Assistant Vice President, Customer Supply Chain (Walmart)

L'Oréal; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 147,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401K & Pension

Flexible PTO

VIP shop discount

Learning & development

Job summary

L’Oréal is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Customer Supply Chain for the Walmart account in Bentonville. You will lead the Walmart supply chain strategy, optimize OTIF and service levels, and drive cost-to-serve improvements with cross-functional teams.

This senior role requires 13+ years in FMCG supply chain, strong negotiation and leadership capabilities, and a commitment to developing talent. On-site three days weekly in Bentonville, with full-time responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 13+ years’ experience in FMCG Supply Chain or equivalent. At least 5 years in a customer-facing role.
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills; proficient in negotiation.
• A highly experienced leader with strong analytical and collaborative skills.
• Key Account SC Management.
• Strategic Relationship Building & Negotiation.
• Demand Planning & S&OP Integration.
• Analytical Problem Solving.
• People Development.

Responsibilities

• Customer Strategy: Optimize service levels, OTIF, and trade inventory while balancing cost-to-serve.
• Operational Excellence: Streamline supply chain activities, enhancing OLA and continuous improvement.
• S&OP Integration: Align customer demand with S&OP, collaborating with Commercial GMs and Planners.
• Team Leadership: Guide, mentor, and build robust succession plans for the Walmart team.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

People development

Strategic relationships

Demand planning

S&OP integration

Key accounts mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Title: Assistant Vice President, Customer Supply Chain (Walmart)

Location: Bentonville, AR

Reports To: VP, Customer Collaboration

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

• Customer Strategy: Optimize service levels, OTIF, and trade inventory while balancing cost-to-serve.
• Operational Excellence: Streamline supply chain activities, enhancing OLA and continuous improvement.
• S&OP Integration: Align customer demand with S&OP, collaborating with Commercial GMs and Planners.
• Team Leadership: Guide, mentor, and build robust succession plans for the Walmart team.

We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 13+ years’ experience in FMCG Supply Chain or equivalent. At least 5 years in a customer-facing role.
• Excellent professional verbal & written communication skills, including being proficient in negotiation skills
• A highly experienced leader with strong analytical and collaborative skills. We focus on:
• Key Account SC Management
• Strategic Relationship Building & Negotiation
• Demand Planning & S&OP Integration
• Analytical Problem Solving
• People Development

Requirements: Fluent English. Authorization to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent, ongoing basis is required. No immigration support/sponsorship offered for this role. Being present in the office three days a week is considered an essential function of all office-based roles for eligible full-time employees.

What’s In It For You

Salary Range: $147,100 - $213,300 (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors which may include geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level)

• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
• Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
• Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs

Who We Are

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.

Our daring Operations team of thousands of exceptional minds don’t just work on complex challenges; They help create sustainable and inclusive beauty alongside our partners by crafting, innovating, sourcing, producing, and delivering millions of products and services that touch every corner of the globe.

The Consumer Products Division is on a mission to democratize beauty at its best. That means celebrating the diverse beauty of humanity and engaging the maximum number of people worldwide while elevating the mass beauty market with premium innovations. Our aspirational brands are at the forefront, inspiring and capturing consumer desires across regions and beauty categories. We have powerful, industry-leading brands like L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, NYX Professional Makeup, and more.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

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