Director, Head of Manufacturing Supply Chain, L'Oreal Operations

Job Title Director, Manufacturing Supply Chain

Division: Piscataway Manufacturing

Location: Piscataway, NJ

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

Lead the local supply chain function and the development of the overall plant logistics strategy by working with production, the division and business leaders to implement a world-class execution and delivery system.

• Direct the local supply chain and logistics function to meet or exceed established service levels.
• Oversee the planning of the monthly Master Production Schedule (MPS), all product launch activities and the planning of components and raw materials for production.
• Drive continuous improvement and coordinate with manufacturing operations to meet service levels and demand.
• Research and determine availability of resources to execute launch, promotion and standard business production, challenging and making recommendations during production plan validation.
• Actively participate on Sr. Ops team meetings as the Piscataway plant representative.
• Approve Sales Forecast and initiate changes as necessary based on plant capacity.
• Oversee the coordination of requirements with the subcontracting team to fill needs.
• Actively participate in plant trending and budgeting.
• Review stock status and report to anomalies/problems to the division and plant management committee.
• Build the strategy for all inventory categories coverages & value mapping with reference to geopolitical constraints in the leanest manner to ensure the service sustainability.
• Work closely with demand planning and participate in reliable forecast analysis to reduce E&O impacts.
• Lead a team of logistics professionals not only to achieve service levels and support plant/division objectives including agility & responsiveness, Health of Inventory, and L4TF. Builds a strong engaged high performing team driving PULSE in the positive direction.
• Support in RL signature (GOLD’s) activity for the NAZ.
• Be the SRM for both CM vendors as well as RM/PM suppliers.
  
  

Required Qualifications

What We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business or Supply Chain discipline required
• 8-10 years’ experience in supply chain operations within cosmetics or a related industry with at least 5 years of related managerial experience.
• Computer skills, to include experience with spreadsheets, pivot tables, presentations, graphics software and database management.
• Must have the ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
• Plan component inventories and maintain planning parameters to manage the inventory investment within budgeted levels.
• Must wear all proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Visual/auditory acuity required to operate equipment and see/hear warning alarms.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA Preferred
• Experience with SAP a plus.
• Strong Microsoft Office knowledge.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Strong communication skills.
  
  

What’s In It For You

• 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
  
  

Additional Benefits Information As Follows

Salary Range: $125,600 - $179,000 (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors which may include geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level)

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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