Strategic Supply Planner: Maximize Service, Optimize Inventory

Loreal; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

L’Oréal is seeking a proactive Supply Chain Planner to ensure right products reach shelves on time while balancing service levels and inventory. You will act as the link between demand and operations, coordinating with manufacturing sites and logistics across our global network.

Key responsibilities include building replenishment plans, mitigating bottlenecks, and driving improvements using modern planning tools. Real impact from day one in a fast-paced beauty supply chain.

Qualifications

• Supply Chain Planning: Proven track record in building balanced replenishment and supply plans in fast-moving consumer goods or complex retail environments.
• Data & Inventory Optimisation: Practical capability in inventory modelling and planning software to manage stock equations and forecast alignment.
• Operational Agility: Proven ability to resolve supply bottlenecks, challenge supplier lead times, and protect service levels under shifting constraints.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Clear communication skills to rally manufacturing partners, logistics teams, and commercial stakeholders around shared operational priorities.
• Continuous Improvement: Experience applying structured process enhancements or industrial engineering principles to everyday supply flows.

Responsibilities

• Build and fine-tune entity supply plans based on validated forecasts, establishing precise inventory parameters for cost, volume, and service targets.
• Anticipate logistical bottlenecks and mitigate shortage risks by partnering closely with manufacturing sites and logistics leads on capacity constraints.
• Monitor weekly KPIs—including out-of-stock rates, service levels, and stock days—taking rapid, proactive action to resolve supply imbalances.
• Manage inventory health by actively reducing obsolete and slow-moving stock, upholding our 'L'Oréal for the Future' waste-reduction targets.
• Drive process improvements and modern planning tools within the team, embedding best practices across the local supply chain community.

Skills

Supply chain planning

Inventory optimisation

Operational agility

Cross-functional collaboration

Continuous improvement

Job description

L’Oréal is seeking a proactive Supply Chain Planner to ensure right products reach shelves on time while balancing service levels and inventory. You will act as the link between demand and operations, coordinating with manufacturing sites and logistics across our global network.

Key responsibilities include building replenishment plans, mitigating bottlenecks, and driving improvements using modern planning tools. Real impact from day one in a fast-paced beauty supply chain.