The world leader in cosmetics, L’Oréal is present in 150 countries on five continents. Our 37 international brands have allowed us to devote ourselves solely to one business: beauty, with a mission to provide the best in cosmetics innovation to all women and men globally. Our ambition is to win over another one billion consumers around the world by inventing the cosmetic products that meet the infinite diversity of their needs and desires through continued digital innovation. L’Oréal supports diversity and sustainable, ethical sourcing for all our products, and we have reduced our emissions by approx. 78% since 2005.

The DNA of L’Oréal is Innovation and we are driven by a real passion for the future. Our Research and Innovation Centres in India are the sixth innovation hub for L’Oréal worldwide to fuel local market innovations. The distance between beauty and tech is closing rapidly, and we are determined to be pioneers in this new beauty tech world. New digital technologies and services are making the world of beauty move faster than ever before. Data and artificial intelligence are opening new horizons for personalization and customization. By incorporating digital into everything that we do, we are creating a better relationship with our consumers.

With several billion units produced, the Operations Department is at the heart of the group's performance and is one of its major levers. Working in Operations at L'Oréal means working in a dynamic and diverse environment, with opportunities for functional mobility and an international career. A wide range of training courses, motivating responsibilities and highly varied assignments will enable you to learn and develop.

In our journey, we are looking for talented individuals who can lead us on this mission.

Would you like to be a part of the adventure?

We have a suitable opening in the Packaging team for the role of Lead – Hair Care and Hair Color, Packaging for SAP (South Asia, Pacific) zone, based in Mumbai. 

The position is responsible for leading a geographically dispersed and diverse SAPMENA team to develop and deploy packaging across new product launches and support to rapidly growing markets across all divisions and categories. 

This role would require developing the regional packaging strategy in line with the Global Packaging strategy and will be accountable to deliver financial, sustainability, innovation, data requirements. 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages and Leads Hair care and Color Packaging by contributing to Operations' strategy and the Group's Packaging policy while ensuring its implementation in line with L'Oréal for the Future’s objectives (Packaging Sustainability)
• Anticipates the load of the service, the needs and the necessary resources to achieve the projects, to set the objectives of the service and to arbitrate the priorities 
• Leads and sets  goals and decides on priorities on the basis of strategic priority of the operations and the orientations fixed for the 'Métier' (Quality, cost, leadtime and sustainability)
• Ensures the application of, and compliance with, the design quality system, verifies its effectiveness and adapts it to customers' needs (Marketing, plants, etc) 
• Ensures business best practices are applied (industrial property rights, environmental objectives, etc.) 
• Advises and assists their team in making strategic developments, assessing risks and solving technical problems 
• Advises and assists development and plant teams on assessing launch risks 
• Represents packaging professionals in key internal forums (divisional and brand meetings, R&I, etc.) and externally 

PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

• NURTURES THE PIONEERING SPIRIT 
  1. Translates innovative concepts ito scalable, cost efficient solutions
  2. Is the driving force for all organizational, process and partnering improvements. 
• IS CONSUMER ORIENTED 
  1. Understands and takes cognisance of Brand strategy and the challenges faced by Operations
  2. Develops creative solutions, relying on design of experience, with a 'consumer centric' mindset, integrating consumers insights.
  3. Incorporate production constraints in the development of optimized solutions 
• “MAKE IT HAPPEN” WITH OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND AGILITY
  1. Leads their projects of packaging conception with rigor, aiming for operational excellence
  2. Implements packaging solutions based on their own expertise and that of the design communities for: packaging, processes, formulators 
  3. Leads projects by providing at the right moment the inputs needed for decision-making and highlighting risks and potential deviation
  4. Constantly analyzes their activities to improve their performance 
• CONTROLS RISKS AND OPERATES RESPONSIBILY
  1. Conforms to and improves the packaging conception quality system 
  2. Incorporates Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) objectives
• Expertise in 
  1. Molds and Moulding
  2. Sustainable Flexible solutions
  3. Packaging Sustainability across materials

L’ORÉAL COMPETENCIES:

• Innovator 
• Strategist 
• People developer 
• Integrator 
• Entrepreneur

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• Direct Reportees – 2
• Internal Stakeholders:
• Product Development
  1. Factories, R&I, Regulatory, Sustainability team
  2. Global and Zone Operations
• External Stakeholders – Suppliers 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Degree in Packaging Technology, Engineering or Technical Fields
• 10-15 Years Packaging and strategy – with experience in consumer goods

TRAVEL REQUIRED: Travel based on project requirements.

L’Oréal is committed to building a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. L’Oréal closely prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of the individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.