Launch Planner - Luxe - FTC

L'OREAL GROUP; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global beauty company is seeking a Launch Planner in London to manage luxury product launches. The ideal candidate will have exceptional stakeholder management and planning experience, alongside effective communication skills. Responsibilities include coordinating across teams, ensuring timely execution of launches, and optimizing marketing for sustainability. Competitive benefits and a commitment to diversity and inclusion are offered.

Benefits

Up to 60% off iconic brands

Private medical and dental insurance

Discounted gym memberships

Enhanced family leave

Leadership programs

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder engagement and issue resolution.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Review project timelines and collaborate with teams.
• Present updates in stakeholder meetings.
• Ensure supply chain activities are executed on schedule.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Planning Experience

Excellent Communication Skills

Systems Knowledge

Tools

Excel

SAP

Job description

Overview

Launch Planner- L'Oreal Luxe - FTC

Launch Planner in the L'Oréal Luxury Division delivering flawless product launches and ensuring consumers experience the best of iconic brands like Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent, and Giorgio Armani. You will drive excellence in planning, stakeholder collaboration, and execution, contributing to sustainability goals.

A Day in the Life

1. Morning: Review project timelines and critical milestones for upcoming launches. Connect with cross-functional teams—marketing, supply chain, and sales—to ensure alignment and address potential roadblocks.
2. Midday: Participate in stakeholder meetings, present updates, highlight risks, and propose solutions to keep projects on track. Simplify complex messages and influence decisions.
3. Afternoon: Focus on supply chain activities, ensure shipments are on schedule, and optimize marketing materials for sustainability. Oversee the execution of Christmas coffret launches, ensuring detail and quality.
4. End of Day: Document process improvements and lessons learned to set the team up for future launches.

Every day is an opportunity to collaborate, innovate, and make a tangible impact in luxury beauty.

Who You Are

A successful Launch Planner will bring a variety of skills and experience to the table including:

Stakeholder Management

• Ability to engage and positively influence internal & external stakeholders. Ability to manage upwards.
• Ability to reach mutually acceptable solutions to complex problems which arise.

Planning Experience

• A customer-centric mindset, with experience in Supply Chain able to manage and resolve issues under pressure.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail in an ever-changing and demanding environment.

Excellent Communication Skills

• Be able to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels and simplify complex messages.
• Experience in presenting internally and externally and adapting communication style.

Systems Knowledge

• Working knowledge of Excel.
• SAP knowledge is an advantage.
• Experience in Supply Planning or Retail planning systems is an advantage.

As an Individual You Will Show

Ambition: You anticipate, think and dream big, demonstrating a high level of aspiration. You are self-driven and proactive, especially when problems are seen as challenges. You strive for exceptional performance.

Judgement: You balance operational and strategic thinking, challenging the status quo and managing confrontation effectively. You reduce complexity to get things done, while thinking sustainably and future-oriented.

Resilience: You demonstrate purpose and ownership, manage your energy, and stay positive for others. You persist and bounce back from obstacles, knowing when to step back and accept limits.

Empathy: You cooperate and network effectively, building genuine, trustful relationships with diverse people. You are sensitive to beauty and related emotions, supporting others with benevolence and respect for feelings and motives.

Learning Agility: You are a self-motivated learner, open and curious, willing to experiment and learn from mistakes. You support a learning culture.

What We Offer

Our industry-leading, award-winning benefits package shows how much we value our people. We offer a fair and competitive package to help you thrive, including:

• Money-saving offers, mortgage advice, share options, and an enhanced pension plan.
• Up to 60% off iconic brands like YSL, CeraVe, Armani, Kiehl's, and Garnier.
• Private medical and dental insurance, discounted gym memberships, and onsite mental health support.
• Enhanced family leave and up to 4 weeks of paid fertility leave.
• Leadership programs and monthly expert talks to support learning and development.

Who We Are

L'Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L'Oréal has devoted itself to creating beauty that moves the world; it is a leading global beauty company with €29 billion consolidated sales. We solve complex challenges at scale and are committed to inclusivity and sustainability.

In the L'Oréal Luxe Division, we create the best of luxury beauty with 26 brands, including Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent, and Giorgio Armani. Our talented team enables us to meet the demands of luxury consumers worldwide.

How We Recruit

We are committed to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We recruit, hire, train, promote, and engage in employment practices that value differences, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. This is the beauty of L'Oréal.