Subcontracting Manager

L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty

About L’Oréal
 

L'Oréal has been a world leader in the cosmetics business for more than 100 years and has grown into one of the largest FMCG companies in the world. With international brands such as L'Oréal Paris, La Roche-Posay, Garnier, CeraVe, Kérastase, Lancôme, Giorgio Armani and Vichy, we offer relevant products for every consumer.
 

Being part of the LDB (L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty) division will give you direct influence in achieving our mission: to help everyone in their quest for healthy and beautiful skin. We are the world leader in Dermocosmetics, with international skincare brands recommended by healthcare professionals and distributed in healthcare outlets worldwide, including, pharmacies, clinics, spas, e-retailers…

Our portfolio is composed of 4 brands offering a wide range of skincare and haircare: La Roche-Posay, Vichy, CeraVe and SkinCeuticals. The products respond to all expectations linked to beauty and health of the skin: from dermatological and aesthetics skincare to natural solutions, from the most accessible ranges to the most premium ones.

Who am I?
 
 As a Subcontracting Manager, you are the orchestrator of our (co-packed)product availability, ensuring a seamless flow of co-packed goods to market. This requires close collaboration with the Business stakeholders to align co-packing operations with market demands and customer needs, ensuring a customer-centric approach. Your role is pivotal in optimizing costs and elevating stock quality, driving operational excellence throughout the supply chain. This demands a highly organized, structured, and hands-on approach, coupled with comprehensive supply chain expertise and a collaborative mindset. You are an agile and strategic thinker, comfortable analyzing complex situations, challenging established processes, and driving continuous improvement within our co-packing processes. You are, in essence, the driving force behind efficient, high-quality, and customer-focused co-packing operations, playing a key role in our overall success.

My responsibilities:

• Manage Co-packing: Oversee all co-packing activities, from planning and scheduling to execution and delivery.
• Optimize Performance: Monitor co-packer performance, stock levels, and drive continuous improvement.
• Build Relationships: Maintain strong co-packer relationships, ensuring compliance with L'Oréal standards. Cooperate with Marketing, Commercial & Medical teams.
• Improve Process: Identify and optimize processes, onboard, and enhance information systems.
• Integrate S&OP: Align co-packing with sales & operations planning.
• Analyze & Report: Track KPIs and provide data-driven insights. Automation of Data is key for efficiency.

Your profile

To maintain our top position in the market, we are looking for an ambitious person, with strong convictions and believes. 

The successful candidate must be highly organized, structured, and hands-on with all-round supply chain knowledge. We seek a candidate who is cooperative, agile, strategic, and analytical, with a proven ability to challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvement.

Our ideal candidate has:
 

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Proven affinity with the field 'Supply Chain'; preferably experience within FMCG
• Command of the Dutch or English language in word and writing;
• Agile, stress resistant and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrates expertise in production planning, inventory control, and logistics management.
• Exceptional organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. With the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Positive attitude, Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Competencies required for the role: 

• Organized
• Analytic
• Agile
• Proactive
• Problem-solving
• Cooperator
• Teamplayer
• Strategic
• Process oriented

What do we offer?

When you start at L'Oréal, you get a great deal of responsibility from day one. To develop, we offer an introduction program and an individual training program. Training can be local or at the global headquarters in Paris. An enriching experience where you will meet international peers.

And furthermore you will find with us:

• An inspiring work environment with ambitious colleagues.
• A healthy career perspective with good development and career opportunities.
• Good secondary employment conditions, such as a 13th month, profit sharing, discount on medical expenses and a favorable pension scheme;
• Discount on L'Oréal products
• Nice extras such as various sporting company activities.

Finally, a great added value of working at L'Oréal is that you will be working with so many different people and functions. This offers you the opportunity to broaden your knowledge about different stakeholders. 

Diversity

L’Oréal would like their personnel to represent the diversity of the Benelux society. We welcome everyone regardless of origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, philosophical or political conviction, disability, etc.

“A diversified workforce in every function and on all levels strengthens our creativity and our understanding of consumers and it enables us to develop and market products that are relevant“

(Jean-Paul Agon, Chairman of L’Oréal)

How to apply

Are you ready for this challenge and do you meet the conditions?

Then apply quickly!

Do you want to know what it's like to work for L'Oréal Benelux?

Check out our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/loreal/life/