Supply Planner

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

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 ensure the right products reach shelves at the right time, balancing high service rates with optimal inventory levels. Reporting to the Supply Planning Manager, you act as the vital link between commercial demand and physical operations across our global network of 36 plants and 158 fulfillment centres.

• 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.

We Are Looking For

You bring sharp analytical precision, a pragmatic approach to operational challenges, and a clear focus on service excellence. You bring:

• 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.

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 a concrete difference

Who We Are

Operations at L’Oréal brings together 7 distinct métiers under one roof—from Sourcing and Manufacturing to Quality and Supply Chain. We innovate across an agile, responsible network to deliver billions of products to consumers across the globe.

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.

Wondering how AI is integrated in our L'Oréal recruitment process? Find practical information and advice in our AI Charter.