Short Term Planner, Operations

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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.

Short Term Planner

Operations

Somerset, NJ

Short Term Planning Mgr

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.

Our brands portfolio includes Cera Ve, La Roche-Possay, Vichy, Skin Ceuticals offering a range of skincare and haircare products to respond to all expectations linked to beauty and health of the skin.

This is an operationally critical role, as the Short-Term Planner sets the schedule for manufacturing, ensuring that sufficient raw materials, bulk, and components are available at the right time in the right quantity for the manufacturing hall. This person is the key coordinator and liaison between Manufacturing Operations and the Logistics department. They are responsible to ensure clear communication, direction, and understanding across both Departments.

• Responsible for the order conversion and sequencing of the production schedule for both Bulk Processing and Finished Good Packaging.
• Daily order conversions and sequencing of packaging lines and processing vessels
• Ensure a firm 5-day order schedule for both
• Coordinate with Logistics counterparts to ensure component and raw material availabilities to support the planned production schedule
• Communicate / escalation bottlenecks to the production plan
• Coordinate with Production Managers to align order conversions with scheduled manning to avoid unplanned stoppages on the lines and to maximize available labor
• Track and trend Achievement and Adherence to meet site objectives
• Analyze data to understand misses to the production plan and create actions to correct
• Ensure Master Data accuracy in SAP with the creation of new recipes and PVs and on-going maintenance of the system
• Develop strong relationships across the facility in order to promote learnings and continuous improvements to our planning process
• Manage inventory levels closely to ensure no bulk expirations and no line stoppages due to missing components/bulk
• Participate in the Launch of new products, adhering to required timelines to ensure products are available by the target date
• Perform other duties as necessary or required

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required;
• 1-3 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment in cosmetics or related field with at least 1 year experience in production planning preferred;
• SAP/APO experience preferred;
• Good communication skills;
• Attention to detail, ability to follow detailed procedures;
• Ability to multi-task/prioritize;
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills

• Salary Range: $65,400 - $91,500 (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level)
• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
• 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)
• 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

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