Do you want to shape L'Oréal's Nordic success by joining a strong team and driving accurate forecasting? Collaborate with key teams to optimize demand planning processes, ensure customer satisfaction, and contribute to achieving our ambitious business targets! Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and dare to take responsibility and accountability? Then you might be just the talent we are looking for to strengthen our team as the new Nordic Demand Planner in the Professional Products Division in Copenhagen.
Your mission…
As the Nordic Demand Planner, your mission is to drive L'Oréal's success by leading forecasting and demand planning. You ensure customer satisfaction and business visibility through accurate forecasts developed in close collaboration with Sales and Marketing. As the owner of the forecasting process, you deliver credible figures that optimize the supply chain, contributing to our ambitious targets and working within a strong, collaborative team and across functions. The role reports to the PPD supply chain director and is based in Nordic HQ in Copenhagen.
You will…
- Forecast Development: Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, and Finance to create accurate forecasts for operational and strategic planning.
- Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with cross-functional teams (Marketing, Commercial, Finance, Supply Planning, etc.) to ensure effective communication and collaboration.
- Process Optimization: Implement new forecasting tools and processes, ensuring efficient product lifecycle management and optimized inventory.
- Reporting & Presentation: Present forecast figures to top management to facilitate informed decision-making.
- International Coordination: Align with international teams, including S&OP, to ensure consistent planning.
We are looking for…
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate an understanding in demand and supply planning processes and techniques and have some experience, preferably in the FMCG industry. You must also be able to demonstrate a team-orientated approach in addition to the following:
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills with attention to details.
- Business orientation and ability to communicate with senior management stakeholders.
- Ability to work proactively and prioritize efficiently.
- Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to take initiatives and drive actions.
- Working experience with forecasting and modeling techniques is a plus.
- IT literate with advanced Excel skills.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
We are looking for our new Nordic Demand Planning to start in the beginning of April. This is a permanent position. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. We welcome everyone to apply no matter your gender, ethnicity, physical abilities, religion, or sexual orientation.
What’s in it for you?
We offer you a high level of responsibility from the very start, along with challenging opportunities for growth. This includes an individual career plan, coaching and leadership development, an extensive catalogue of trainings and e-learnings, competitive personnel benefits, modern offices, and a dynamic and international working environment with engaged and skilled colleagues. Our Nordic organization counts close to 1000 employees based in the four Nordic capitals.
Who are we?
Leading the world in beauty and pioneering the world of beauty tech, we are more than 90,000 employees across 150 countries and have a unique portfolio of 37 international brands. In 2024, the Group generated sales amounting to 43.48 billion euros. We push boundaries to stay ahead, delivering innovation and digital solutions that bring beauty to all. L’Oréal embraces entrepreneurship, allowing you to conceptualize ideas and bring them to life in an agile way. Your job is your innovation playground.
At L’Oréal, we define success as making a positive, conscious impact. For 115 years, we've devoted ourselves to fulfilling beauty aspirations worldwide. Our purpose: to create the beauty that moves the world. We offer the best in quality, efficacy, safety, and responsibility, celebrating beauty in its infinite plurality. With 21 research centers globally and a dedicated team of over 4,000 scientists and 8,000 Digital talents, L’Oréal is focused on inventing the future of beauty and becoming a Beauty Tech powerhouse. We are committed to social and environmental sustainability.
Freedom to Go Beyond. That’s the Beauty of L’Oréal.