Supply Chain

As an NPD (New Product Development) Senior Planner, you will ensure the successful distribution, availability, and launch readiness of finished goods for new product launches across Luxury and Consumer Beauty divisions. You will lead risk management activities, drive cross-functional collaboration, manage supply and service risks, and ensure products are launched on time and in full  in a highly dynamic and visible environment.

THE ROLE

OPTIMIZE, ENABLE, INNOVATE!

As our NPD Senior Planner, you play a critical role within our DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) team in ensuring distribution readiness, managing launch-related supply risks, and driving the execution of new product launches across Luxury and Consumer Beauty divisions while collaborating with a broad network of planning and initiative stakeholders.

You will be reporting to the NPD Senior Planning Manager, and you will manage:

1. Launch Planning & Distribution Readiness

• Ensure successful distribution, availability, and service levels for finished goods during new product launches across Luxury and Consumer Beauty divisions.
• Support launch execution across in-house manufacturing and External Operations environments.
• Drive alignment across DRP, Site Initiative Leaders (SILs), NPD Supply, Divisional Planning (DP) and Market Planning teams to ensure launch readiness.
• Support Initiatives Management Excellence (IME) and Supply Network Design (SND) process implementation and continuous improvement.

2. Risk Management & Performance Monitoring

• Lead initiative risk management activities, proactively identifying, mitigating and escalating supply and service risks impacting launch performance.
• Conduct forecast reviews, GAP analysis and root cause investigations to drive corrective actions.
• Monitor launch execution and resolve operational issues impacting availability, service, and launch timelines.

3. Continuous Improvement & Project Leadership

• Manage Supply Network Design (SND) projects, including KPI definition and integration into Hub processes.
• Act as a planning systems subject matter expert, supporting process optimization, network improvements, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Contribute to projects that enhance launch execution, planning effectiveness and process efficiency.

YOU ARE A COTY FIT

As a Senior Planning professional with strong end-to-end supply chain knowledge, you thrive in a fast-paced environment. You are resilient, accountable, and highly collaborative, with the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple functions and seniority levels.

• Previous experience in planning roles such as Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP), Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Material Planning, Master Production Scheduling (MPS), or similar supply chain planning environments.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with senior stakeholders across Supply Chain and business functions.
• Proven ability to perform root cause analysis and manage supply or service risks in a dynamic environment.
• Fluent in English and experienced working with SAP.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) and Power BI.
• Nice to have: experience with advanced planning tools such as JDA, and exposure to project management methodologies.

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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