Job Title: Director- Supply Chain Internal Controls  

Division: Operations

Location: Clark, NJ

Reports To: SVP- Operations Finance NA

Who We Are: 

For more than a century, L’Oréal 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'Oréal Operations, we create innovative, inclusive, and sustainable beauty together with our business partners by designing, developing, sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing over 6 billion products globally every year. We support over 36 brands across four L’Oréal divisions. We are consumer-oriented, and we act responsibly all along the value chain.

At L’Oréal, our Finance teams turn data into insights and risk analysis into solutions while ensuring the Group’s financial performance is top notch. We have a diverse range of expertise at L'Oréal Finance, including Financial Planning & Controlling, Internal Audit, Mergers and Acquisitions, Treasury, Tax and Consolidation. We bring numbers to life! Come join our dynamic team!

What You Will Do:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Internal Control Director to join our Operations Finance Leadership team.  As the Internal Control Director, you will be responsible for overseeing internal control processes and procedures across our 12 core distribution centers, our 3PLs and fulfillment centers located in the United States and Canada.  Your primary objective will be to ensure compliance with company policies, identify and mitigate risks, improve operational efficiency within the Supply Chain function while driving a culture of accountability, integrity and ethical behavior.    

• Design and Implement Internal Control Roadmap and priorities: Create and implement robust internal control framework, policies, and procedures within Supply Chain Finance, Distribution, transportation, customs, order to cash, master data and forecast to stock across L’Oreal USA and Canada; ensure internal control by design on all projects (with a huge focus on NEO). Benchmark and create best practice sharing and standardization. 
• Animate Supply Chain internal control team to ensure proper Internal environment; lead monthly meetings with team members; ensure sharing of best practices, lead discussion of internal control issues seen in Supply Chain areas and ensure proper and sustainable resolution.  Develop and train local Internal Controls managers and enforce monthly checklist.
• Serve as the go-to-person for internal control matters within Supply Chain; partner with other internal control members (ex. Manufacturing, Divisions, sourcing, etc.) to assist in the development of a strong L’Oreal internal control culture and value creation for the business. 
• Controls Design and Implementation: Develop, lead, and implement effective internal controls to mitigate identified risks, ensure accuracy and completeness of group compliance, best practices implementation for but not limited to; inventory management, destructions, excess and obsolete and order to cash areas. 
• Drive improvements for the new Warehouse management tool called ODES/Manhattan; ensure proper level of control; enforce proper segregation of duties with User access profiles; check system reconciliation; liaison with ODES COE team and key users to identify issues and work with team to find solutions and drive continuous system improvements.  
• Liaison with the Head of Transportations Finance and Ops to drive continuous control improvements; lead the transportation audit action plan; review and confirm completion of audit points; help drive continuous improvements in this area; make suggestions for continuous improvement and ensure compliance with Group norms

• Lead the Fixed Asset count for all DCs; create standardized templates; lead discussion on counts and KPIs; ensure proper completion of count and alignment to Group norm 
• Ensure proper Inventory controls: enforce monthly stock equation; cycle counts; wall to wall counts and review KPIs with DC Teams
• Self-Assessment Campaigns: Coordinate the annual SMART self-assessment campaign for each functional areas within Supply Chain.  Ensure timely completion as required by group timeline. Ensure corrective actions are in place prior to validation. Develop zone summary for strategic alignment and improvement across all functional areas. 
• Reporting and Communication: Prepare reports and presentations on internal control compliance and identified risks for Operations management and L’Oreal USA leadership. Ensure local Supply Chain topics in a standardized, timely and impactful.  
• Coordinate with both internal audit and external audit on ad hoc requests or analysis; lead Supply Chain audits and ensure follow up of action plan; manage E&Y requests and ad hoc analysis; work with E&Y to ensure submission of required documents meet deadlines and help explain key issues.  
• Training and Awareness: Provide training and awareness sessions to relevant personnel on LUSA policies and norms and company procedures.

What We Are Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• 7-10 years of Finance Experience
• Proven leadership ability
• Analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive problem solving
• Drive process and reporting improvements
• Strong strategic/forward thinking skills.
• Ability to influence business partners.
• Self-Directed

Preferred Qualifications:

What’s In It For You:

• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
• Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home)
• 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

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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