Inventory Distribution Manager

The L'OCCITANE Group is a global, natural and organic ingredient-based cosmetics and well-being products maker, producer and retailer. The Group is built on strong values of entrepreneurship, team work, respect and authenticity. It is committed to developing products that are environmentally friendly and sustainable.
The Group has eight brands: L'OCCITANE en Provence, Melvita, Erborian, L'OCCITANE au Brésil, LimeLife, Elemis, Sol de Janeiro and Grown Alchemist.
With a presence in 90 countries, our products are distributing in more than 3,000 stores in the world.
L’OCCITANE Group’s mission is to “empower entrepreneurs and communities to cultivate natural beauty and well-being and regenerate nature”. L’OCCITANE is also committed to sustainability for business, people & the planet, as well as respect of human rights, ethics principles and labour protection. All employees at L’OCCITANE must therefore implement the company’s mission and integrate the social, environmental, economic and legal effects of their actions in their day-to-day job. In practice, this means that any employee at L’OCCITANE shall contribute to growing sales, regenerating nature, caring for our consumers & partners and supporting our employees.

**CONTEXT & MISSION**:
We are looking for a highly motivated **Inventory Distribution Manager** In this role, you will be responsible for replenishment planning and order-to-invoice execution, from primary warehouse to regional warehouses and to affiliate warehouses. You will ensure product availability to fulfill local customer orders (stores, wholesale, travel-retail, web, inter-company), while maintaining the proper inventory level.

You will:

- be one of the key contacts of the supply chain counterparts for demand management;
- analyzing inventories and initiating relevant actions to ensure inventory targets are met.

The position is based in Plan-Les-Ouates (near Geneva) and reports to the Global Deployment Organization Solutions & News Brands Senior Manager.

**MAIN RESPONSABILITIES**:

- Key communicator and contact between local and central teams, responsible for the following:

- Product availability in affiliates warehouses;
- Optimized inventory planning;
- Order portfolio management (optimization);
- Order-to-delivery execution;
- Optimization of operations costs related to stock deployment;
- Reduction of non-value-adding complexity (simplification);
- Maintenance of Planning Master Data.
- Manage product catalog and product lifecycle;
- Lead the Replenishment Planning Process to balance target Service Level to Customers, FG Inventory and Replenishment Costs;
- Support the continuous improvement of the business processes related to finished goods replenishment, inventory management and system utilization;
- Understanding of all aspects of supply chain including inventory control and projections, warehousing, logistics, and transportation management;
- Key business lead and contact for system improvements, updates and tests.

**HOW YOU CAN FIT**:

- Master’s Degree in Logistics or related field;
- 5+ years’ experience in a similar role (Inventory Planning) ideally in wholesale business and/or beauty industry;
- Fluent in English & French is a real plus;
- Proficient in using Excel (Macros) with excellent knowledge of SAP (MM; SD);
- Experience in database extraction like SQL is a strong plus;
- High level of autonomy and will to take ownership;
- Rigorous with strong analytical skills and structured approach;
- Strong customer-centric approach and business-orientation;
- Appetite for IT solutions;
- Team-player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop strong relationships with multiple stakeholders;
- Fast-learner with an appetite for change and challenges;
- At ease with complexity and an international fast-paced environment.

**STARTING DATE: asap**
**PERMANENT CONTRACT**

L’OCCITANE is an equal opportunities employer. This means that, when making decisions about our employees’ careers with us, our main considerations are their ability to do their jobs and develop in their roles. One way we cultivate change is by creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace and organizational culture. As part of this, we are committed to building an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment where everyone feels respected and valued. We recruit positive-minded people who share our core values - entrepreneurship, team spirit, leading by example and authenticity - and our commitment to sustainability.