Strategic Demand Planner: Global Forecasts

L'OREAL GROUP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

L'Oréal is seeking a Demand Planner to join our global supply chain teams in London. You will drive forecast accuracy, partner with Brand Teams, and lead the sales forecast process to support product availability across markets.

You will build robust demand plans using Excel, SAP, and FuturMaster, while continuously improving processes and sharing best practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• 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
• 2 years experience in product planning. Experience in demand planning is an advantage
• Be able to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels and simplify complex messages.
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel. FuturMaster and SAP are an advantage

Responsibilities

• 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 brands, ensuring global sales forecast consistency.
• Consolidate promotional and launch forecasts with Sales and Marketing teams, aligned with planning.
• Present the sales forecast to senior management for monthly sign-off, highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Manage monthly and weekly communication with S&OP and UK-based supply planning teams.
• Drive improvement of sales forecast practices and KPI initiatives.
• Be responsible for catalog management and contribute to its optimization.
• Support the Supply Planner with mentoring to improve efficiency and service.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement

Demand planning experience

Excellent communication

Systems knowledge

Tools

Excel

FuturMaster

SAP

Job description

L'Oréal is seeking a Demand Planner to join our global supply chain teams in London. You will drive forecast accuracy, partner with Brand Teams, and lead the sales forecast process to support product availability across markets.

You will build robust demand plans using Excel, SAP, and FuturMaster, while continuously improving processes and sharing best practices across the organization.