Market Insight & Demand Planner
Location: Petit-Lancy
The Market Insight & Demand Planner role at Coty shapes a regional transformation and directly influences strategic decisions. You will drive impact across a fast‑growing Travel Retail business.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As our Market Insight & Demand Planner, you are responsible for forecasting, insights, coordination.
In this role, you build a reliable demand forecast by integrating market insights, customer signals and business intelligence. You lead the local S&OP process for Travel Retail Europe & Africa and ensure cross-functional alignment with Commercial, Marketing, Finance and Supply to maximize product availability, right‑size launches and optimize inventory performance.
Your main focus :
Lead demand forecasting
* Build accurate forecasts integrating market, customer and sales insights
* Consolidate sell-in, sell-out and EPOS data to feed robust assumptions
* Identify risks, opportunities and drivers affecting demand reliability
* Ensure forecast drivers are complete, consistent and up to date
Drive the local S&OP process
* Prepare and animate monthly S&OP meetings with Commercial, Marketing and Finance
* Align demand, assumptions and business scenarios across teams
* Communicate local insights to central demand planning teams
* Support financial forecasting through accurate volume valuation
Manage product launches and portfolio lifecycle
* Define the right sizing of innovations with Marketing and Sales
* Adjust forecasts based on market performance and post‑launch learnings
* Manage introductions and phase-outs to prevent excess and obsolescence
Support supply continuity and customer collaboration
* Monitor stock availability and highlight risks proactively
* Partner with Global Deployment & DRP teams to secure supply flows
* Contribute to allocation decisions based on business priorities
* Maintain regular collaboration with key retailer supply teams
Drive continuous improvement
* Use digital tools (Power BI, o9, AI assistants) to enhance analytics
* Conduct root cause analyses to close process and accuracy gaps
* Recommend and implement improvements to S&OP and demand planning processes
Working for Coty means celebrating the diversity of beauty. We build brands to inspire and enable our consumers to experience the confidence and joy of expressing their beauty, their way. We aim to be gamechangers in the beauty industry, winning the hearts and minds of consumers around the world.
The role is part of the Travel Retail Europe Supply Chain team and reports to the S&OP Leader Travel Retail Europe. You will work closely with Marketing, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain teams and key Travel Retail customers. Your colleagues are collaborative, data‑driven and passionate about shaping a fast‑growing business.
YOU ARE A COTY FIT
You enjoy analyzing, connecting data points and turning insights into business decisions. As an experienced demand planner, you work with rigor, curiosity and autonomy, and you thrive in a fast-paced, multicultural and transforming environment
Other than that you :
* Bring strong technical skills: SAP, JDA, OMP, Excel advanced, o9, Power BI.
* Have proven experience in demand planning (minimum 2 years) in a complex environment.
* Demonstrate strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to build recommendations
* Are fluent in English (French is a plus)
* Show adaptability, digital mindset, attention to detail and ownership.
OUR BENEFITS
As our Market Insight & Demand Planner some of the benefits you will receive are:
* Company e-shop: discount on a wide selection of products
* Lunch allowance: 8 CHF/working day - only valid at Coty's restaurant and vending machines
* Accident insurance professional: covered at 100% by the company for the employee
* Holidays: 25 days per calendar year + 3 floating days offered by the company
* 500 CHF/ year public transport ticket
* Remote work: hybrid way of working 50% office, 50% from home
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
1. If selected, our recruiter will contact you
2. A telephone/online introductory meeting follows
3. A first Teams interview
4. A second interview
5. You will receive a proposal with the terms of employment
ABOUT COTY
Coty is one of the world's largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, skincare, and body care. At Coty, we celebrate the entire human kaleidoscope and cultivate a culture of fearless kindness. Therefore, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate against any candidate or employee and strive to be an open, inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees can be their authentic self. Join us in making over the world of beauty
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