Mgr-Account Supply Chain

Job Title: Manager, Customer Supply Chain (Target)

Division: Consumer Products Division

Location:Minneapolis, MN

Reports To:Senior Manager, Customer Supply Chain

Who We Are:

For more than a century, L'Oreal 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'Oreal Consumers Products, our mission is to democratize the best of beauty, and for us, beauty has to be sustainable. Our division holds the world's #1 beauty brand with L'Oreal Paris, the #1 makeup brand with Maybelline New York, the #1 natural brand with Garnier, as well as NYX Professional Makeup.

What You Will Learn:

CPFR Manager will drive Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment with the external customer and their customer team throughout the item life cycle in the total supply chain. This role will influence the customer's forecast, plan, and execute events, and lead the customer supply relationship. Utilizing customer systems and joint business targets, the CPFR will analyze data trends to support the business planning and execution processes through accurate forecasting. Should have a complete understanding of all the customer's extensive systems and data of future/historical replenishment, sales, inventories to best drive best in class forecast accuracy and processes. This role will be also responsible for building relationships with internal contacts including Commercial teams, Demand Planning, Sales, Business Planning, Finance, and other functions when required. Customer supply replenishment execution and forecasting intelligence are the main areas of accountability for a specific brand or category set within L'Oreal USA's Consumer Products Division.

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Software Skills: Proficiency with MS Office required, advanced Excel; SAP experience helpful. Experience in customer retail systems (e.g. Retaillink, JDA etc. helpful)
• Power BI experience helpful.
• Knowledge of EDI helpful, but not required.
• Will lead key internal and customer facing projects.
• 5 years' experience in FMCG Supply Chain or equivalent required. At least 1+ years in a customer-facing role preferred.
• Effective communication skills, including solid negotiation and customer facing skills to support relationship building.
• Demonstrated analytical approach to management of supply chain interface between supplier and the customer, root-causing constraints and service issues and providing solutions.
• Proven ability to structure and conduct supply chain analyses with particular emphasis on customer collaborative results.
• Ability to understand impact of decisions and changes to e2e Supply Chains and to convert strategy into results.
• Working knowledge of:
  • Use of quantitative methods to analyze situations and solve business problems
  • Data management/databases
  • Mass market retail environment
  • Consumer marketing
  • Supply chain operations

Additional Benefits Information As Follows:

• 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'Oreal'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'Oreal, 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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