VP, Data & AI, Value Chain

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including:
Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M
· A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

Description Position Summary The Vice President, Value Chain Data & AI Product, drives the design, delivery, and measurable business impact of data and AI products across the global value chain, including demand and supply planning, manufacturing, procurement, logistics, quality, and operational sustainability. This executive is accountable for scaling advanced analytics, forecasting, and ML-driven decision intelligence to improve resilience, service levels, efficiency, and cost performance across end-to-end operations.

The VP leads a global product organization responsible for delivering scalable, reusable data and AI capabilities that enable supply chain execution, optimization, and scenario-based decision-making. All initiatives are tied to operational KPIs, cost and service outcomes, and enterprise value creation.

This role serves as the primary Data & AI partner to the Chief Value Chain Officer (CVCO) and value chain leadership, translating complex operational challenges into enterprise-grade data and AI products that drive measurable performance improvement.

Description Strategic Leadership & Partnership:

Define and own the multi-year Value Chain Data & AI product vision and roadmap, aligned to global supply chain, operations, and sustainability priorities.

Serve as the primary Data & AI partner to the Chief Value Chain Officer (CVCO) and value chain global leadership teams.

Act as the data and AI owner for the end-to-end value chain operations, including:

Demand and supply forecasting, scenario planning, and deployment analytics

Manufacturing performance, capacity, yield, and quality intelligence

Procurement, vendor performance, and cost optimization analytics

Inventory, logistics, fulfillment, and service-level decision intelligence

Operational sustainability and EHS analytics

Maintain fluency in the value chain technology landscape (e.g., SAP S/4

HANA, Kinaxis, Anaplan, MES), while partnering with system/platform owners to ensure data readiness and integration.

Represent Value Chain Data & AI priorities in enterprise forums, governance bodies, and investment reviews to align business and data strategies globally.

Translate value chain data and AI strategies into defined OKRs, operational KPIs, financial impacts, and P&L outcomes.

Collaborate with emerging technologies teams to assess and introduce new ML, optimization, and decision-intelligence capabilities into the value chain roadmap.

Description (Cont.)Product Portfolio & Delivery Oversight:

Lead the end-to-end delivery of the Value Chain Data & AI product portfolio, ensuring solutions are designed for scalability, reuse, and cross-functional integration across global operations.

The product portfolio spans:

Planning & Forecasting Intelligence - demand and supply modeling, scenario planning, deployment analytics, and operational visibility.

Manufacturing & Quality Intelligence - production performance, capacity and yield analytics, quality and safety insights, and plant-level optimization.

Procurement & Vendor Intelligence  - supplier performance, cost optimization,…