The Senior Demand Planner will own the local demand insights and S&OP process for your portfolio, translating market intelligence into robust demand forecasts. Through close collaboration with commercial, marketing, finance, and supply teams, you will enhance forecast reliability, support financial planning, optimize inventory, and proactively mitigate demand and supply risks.

Responsibilities:

Your main focus:

• Lead S&OP execution

• Facilitate the monthly local S&OP cycle
• Prepare and support management S&OP meetings
• Align commercial, marketing, and finance inputs
• Capture and validate all market insights

• Drive forecast accuracy

• Develop and maintain demand forecasts for the portfolio
• Define assumptions, risks, and opportunities
• Perform root cause analysis on forecast variances
• Communicate insights to central demand planning

• Enable system-driven planning

• Upload forecast drivers and assumptions
• Integrate ML inputs, EPOS, and sales forecasts
• Maintain demand planning system accuracy
• Ensure robust data governance

• Manage portfolio and innovation planning

• Forecast New Product Development demand
• Coordinate market readiness with cross-functional teams
• Manage product launches and discontinuations
• Prevent excess stock and obsolescence

• Optimize inventory and service levels

• Monitor stock availability and supply risks
• Implement mitigation plans with DRP teams
• Support stock allocation decisions
• Maximize customer order fulfillment

Working for Coty means
Working in a fast-moving, purpose-led beauty company that champions ownership, collaboration, inclusion, and bold thinking, while empowering people to make an impact and grow every day.

The team consists of Demand Planning and S&OP professionals, and you will work closely with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, DRP, and Global Deployment teams. All your colleagues are collaborative, highly capable, and business-driven. Working in the team feels dynamic, supportive, and impact-focused.

YOU ARE A COTY FIT

You like translating market insights into actionable plans and driving cross-functional alignment. As an experienced Senior Demand Planner, you work proactively, challenge assumptions, and thrive in a fast-paced, diverse, and international environment. Other than that, you:

• Bring strong planning expertise

• Demand forecasting and S&OP execution
• Inventory and service level optimization
• Portfolio and lifecycle management

• Excel analytically

• Advanced Excel and data analysis
• Forecast accuracy and KPI tracking
• Root cause and variance analysis

• Leverage planning systems

• SAP, JDA, OMP, o9 or similar tools
• Forecast driver and data integration
• System-based decision making

• Communicate with impact

• Stakeholder management up to manager level
• Clear, structured insights and recommendations
• Cross-functional collaboration

ABOUT COTY

Coty is one of the world’s largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, skincare, and body care. At Coty, we celebrate the entire human kaleidoscope and cultivate a culture of fearless kindness. Therefore, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate against any candidate or employee and strive to be an open, inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees can be their authentic self. Join us in making over the world of beauty!

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