Demand Insights & S&OP Specialist
Supply Chain

Own end-to-end demand forecasting for Consumer Beauty Benelux, integrating market insights and cross-functional inputs to deliver accurate plans, support S&OP decision-making, and act as the key interface between local teams and the central planning hub to drive business performance and operational efficiency.

THE ROLE

OPTIMIZE, ENABLE, INNOVATE!

As our Demand Insights & S&OP Specialist, you play a critical role in owning demand forecasts for the Benelux portfolio, integrating market insights, enabling cross-functional alignment with commercial teams and the central demand planning hub to deliver accurate and reliable forecasts supporting business performance.

You will be reporting to Demand Insights & S&OP Senior Manager, and you will manage:

1. Demand forecasting ownership (Benelux Consumer Beauty):

• Own the end-to-end forecast for the Benelux portfolio, ensuring accuracy and reliability
• Manage innovation forecasting for all new product launches and service rounds for customers
• Plan promotional activities and product sets, translating business inputs into forecast assumptions
• Maintain forecasts in systems, integrating insights and ensuring proper evaluation
• Provide quantified input (e.g. promotions, distribution changes, delisting, customer events) to enrich forecasts

2. S&OP & stakeholder interface:

• Actively participate in the local S&OP process, supporting value-based planning and decision making
• Act as the key interface between Sales, Marketing and the central demand planning hub
• Consolidate and communicate market insights, risks and opportunities to central planning
• Collaborate with Finance to ensure forecast alignment with financial planning
• Support forecast validation and reasonability checks in collaboration with the hub

3. Portfolio insights, collaboration & planning processes:

• Manage demand planning inputs for customization and displays (e.g. blistering)
• Collaborate with central teams on forecast accuracy, KPI performance and insight quality
• Contribute to forecast drivers and inputs used in planning systems
• Support cross-functional alignment across marketing, sales and supply teams
• Identify and support continuous improvement opportunities in forecasting and planning processes

YOU ARE A COTY FIT

As a data-driven and detail-oriented supply chain professional, you thrive in a fast-paced and diverse environment. You are analytical, collaborative, and able to work under pressure in a highly cross-functional role.

• Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field
• 2–5 years of experience in demand or supply planning
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to translate business input into forecasts
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple inputs from cross-functional teams
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Experience working with Power BI

At Coty, we value data savvy people. As part of the Coty curated strategic program, we are transforming into a data centric organization powered by AI. If you have data engineering skills or experience developing dashboards in Power BI, this is considered a strong advantage.

If you’re ready to support and shape the future of beauty, we want you on our team!

WHAT WE OFFER
This is a unique role with a genuine opportunity to make an impact. You’ll get to work in a diverse environment with a team of professionals who are passionate about the work they do and know how to have some fun along the way.

Coty’s global omni-working policy provides the option to work up to 50% of your month remotely.

We believe that a more flexible philosophy of remote working will give everyone the freedom to choose what works for their individual circumstances and empower them to always perform at their best.

ABOUT US
Our people make us who we are. They are the brightest minds bringing the boldest ideas to life every day. If you’re the kind of person who refuses to settle, if you want to think bigger, learn faster and go further than you ever thought possible – we’d love to hear from you.

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