Demand Planner

L'oreal Usa; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

L’Oréal UK is seeking a Demand Planning professional to join our team and drive sales forecasting accuracy for multiple brands. You will report to the Demand Planning Lead and partner with Brand Teams and Mancom to align forecasts with trends, building robust demand plans using Excel, SAP and FuturMaster.

You’ll lead the monthly sign-off process with senior management, manage communications with S&OP and UK supply planning teams, and contribute to KPI improvements and process optimization across

Qualifications

• Stakeholder management skills with ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Review and improve processes and share best practices with the team.
• 2+ years in demand planning or product planning; knowledge of building blocks of forecasts.
• Strong communication with stakeholders at all levels and clear messaging.
• Ability to coordinate planning topics with Mancom and brand teams.
• Excellent Excel skills; FuturMaster and SAP are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Brand Teams and Mancom to align forecasts with business trends.
• Build robust demand plans using Excel, SAP, and FuturMaster.
• Lead the sales forecast process for brands and consolidate forecasts for sign-off.
• Challen ge and consolidate promotional forecasts with Sales/Marketing teams.
• Present the forecast to senior management and highlight risks/opportunities.
• Manage monthly/weekly communication with S&OP and UK supply planning teams.
• Drive KPI improvements and optimize planning processes.
• Contribute to catalog management and support supply planning with the brand.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Demand planning

Communication with stakeholders

Planning coordination

Planning systems experience

Tools

SAP

FuturMaster

Excel

Job description

Hello, we’re L’Oréal. We're not just building brands, we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading, this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.

A Day in the Life

You will report to the Demand Planning Lead, driving sales forecasting accuracy to ensure product availability.

• Partner with Brand Teams and Mancom to align sales forecasts with business trends.
• Build robust demand plans using Excel, SAP, and FuturMaster.
• Continuously optimize planning processes and share best practices.
• Lead the sales forecast process for your brands, ensuring global sales forecast consistency through building consensus between commercial/customer forecasts, financial trend and sales history
• Challenge and consolidate the promotional and launch sales forecasts projected by the Sales and Marketing teams, working closely with Business planning to align
• Present the sales forecast to senior management for monthly sign-off, highlighting risks and opportunities vs financial commitments
• Manage monthly and weekly communication with both the S&OP and UK based supply planning teams – providing an overview of key forecast changes.
• Drive the improvement of sales forecast practices and KPI improvement initiatives
• Be responsible for the catalog management and contribute to its optimization.
• Support the Supply Planner of your brands with mentoring and advice to help improve efficiencies and service to customer
• Be part of the Mancom for your brand, leading and driving supply chain initiatives.

We Are Looking For

• Stakeholder Management Skills
  • Ability to engage and positively influence internal & external stakeholders. Ability to manage upwards.
• Review and improve processes and share best practice with the wider team
• Demand Planning Experience
  • 2 years experience in product planning. Experience in demand planning is an advantage
  • Strong understanding of the building blocks and trends that influence the construction of a sales forecast
• Be able to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels and simplify complex messages.
• Be able to co-ordinate planning topics with your Mancom and brand team.
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel. FuturMaster and SAP are an advantage
• Experience in demand or business planning systems an advantage

What’s In It For You

• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
• Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal
• An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal /environmental causes to make concrete difference

Who We Are

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.

We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.