[2025] LOA - UKI - Senior Demand Planner - PPD

Hello, we’re L’Oréal. We’re not just building brands; we’re shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading—this might be the opportunity you’ve been searching for.

A Day in the Life

As a Senior Demand Planner at L’Oréal, you’ll lead a dynamic team and play a pivotal role in shaping our demand planning strategy. Your day will be a mix of leadership and hands-on operational responsibilities. You’ll:

• Inspire and Lead: Guide and develop your team through one-on-one meetings and team sessions, helping them identify trends and refine forecasts.
• Collaborate and Forecast: Partner with brand teams to create consensus forecasts, integrating commercial insights, financial trends, and historical data.
• Challenge and Align: Work closely with Business Planning, Sales, and Marketing teams to refine promotional and launch forecasts, ensuring alignment across functions.
• Communicate and Influence: Present key insights, risks, and opportunities to senior management and maintain clear communication with S&OP and supply planning teams.
• Drive Efficiency: Lead process improvements, optimize catalogue management, and enhance customer service.

We Are Looking For

You’re a great match for this role if you:

• Have a proven track record in team development and leadership.
• Bring at least two years of experience in product planning (demand planning experience is a plus).
• Are confident in developing demand forecasts and analyzing sales trends, promotions, and other influencing factors.
• Possess exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to simplify complex information.
• Show advanced proficiency in Excel, with experience in FuturMaster and SAP as a bonus.
• Have a proactive mindset, always seeking to improve processes and challenge the status quo.

What’s In It For You

A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)

Real responsibility from day one—there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal.

An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender, and sexual orientation, as well as people with disabilities, are accepted, can speak up, will thrive, and are celebrated!

A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal and environmental causes to make a concrete difference.

Who We Are

Our Corporate Division supports the 4,000+ strong workforce in the UK & Ireland. It’s a fast-paced and dynamic environment where you’ll have visibility over our four divisions and play an integral role in moving our business forward. Joining our corporate teams means joining the world leader in beauty, at the cutting edge of innovation. But above all, it means becoming part of a team of talented and inspiring people.

We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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