Demand Planning Manager | Hybrid, Data-Driven Forecasting

L'Oréal; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401K and pension plan

Job summary

L’Oréal, located in New York, NY, is seeking a Manager - Demand Planning to lead the development of accurate demand forecasts and align them with supply plans. You will partner across Sales, Marketing, Finance and Customer Planning to build a consensus plan through the S&OP process and drive continuous improvements in forecast accuracy.

The role requires 5+ years in manufacturing or supply chain, strong communication and leadership capabilities, and proficiency in Excel.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant business experience within Manufacturing or Supply Chain.
• Possess well-developed communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills to be able to build strong work relationships with all levels of the organization.
• Have the ability to synthesize information and create a clear synopsis of key issues.
• Possess strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize, handle multiple tasks, and work independently.
• Ensure attention to detail.
• Demonstrate professional judgment and sound decision‑making skills.
• Demonstrate success in persuasion, influence and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrate success in leading and developing a team of individual contributors and leaders.
• Ability to manage in complex situation often needing to deliver innovative results.
• Demonstrated success in persuasion, influence and negotiation skills.
• Results oriented.
• Develop appreciation of global markets and cultural diversity.
• Proficiency in Microsoft excel

Responsibilities

• Develop accurate and timely demand forecast while reducing inventory/working capital, and minimizing forecast variability.
• Partner with commercial planning teams (Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Customer Planning) to gather inputs to build the consensus demand plan through the S&OP process.
• Work closely with the supply planning team to understand and resolve known supply constraints or excess inventory risks and communicate to commercial teams in the S&OP demand review.
• Work with the business in action plans to help in the excess/obsolete reduction and be more and more aligned in the L’Oréal for the future goal of zero destruction.
• Ensure consistency of forecast assumptions across the business unit, including base business trends, promotional plans, new launch volumes, planogram changes & seasonal volume.
• Ensure alignment of Demand Forecast with Sales Estimate and/or provide reconciliation and analysis of variance.
• Focus on accuracy of demand plan for new product launches, based on accurate analysis of distribution builds and velocity/share expectations.
• Analyze historical sales data and future plans. Work cross-functionality and proactively monitor forecast error/accuracy including root cause analysis to achieve continuous improvement in demand forecast accuracy.
• Prepare written analyses, documentation, reports or other data.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Decision making

Persuasion/negotiation

Leadership

Team leadership

Education

BA/BS degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

L’Oréal, located in New York, NY, is seeking a Manager - Demand Planning to lead the development of accurate demand forecasts and align them with supply plans. You will partner across Sales, Marketing, Finance and Customer Planning to build a consensus plan through the S&OP process and drive continuous improvements in forecast accuracy.

The role requires 5+ years in manufacturing or supply chain, strong communication and leadership capabilities, and proficiency in Excel.