Warehouse Planning Manager

L'Oreal; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global beauty company in Manchester seeks a Warehouse Planning Leader to manage a team focused on operational excellence. Responsibilities include workload management, collaboration with various teams, and enhancing company operations. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication and planning skills, and a solutions-oriented mindset. This role offers benefits including professional development opportunities and a hybrid working scheme.

Benefits

Strong pension plan

Profit-share scheme

Medical and dental insurance

Gym discounts

Health check-ups

Yoga and Pilates classes

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and influencing skills with experience of building relationships across an organisation.
• Solutions orientated mindset with the ability to work accurately at pace and cope with ambiguity.
• Ability to manage change and stakeholder management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the warehouse planning team to manage workload effectively.
• Ensure a smooth workflow and manage communication with teams.
• Develop tools to measure efficiency and improve operations.

Skills

Excellent communication and influencing skills

Solutions oriented mindset

Change management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Planning and organization

Job description

Overview

Step into a pivotal role with us as a leader in driving operational excellence within the largest Distribution Centre (DC) in the L'Oreal network. Leading the team of warehouse planning administrators, you'll ensure seamless workload management while collaborating closely with the Trafford Planning Manager and cross divisional CSC Teams to maintain, control and mitigate business risks through accurate warehouse labour planning. With a focus on continuous improvement, you'll regularly identify opportunities to enhance capacity and strengthen our operational agility. In addition to warehouse labour planning, you will also lead the DC Training Team, who are pivotal in ensuring your have highly trained and skilled warehouse operatives to meet the business demand.

Responsibilities

• A key member of the warehouse leadership team able to demonstrate a strong commitment to Safety, People and Operational Excellence for both you and your direct reports
• Demonstrate you are strong at dealing with change whilst being very process orientated, also have the courage to hold people to account on a daily basis
• Lead in developing the capacity plan for the Distribution Centre, work with the division to understand customer expectations whilst liaising with the DC for capability requirements
• Work with the agency provider to share staffing levels required and labour plan for the DC on a daily basis
• Manage your team of planners and trainers to maintain a smooth workflow into the DC by working closely with the Operations Managers
• Be the key contact to support the Divisional Order to Cash and Customer Supply Chain day to day communication and queries whilst maintaining the agreed workload in the DC
• Develop tools to add value and measure the efficiency of the workload presentation into the DC, look for opportunities to improve efficiency & CTS
• Demonstrate the ability to lead a small number of direct reports who are responsible for date management, waving, customer bookings, preparing transport proformas, stock call back, short lead time requests
• Undertake all Capacity planning for the DC, with a strong focus on NEO stock build

What you bring

• Entrepreneurial. Every single day, you spot opportunities to shake things up
• Super creative. There's no blueprint for the future. You'll have to design it
• Adventurous. L'Oréal is for pioneers. So you'll embrace challenges and change
• Only human. You'll make mistakes sometimes but you have no fear of failure because you're smart enough to learn from mistakes
• Ambitious. You crave success and we'll support you all the way. That way, we all win
• Respectful. Whoever you're talking to, you treat everyone the same
• One of the gang. Even if you're Superman or Wonder Woman, you recognise that teams are the real heroes. And so do we
• Open to new ways of doing things. To other people's (sometimes crazy) ideas
• You. You're real. And you're true to yourself. We cherish and celebrate diversity so you'll feel right at home whoever you are

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and influencing skills with experience of building relationships across an organisation
• A solutions orientated mindset with the ability to work accurately at pace and cope with ambiguity
• Ability to manage change
• Stakeholder management experience and the ability to influence at all levels
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Planning and organisation skills – with an ability to appropriately re‑prioritise and change as required to meet deadlines
• Have the ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and meet deadlines

Core Attributes

• Ambition: You anticipate, think and dream big, demonstrating a high level of aspiration. You are self‑driven and show pro‑activity, especially when seeing problems as challenges. You thrive for exceptional performance
• Judgement: You can balance operational and strategic thinking, challenging the status quo and managing confrontation effectively. You cut quickly through complexity and ambiguity whilst also thinking sustainably and are future‑oriented. You reduce complexity to get things done
• Resilience: You always demonstrate purpose and ownership mindset but manage your own energy well. You uphold positivity for others and persist, bouncing back when faced with obstacles. You step back at times and accept limits
• Empathy: You cooperate and network effectively, creating genuine and trustful relationships with diverse people. You are sensitive to beauty and related emotions, always supporting others and showing benevolence. You understand and respect others' feelings and motives
• Learning Agility: You are a self‑motivated learner, showing self‑awareness and demonstrating openness and curiosity. You experiment and learn from mistakes and past experiences, always showing courage and stepping out of your comfort zone. You support the development of a learning culture

Benefits & Culture

We put people development and learning at the heart of our business; we'll help you master your role, develop your technical expertise and you'll benefit from exceptional management and leadership programmes. From face‑to‑face workshops to our global online learning resources, you’re actively encouraged to embed learning into your daily life and are rewarded for continuous improvement. Don’t forget that every employee gets 3 Coursera credits; that means you can get qualifications from over 1000 universities from around the world, with thousands of courses to choose from.

When you look at L'Oréal, what do you see? If all you see is lipstick, look again and experience the Freedom to go Beyond the ordinary. That's the beauty of L'Oréal. We operate in 150 countries on 5 continents. With 36 international brands and 86,000 employees worldwide, we're well on our way to fulfilling our common purpose: to create beauty that moves the world.

We also offer a range of employee benefits: a strong pension plan, profit‑share scheme, medical and dental insurance, gym discounts, health check‑ups, yoga and Pilates classes, on‑site discounts up to 70% and the option to share in our Friends and Family sales. With a new hybrid working scheme we enable flexibility, early finishes on Fridays during summer, and support your financial wellbeing. You also receive Coursera credits to pursue qualifications from over 1000 universities worldwide.