Planner, Short Term Planning, L'Oreal Operations

Job Title: Planner – Short Term

Division: L’Oréal Operations

Location: North Little Rock, AR

Reports To: Manager – Short Term Planning

Who We Are L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: ‘Create beauty that moves the world’. 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. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while staying committed to making the world a more inclusive and better place for everyone & our planet.

At L'Oréal Operations, we create innovative, inclusive, and sustainable beauty together with our business partners by designing, developing, sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing over 6 billion products globally every year. We support over 36 brands across four L’Oréal divisions. We are consumer-oriented, and we act responsibly throughout the value chain.

Key Accountabilities

A Day in the Life As a Short-Term Planner at our North Little Rock Manufacturing facility, you will play a critical role in driving operational excellence through efficient production planning and scheduling. You will align various planning horizons and optimize site resources to ensure the availability of materials and equipment capacity. Your responsibilities will include:

• Production Scheduling & Execution
• Develop and maintain a rolling short termdetailed production schedule for assigned production lines
• Align the longer-term horizon from master schedulers to the short-term horizon
• Develop and maintain a processing schedule to produce bulk to support the short-term packaging needs
• Sequence orders to minimize changeover times and maximize machine efficiency(OEE)
• Conduct ongoing reviews with the production teams to address variances and adjust schedules in real-time
• Materials & Capacity Management
• Optimize production schedule by ensuring the availability of materials, bulk, semi-finished goods, and equipment capacity through standardized processes.
• Analyze labor and machine capacity constraints, identify bottlenecks, and propose overtime or shift adjustments when necessary.
• Manage bulk inventory to balance production needs while minimizing excess and obsolete stock
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner with the production teams through ongoing discussions and daily meetings to support the plan
• Liaison between production, quality, procurement, MPS, and launch to bring the various requirements and constraints, and align a short-term plan
• Performance
• Drive execution in achieving reliable weekly net rate results and monthly achievement of the plan
• MaintainaccurateMaster Data (recipes, manning, cadences, etc)
• Technical Requirements & Personal Competencies:
• SAP experience required.
• Advanced Excel strongly recommended (Pivot tables, VLOOKUPs).
• Possess strong written/verbal communication and analytical skills.
• Demonstrate excellent business and personal ethics.
• Manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Communicate effectively with plant and corporate personnel at all organizational levels.
• Ability to manage change, provide program management, and achieve results.
• Support and embrace the Safety, Quality, and Environmental missions of the Plant.
• Act as a responsible citizen in our company and community.
  
  

We Are Looking For The Ideal Candidate Is a Proactive, Technically-skilled Professional With a Strong Analytical Mindset And a Commitment To Operational Efficiency. You Should Have

• Education & Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree required; Business or Supply Chain discipline preferred.
• 3 years of experience in a high-performance manufacturing facility - cosmetics industry preferred.
  
  

What’s In It For You

• Competitive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan.
• Flexible Time Off: Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time!
• Perks: Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products.
• Learning & Development: Access to E-learning, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship, & More!
• Wellness Programs: 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, we encourage you to apply anyway! 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 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.

Our Safe Together Plan: Your safety is our highest priority. We will proceed with caution and adhere to enhanced protection standards to ensure our sites are safe for all employees. We must all operate with the shared responsibility for each other’s health & safety in mind.