Business Planner

Company Name: L'Oréal
Location: UAE

Division/DepartmentConsumer Products Division (Supply Chain)

Job TitleBusiness Planner

Reports toSupply Chain Director – CPD

Commercial Director - CPD

General Description

Build a collaborative Business Plan reflected in Sales Forecast

Work with business partners / distributors to develop forecast capability

Responsibilities

• Build a realistic & Bottom-up vision of sales, independently from other planning exercises (budget trend, procurement plan, sales objectives), specifically from Sales Objectives.
• Build a promotional / activation plan in-line with the brand strategy & RGM guidelines, for a rolling 18 month horizon
• Build a forecast for the Wholesale channel in-line with the business plan
• Align forecast horizon:
• Short term horizon (M-3): deadline for promotion forecast (to be validated with customer)
• Mid- Term horizon (M-6): Launches forecast is validated and promo forecast initiated
• Long term horizon (M-18): Present vision per Category/ Brand to support Budget construction
• Refresh forecast monthly, analyzing sell-in, sell out, and stock in trade performance
• Work on the forecast collaboratively with the teams while being customer centric, focusing on the Distributors
• Respect yearly and monthly deadlines, to integrate Business Planning in Budget/ Trend and Forecast/Validation meetings.
• Monitor and align on the MOC of distributors to be in-line with the business strategy
  
  

Skills

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong capabilities to collaborate within and outside the organization
• Well versed in Time Management with high Organizational Skills
• Analytical skills in forecast management and stock / sales analysis
• Proficient in advanced MS Excel & MS Access
• Should be able to prioritize and multi task in a fast paced environment
• Must display good negotiation skills
  
  

LI_DUBAI

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

• Employment type

  Full-time

• Job function

  Business DevelopmentSales

• Industries

  Cosmetics