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Job Title: Senior Manager, Demand Planning

Division: Luxury Products

Supervisor Title: AVP, Demand Planning

Location: New York, New York

About LOral

For more than a century, LOral has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity, and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

At L'Oral Luxe, our mission is to provide our consumers with the best products and brand experience by making it unique. Our portfolio is composed of 21 brands including major brands, highly aspirational and multi-expert, such as Lancme, Yves Saint Laurent, and Giorgio Armani.

What You Will Do

Sr. Manager Demand Planning influences business and operational stakeholders to position the brand for growth and profitability. Responsible for the shipment and sales forecast for the brand, inventory health, catalogue productivity, SIT, and service. Responsible for building a bottoms-up forecast using intelligence from the market, sales teams, and providing a consensus Brand Forecast consolidation to help drive the monthly S&OP cycle for the business unit and channel.

• Manage the development, review, and implementation of an accurate forecast for use in financial, production, and strategic planning processes. Identify areas of risk and opportunity to the business plan due to internal/external factors and alert Management. Drive the continuous improvement of the demand planning and inventory management processes and systems.
• Drive the S&OP process with key stakeholders in the business and operations, representing Supply Chain in the business unit and channel.
• Interact & collaborate with Sales, Marketing & Finance partners in the development of the forecast. Challenge the forecast based on analytical data - both quantitative (shipments/consumption) and qualitative (marketing, advertising, promotion) demand signals. Reconcile forecast with financial trends and clearly communicate risks & opportunities. Lead forecast validation meetings to ensure objectives are met and decisions are made.
• Monitor performance vs. the forecast throughout the month, identifying key shifts or trends. Analyze forecast deviations to minimize stockouts and prevent excess & obsolete inventory.
• Collaborate with supply planning to identify forecast deviations and supply chain constraints, establishing Safety Stock levels.
• Manage the product catalogue, including product lifecycle analysis, SKU effectiveness, and rationalization.
• Drive inventory management actions to reduce Excess & Obsolete stock.
• Monitor new launches and animations versus the forecast, develop ship share models, and assess launch performance.
• Lead the pre-budget/budget process for your business unit and channel.
• Lead or participate in special projects as needed.
• Provide monthly reporting of KPIs.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5+ years demand planning or related experience
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills
• Experience with forecast software systems
• Experience with SAP environment is a plus

As part of our culture at LOral, wellness is at our core. We offer a generous Benefits Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K), flexible time off, work from home days, and a pension plan! Employees also enjoy product stipends, VIP shop access, monthly mobile allowances, gym discounts, and ERGs.

Additional Benefits:

• Salary Range: $117,400 - $167,300 (dependent on various factors)
• Hybrid Work Policy (3 days in-office, 2 days remote)
• Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays, Vacation, Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays
• Company perks including product discounts and allowances
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups
• Mental health & wellness programs

Dont meet every requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway! We are committed to diversity and inclusion. If you require accommodations due to a disability, contact USApplicationAccommodation@support.lorealusa.com.

Our Safe Together Plan: Your safety is our priority. We adhere to enhanced protection standards to ensure a safe environment for all employees.

This job description does not list all duties. Employees may be asked to perform other tasks, and the employer reserves the right to revise this description at any time.