S&OP & Launch Planning Specialist

L'oreal Usa; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

High responsibility from day 1

Diversity & inclusion

Environmental and societal impact

Job summary

L'Oréal’s Singapore hub is seeking a numbers-driven S&OP professional to lead the Sales & Operations Planning process across markets, partnering with plants, sourcing and local teams to balance demand with capacity. You’ll ensure product availability and drive stock health across the end-to-end network.

Reporting to the S&OP Head, you’ll analyze demand variations, define production priorities, and optimize end-to-end supply chain performance while coordinating launches and capacity investments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading S&OP processes across multiple markets.
• Strong analytical skills to consolidate demand and stocks.
• Ability to balance production plans with factory constraints.
• Stakeholder management across plants, sourcing and markets.
• Proven track record in capacity planning and launch planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Sales and Operation Planning process (S&OP) to ensure the availability of products to clients.
• Provide the right level of service and stocks optimization to contribute to the Supply Chain performance.
• Analyze and consolidate demand and stocks parameters of subsidiaries - Ensure the framing of demand (consistency, historical base).
• Analyze monthly/weekly demand variations needs and define the priorities for the production plan with factories.
• Ensure consistency of factories production plan according to demand and make recommendations in case of inconsistency. Confirm availability plan.
• Manage stocks parameters on the whole end-to-end Supply Chain and participates in operational activities/projects for reduction of E&O
• Communicate updated information on supply chain stocks and service policy (possible slow movers, service) to subsidiaries.
• Be the referee on proposals to dispatch available quantities to subsidiaries in case of shortages.
• Challenge factories on their capacity to integrate market constraints (batch and run sizes, queueing line, management of shortage); Lead long term capacity investment studies to support future growth of business.
• New Launch scenario planning, sizing review, launch announcement and launch validation according to threshold framework; Alignment with zone marketing and key countries on launch strategies
• Manage catalogue and contribute to its rationalization. In charge of operational monthly cycle of new launch master data.
• Follow up and analyze performance indicators. Make recommendations.

Skills

S&OP planning

Demand and supply balance

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Tools

SAP/APO

Excel

Power BI

Job description

L'Oréal’s Singapore hub is seeking a numbers-driven S&OP professional to lead the Sales & Operations Planning process across markets, partnering with plants, sourcing and local teams to balance demand with capacity. You’ll ensure product availability and drive stock health across the end-to-end network.

Reporting to the S&OP Head, you’ll analyze demand variations, define production priorities, and optimize end-to-end supply chain performance while coordinating launches and capacity investments.