Project Manager - Supply Chain

at  The Este Lauder Companies

ABOUT ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES

ELC (Estee Lauder Companies) is a global leader in prestige beauty that delights consumers with transformative products and experiences, inspiring them to express their individual beauty. They are the only company focused solely on prestige makeup, skin care, fragrance and hair care with a diverse portfolio of 25+ brands sold in 150 countries. Infused throughout their organization is a passion for creativity and innovation; a desire to push the boundaries and invent the unexpected.
From a position of strength, The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC), the leader in prestige beauty products, embarked on the Leading Beauty Forward program, chartered to fuel product innovation and enhance market agility. A key element of this strategy was the design of a new way to support its suite of 30 brands globally. The company chose Panama as being best suited to establish its new Global Business Services (GBS) operation center. This new center will initially deliver Finance, Human Resources and Legal services to ELC employees across several geographies and time zones. Through a new innovative service minded approach, this center will redefine service standards globally at ELC. This new GBS team will provide a one-stop-shop solution for the ELC businesses, supported by new customer engagement insights, new systems, and new reporting. In addition to delivering exceptional service to the ELC businesses each day, the GBS team will also be responsible for continuously streamlining work in pursuit of growing its service offering in support of achieving ELC’s strategic and business objectives. New site, new team, new opportunity.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Support Global Brand Operations to manage SKU Portfolio Optimization efforts and excellence in execution of SKU Transition Planning efforts. Support and drive continuous improvement of STAR Process. Provide analytical assistance for service and inventory optimization as needed.
Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Minimum 4-year college degree – preferably business or supply chain focus.
• Minimum 5-7 years of related experience in Supply Planning
• APICS CPM (or equivalent) a plus, Industrial Engineering, Operations research, or mathematics background preferred but willing to consider other technical majors and relevant experience.
• Proven Leadership and Decision-Making capabilities. - Highly analytical - analyzes & utilizes facts effectively for presentation to decision makers.
• High familiarity with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, New Product Planning and IBP processes
• Familiarity with SAP, O9, SNP or other advanced planning systems.
• Must be an excellent team player with strong analytical, critical thinking, negotiating, and communication skills
• Excellent follow up and organizational skills required
• Must possess the ability to multi-task, establish priorities and yet be flexible in an ever-changing environment
• High Proficiency in Excel is required
• Experience in SAP or other ERP is preferred