market beauty leader.
• Plenty of opportunities to grow – cross‑divisionally and functionally.
• Rich e‑Learning package.
• Attractive benefit package including: sports card, private health care, life insurance, pension package and internal boutique with a discount, product allocations and many more.
• Annual bonus system.
• Hybrid working model system – 3 days from the office, 2 days remotely (after trial period).