Hello, we’re L’Oréal, We're not just building brands, we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading, this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.

A Day in the Life

As a Business Planner for the L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty division, you will be the central orchestrator connecting our commercial, brand, and financial strategies for the GCC region. Reporting to the Commercial Transformation and Business Development Director, you will support the Business Unit Director by driving our annual and monthly business planning cycles. You will be at the heart of our operations, ensuring our ambitions are both achievable and aligned across all functions.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Business Planning: Develop detailed budgets and forecasts by retailer, channel, and SKU, integrating key inputs like marketing investments, market share goals, and financial targets.
• Collaborative Forecasting: Partner with Commercial, Brands, Revenue Growth Management (RGM), Finance, and Supply Chain teams to build consensus on sell-out projections, ensuring promotional uplifts and new launches are accurately reflected.
• Performance Analysis & Reporting: Conduct monthly analysis of sell-out and stock-on-hand data to identify risks and opportunities. You will share key insights through a monthly performance newsletter to guide the business.
• Stakeholder Alignment: Actively partner with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. You will align on joint forecasts with retail partners and work closely with Finance, Supply Chain, and Medical teams to ensure the feasibility and strategic alignment of all business plans.

We Are Looking For

We are seeking a candidate with a strong analytical mindset and the ability to see the bigger picture. You thrive in a collaborative environment and can connect the dots between various business functions.

• Business Acumen: You have a solid understanding of commercial strategies, financial targets, and supply chain operations, with an ability to translate data into actionable business plans.
• Analytical & Data-Driven: You are proficient in analyzing complex datasets to identify trends, forecast performance, and highlight key business insights.
• Collaborative Influence: You possess excellent communication skills and can effectively partner with and influence a diverse set of stakeholders, including Commercial, Brands, RGM, Supply Chain, Finance, and Medical.
• Strategic Forecasting: You have experience in building and managing sales forecasts, ideally with exposure to both sell-in and sell-out data.
• Project Management: You are organized and capable of managing multiple planning cycles and deadlines, ensuring alignment and accuracy throughout the process.

What’s In It For You

• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
• Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal
• An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal /environmental causes to make concrete difference

Who We Are

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.

The mission of L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty is to “Pioneer health and beauty to give the world life changing and sustainable dermatological solutions for all.” Our brands, including Vichy, La Roche Posay, CeraVe, SkinCeuticals are trusted & recommended by dermatologists, general practitioners and pharmacists all over the world.

We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.