SITE INITIATIVE LEADER
SANFORD, NC
COTY is looking for smart leaders who are tenacious, passionate, and fearlessly kind.
We are looking for a site initiative leader to join our new initiative team. The site initiative leader leads a multifunctional team to deliver new product initiatives and drive changes to the existing portfolio through the supply chain. A key part of this role is to act as the primary interface responding to the business to ensure all milestones and deliverables are defined and delivered on-time. The SIL works upstream with new product development buyers and the Global Initiative leader who leads the project through its design phase. The SIL also partners and is the lead with the factory to ensure all new item setup, testing, line trials, and production are executed seamlessly to the timing and financial targets.
We take an approachable attitude toward beauty by wrapping scientifically proven ingredients with insight and inspiration. This is a highly visible role that will take part in game changer new product launches, drive significant change on the brand and will deliver outstanding, breakthrough business results. The Site Initiative Leader will be responsible for leading key project milestones and influencing teams to execute a comprehensive initiative plan (supply chain intensive) to deliver in-market success. Reporting to the Sr. Site Initiative Leader, you will collaborate with many key supply chain functions and be the interface between the factory team and the commercial team in New York, NY.
THE ROLE
In this role you will be responsible for:
Collaborating with multi-functional partners to deliver a portfolio of initiatives that is sufficient to fulfill the brand innovation strategy in consumer offering, business scale and profitability, and meeting Coty standards
Leading the new initiatives through the stage gate process to obtain agreed project timing, cost and quality to deliver in-market success
Owning the comprehensive supply chain readiness plan and corresponding CPS (Critical Path Summary) to ensure that all necessary learning, qualification, commitments and execution plans are completed in support of a successful new product launch
Effectively communicates project issues and owns the project alert activation process to drive business decisions around milestone recovery, technical or financial resolutions to ensure credibility of site and launch on time to goal measures
Guiding best practice supply chain principles to ensure one-shot strategy, minimum order quantities, inventory builds, excess and obsolete, etc. goals are harmonized with the platform innovation strategy and fitting within factory feasibility/constraint
Supporting LCM (lifecycle management) team with sku discontinuation process and product catalog optimization by monitoring phase in/out plans, especially critical to specific markets and the business inventory strategy
Ensuring gate adherence % and timely project start-up and key milestone follow through to deliver the initiative successfully
Follow all site GMP policies and procedures
Other duties as assigned
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
We’d love to see candidates who have:
Essential:
High School Diploma or GED equivalent required
Bachelors’ degree preferred
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Experience:
Understands project management elements and has experience successfully leading teams to deliver projects
Has ability to understand complex problems and lead cross functional teams to outstanding collaborative solutions resulting in effective action plans
Is highly organized and can manage a wide portfolio of projects
Has strong individual and team leadership skills - is proactive and takes the initiative to make things better
Can establish expectations and constructively confront others
Has the ability to influence and work across organization boundaries to deliver results
Is results oriented, able to adapt to new situations and adjust approach to meet objectives
Proven experience in delivering projects as leader and/or member of a multi-functional team
Has knowledge and proven experience in several or all the following areas: project management, Coty 5D gate process (launch gate processes), team leadership, initiative management, procurement, manufacturing, quality, planning systems/tools, general supply chain operations
Is committed to deliver results, goes after the stretch target
Experience with Excel, MS Project experience is a plus
Knowledge of SAP, Prosper and other Coty data systems is a plus
PMP Certification is a plus
WHAT WE OFFER
This is a highly visible role within the supply chain with a quick opportunity to build credibility and make an impact. You will get to work in a multi-brand diverse area with a fast pace with a genuine opportunity to learn from success and failure, opportunity to reapply best practice as well as embrace and accelerate change. Your role will enable innovation to happen within real-life constraints because your job will require making fast decisions, taking conscious and calculated risks and balancing intuition and facts among a diverse group of people with varying opinions. You will be challenged to help many different teams within the supply chain overcome obstacles and learn a huge amount about the beauty industry very quickly. Many people in this role enhance their ability to communicate effectively, deliver impactful presentations to key leaders and build their business knowledge based on practice and time in role.
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.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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