Position Summary
The Associate Manager, Supply Planning will work closely with business partners in the Sales, Finance, Operations, Project Management, and Innovation teams across the EMEA region to drive success through our Supply Chain and ensure our customers have the right products in the right place at the right time. By effectively managing the supply planning, inventory management and S&OP functions of the job, the Supply Planning Manager will be a valued partner with our customers and internal partners. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, commercially minded, detail-oriented, and comfortable working autonomously in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change quickly.
Responsibilities
Supply Planning
- Utilize supply planning tools to create optimal supply plans aligned with demand, inventory targets, capacity, and lead times
- Create and communicate analyses that illustrate supply planning performance
- Provide insights for the commercial team on supply planning performance, service levels, inventory health, and key supply risks
- Monitor supply and inventory positions across the EMEA network and proactively identify potential shortages, excess inventory, and other supply risks
- Manage inventory balancing between multiple warehouses and markets to optimize availability while maintaining inventory targets
- Identify opportunities to improve inventory deployment and reduce unnecessary inventory movements
- Support new product launches, product transitions, discontinuations, and other key business initiatives from a supply planning perspective
- Coordinate supply requirements for testers, VAS, sampling, and other non-standard inventory processes
Inventory Management
- Work with inventory e.l.f.’s inventory optimization software to ensure the best inventory targets are being set.
- Build reporting to illustrate to the finance and supply chain teams our forecasted inventory position
- Collaborate with commercial teams to find creative ways to remove excess inventory and aged inventory
- Investigate root causes of inventory risks and develop actionable recommendations to improve inventory performance
Requirements
- 3+ years’ experience in Supply Planning, Forecasting, Demand Planning or other Supply Chain roles
- Operations experience in a food, CPG, or cosmetics manufacturing company
- Experience partnering directly with commercial and operational teams across the EMEA region
- Demonstrated experience creating, implementing, and leading cross-functional business processes
- Strong working knowledge of planning process within CPG, fashion, or seasonal products
- High drive for results and willing to work in a demanding & rapid paced environment
- Ability to work autonomously across functions to meet deadlines
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail
- Excellent Excel Skills and knowledge
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Word and PowerPoint)
Preferred Skills
- SQL for data extraction, reporting, and supply chain analytics
- Python programming for data analysis, automation, and process improvement
- Experience with SAP and/or supply planning platforms.
- Experience working with multi-warehouse or multi-market supply networks.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in supply planning, forecasting, demand planning, or other supply chain roles
- Operations experience in a food, CPG, or cosmetics manufacturing company
- Experience partnering directly with commercial and operational teams across the EMEA region
- Experience creating, implementing, and leading cross-functional business processes
- Strong knowledge of planning processes within CPG, fashion, or seasonal products
- Ability to work in a demanding and rapidly paced environment
- Ability to work autonomously across functions and meet deadlines
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail
- Excellent Microsoft Excel skills and knowledge
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, including Word and PowerPoint
- SQL experience for data extraction, reporting, and supply chain analytics
- Python programming experience for data analysis, automation, and process improvement
- Experience with SAP and/or supply planning platforms
- Experience working with multi-warehouse or multi-market supply networks
What We Do
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Celebrating the beauty of every eye, lip and face is fundamental to our DNA. It’s in our name and inspires us as a company. We are committed to creating a culture internally – and in the world around us – where all individuals are encouraged to express their truest selves, are empowered to succeed and where we do the right thing for people, the planet and animals. Our deep commitment to inclusive, accessible, cruelty-free beauty has fueled the success of the e.l.f. Cosmetics brand online and at retail since 2004. With the 2020 acquisition of the pioneering clean-beauty brand W3LL People, and the new lifestyle beauty brand Keys Soulcare created with Alicia Keys, we continue to strategically expand our portfolio with brands that support our purpose and values. Our brands are widely available online, and at leading beauty, mass-market, and natural specialty retailers.
