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Director - US Assembly & Promo Material Planning

Clark, NJ, New Jersey

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Permanent

New Jersey

Clark, NJ

Transversal Operations

Full - Time

04-Jun-2025

Job Title: LDB US Assembly & Promo Planning Lead , Director

Division: L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty

Reports To: LDB US Supply Chain, VP

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 Dermatological Beauty, our mission is to help everyone in their quest for healthy and beautiful skin. Our division is the world leader in dermo-cosmetics by adding health to beauty. Our brands portfolio includes CeraVe, La Roche-Posay, Vichy, SkinCeuticals and Skin Better Science, offering a range of skincare and haircare products to respond to all expectations linked to beauty and health of the skin.

What You Will Do:

The Director of US Assembly & Promo Planning will oversee the Assembly and POS Material Management functions for the LDB brands. This role is responsible for leading and providing direction on the planning and execution to support service levels through product availability date achievement while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory. This role will supervise a team of direct reports that include Assembly and POS Material Planners.

The Director of US Assembly & Promo Planning will partner with the Leads of Development, Physical Distribution, US Planning, GS&OP, Finance, Customer Supply Chain, Marketing, Commercial Teams, Sourcing and External 3PLs to lead the Promo process and initiatives for the LDB division. They will collaborate, influence, and communicate inventory and co-packing strategies to ensure cost savings, efficiencies and business continuity plans. They will track and report key performance indicators to identify opportunities and risks, and develop mitigation plans to share with the business teams. They will also be responsible for collaborating and developing processes and tools to support the changing ways of working across the technical platforms.

The Director of Assembly & Promo Planning will be responsible for promoting the right level of partnership and prioritization with the key stakeholders on the Operations teams based in New Jersey and New York. This role is a people management role and the person selected will be responsible for empowering and developing their direct reports and building a strong performing team.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ Manage Data Accuracy: Accurate item master data, Bill of Materials, BOM header forecasts, and material requirements for efficient planning and production.

+ Inventory Management and Optimization: Manage stock parameters that will optimize inventory to meet demand while minimizing costs associated with excess or obsolete stock.

+ Supply Chain Planning and Execution: Manage processes of open stock transfer planning, production planning and prioritization, cascading analysis, and future stock projections.

+ Project Management for Milestone Achievement: Manage on-time readiness of key milestone timelines and PAD achievements related to new product launches or ongoing production.

+ Excess and Obsolete Inventory Management: Manage excess and obsolete inventory by implementing strategies for returning or repurposing excess stock with minimal destruction.

+ Problem-Solving and Barrier Removal: Support the resolution of barriers and lead initiatives to find solutions to operational challenges that could disrupt the supply chain, including but not limited to transactional data, inventory movements, product availability, capacity constraints, etc.

+ Risk Management and Communication: Manage business outlook and key performance metrics to ensure proactive identification of issues that could impact supply chain operations and work with stakeholders to develop solutions to mitigate risks.

+ Collaboration and Partnership: Manage relationship with internal operations teams, ESC suppliers, and sourcing teams on network and supplier selection, strategies and contracts.

What We Are Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

+ Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or business related preferred

+ Minimum 8 years of relevant business experience within Manufacturing or Supply Chain

+ Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills required

+ Strong attention to detail with a focus on data integrity

+ Ability to build strong working relationships within all levels of the organization

+ Demonstrate ambition, empathy, resilience, learning agility and judgement

+ Experience working with Nulogy, SAP, APO

+ Advanced Microsoft Excel 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)

+ 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 (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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