Coty is one of the world's largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, skincare, and body care. COTY is the global leader in fragrance and number three in color cosmetics. COTY's products are sold in over 150 countries around the world. COTY and its brands are committed to a range of social causes as well as seek to minimize its impact on the environment. For additional information about Coty Inc., please visit www.coty.com.
ROLE AND DEPARTMENT
Coty is looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual to join the South East Asia team as Market Planner, based in Bangkok, Thailand. You will be part of a large planning organization with future development opportunities into E-commerce or Distributor go-to-market models.
Reporting to: SEA Market Planning Leader
Division: Prestige and Consumer Beauty
THE ROLE
In this role you will be responsible for:
- Leading the Demand Planning activities and S&OP process for your market
- Ensuring sufficiency in incoming supply while managing inventory levels
- Building strong relationships with local sales, marketing, and finance teams, as well as global and regional demand and supply teams
- Championing continuous improvement to drive efficiency, effectiveness, and RCA of KPI misses
- Be part of SC transformation to o9 integrated planning tool
Demand Planning and S&OP
- Generating accurate 18 months sales forecasts at SKU level, incl. new launch and promotion planning
- Understanding and incorporating market dynamics, trends, and complexities
- Validating forecasts and comparing to monthly/annual commercial targets and financial budgets
- Leading local S&OP process, targeting to reach cross-functional consensus on Gross & Net Sales forecast, with aligned Risks & Opportunities
- Managing inventory by reviewing excess & obsolete stock, RCA, and top 20 action plan
- Improving forecast accuracy whilst achieving targets on sales, profit, cash, and inventory
- Analyzing order fulfilment and creating an action plan for improvement to reduce missed sales
- Active participation as a key stakeholder in market specific projects
Supply Planning & Inbound Management
- Closely monitoring sufficiency and timeliness of incoming stock vs. demand forecast
- Identifying risks vs demand and proactively finding solutions with global supply and local sales team
- Communicating replenishment schedule and any risks vs demand to local sales & marketing team
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
We'd love to see candidates who have:
- Previous planning experience, ideally with background in Beauty
- Strong business acumen and eagerness to understand our business
- Ability to work independently and as part of a larger team located across different offices
- Strong problem-solving capabilities with a proven ability to analyze and drive change
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with intermediate/advanced expertise in Excel
- Strong written and verbal skills with confidence to reach out and challenge others
- Passion, enthusiasm, and a positive attitude under pressure
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
WHAT WE OFFER
In this role you will have ownership over all planning activities linked to your market. You will be accountable for the results and directly recognized for all the improvements you are driving. Joining the South East Asia organization, you will have the opportunity for career development, lateral into other planning roles or warehousing and logistics, but also vertically, into management roles.
You will get to work in a diverse environment, with an experienced team who are passionate about the work they do and know how to have some fun along the way.
