Job Title: Director, Flows 

Division: CPD Operations

Location: Florence, Kentucky 

Reports To: Plant Manager 

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 Do:

Ensure the performance of all internal and external physical flows and define/implement the factory inventory policies and best practices. Respectfully leads the flows team of managers, supervisors, forklift operators and receiving clerks and creates 100% employee active engagement.

• Fully supports an interdependent safety culture and works proactively to accomplish the safety mission in the site.  Participates in Safety Steering Committee, performs Safety Audits, Safety Coach functions, Manage dept. improvement opportunities, etc.
• Implement L’Oréal quality assurance, GMP, Safety and Environmental procedures as well as, but not limited to, the Equal Employment Opportunities Policies.  Participate in Flows Steering Committee meetings to review policies, best practices, improvement opportunities, etc.
• Maintain an effective employee relations environment, support site recognition activities.  Develop and implement individual and team objectives that achieve overall plant inventory control goals,
• Ensure the design of flows throughout the Florence Site is dimensioned to manage our business.
• Efficiently manage the receipt and shipment of all AC/MP/WIP/BULK/PF throughout the Florence site, to our customers and contract manufacturers. 
• Manage inventory and flow with External Warehousing locations.
• Manage all physical installations related to inventory: lifts, AGV’s (automated guided vehicles), racks, batteries, docks, etc.  Support dept. CapEx/OpEx projects.
• Define and implement factory best practices in physical flows training, inventory control, safety and quality.
• Develop, in conjunction with Logistics department, long term production plans that maximize the efficient utilization of resources.
• Define clearly the departmental KPI’s; communicate consistently to the team and site with benchmarking.  Drive results.
• Support Inventory Health processes (Destructions, ADI management, blocked/reject, etc.)

What We Are Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in major technical discipline or business required.
• Engineering degree preferred;
• Master’s degree in Business Administration desirable
• Minimum five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the area of logistics, production and/or supply chain management in a manufacturing environment.
• Must work well in a fast-paced environment and be able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Must demonstrate excellent people management skills including the ability to develop a team of individuals capable of producing extraordinary results.
• Must demonstrate the L’Oréal competencies including, but not limited to, creative problem solving, decision making, achievement orientation, cultivation of talent, and strong communication skills.

As an integral part of our culture at L’Oréal, wellness is at our core. We not only offer a generous Benefits Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K), we also offer flexible time off, work from home days, and a pension plan! Additionally, you will have access to company perks such as Makeup, Skincare, and Fragrance! Employees receive a stipend for L'Oréal products as well as VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, and other perks such as Monthly Mobile Allowance, discounted gym memberships, and ERGs.

Additional Benefits Information As Follows:

• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)  
• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time & 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!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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Our Safe Together Plan: Your safety is our highest priority. We will proceed with caution and adhere to enhanced protection standards to ensure our sites are safe for all employees. We must all operate with the shared responsibility for each other’s health & safety in mind.