Manager, Materials Supply Planning, L'Oreal Operations

Job Title – Manager, Materials Supply Planning

Division: Operations

Location: Clark, NJ

Reports To:Director, Division Lead (OMA)

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. Come join our dynamic team!

What You Will Learn:

The Procurement Manager’s primary purpose is to maintain an optimized level of components inventory.

• Manage and review Material Requirements Plan (MRP) and/or action messages to initiate supply chain requirements.
• Responsible for order placement and verification of delivery with suppliers.
• Track the delivery of components in support of new product and open stock production.
• Evaluate constraints and summarize plan feasibilities to the Launch Managers, CM Planners and Master Scheduler.
• Provide solutions to bottlenecks in the supply chain of components or internal flow issues.
• Manage component related issues through engagement with cross-functional teams (sourcing, quality, contract manufacturer, controlling, finance, launch managers, CM planners, Master Scheduler).
• Communication with vendors, quantity and date for deliveries.
• Process returns to vendors for quality issues.
• Manage master data for MRP group, planning time fence, MRP controller, min lot size, rounding value, procurement type, planning calendar, safety time indicators.
• Ensure and follow-up with sourcing that SAs are issued.
• Overall responsibility for building the OMA Excess & Obsolete Monthly Analysis for Plant Finance, Division Finance and Brands
• Responsible for updating OMA’s monthly S05 analysis.
• Responsible for providing the monthly MSC Inventory update to NOE.
• Conduct a monthly analysis on current inventory levels & DOS and provide results to finance.
• Updated quarterly trends and B10 with the latest Year-End landing $s and DOS projections.
• Accountable for Year-End projected landings and actions required from the team to meet trended commitments.
• Maintain HOP KPI’s including Call-off and MSS management, Vendor Relationship, and Master Data & Supply Parameter management.
• Process authorization to destroy inventory for carrier damaged & obsolete materials.
• Review past due production orders, to ensure accurate demand planning for components.
• Foster an environment of continuous improvement in processes and procedures.
• Act as CSP SME for OMA.

What We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Chemistry or Supply Chain discipline required.
• SAP Experience preferred.
• 5+ years experience in manufacturing - cosmetics industry preferred.
• Personal computer skills, to include experience with spreadsheets, pivot tables, presentations, graphics software and database management.
• High MS Excel proficiency (including data analysis, logic testing, pivot tables) a must.
• Must have the ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
• Must have strong leadership skills with relevant experience in project management, manufacturing practices, and dealing with internal/external customers.
• Must have strong analytical skills.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage change, provides program management, and achieves results.
• Ability to track production to plan.

What’s In It For You:

• Salary Range: $90,200 - $128,500 (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors which may include geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level)
• 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 for Career Progression (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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