Site Initiative Leader

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:

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