Coty · 1 day ago
Site Initiative Leader
Sanford, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior LevelCoty is one of the world’s largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, skincare, and body care. They are seeking a Site Initiative Leader to lead a multifunctional team to deliver new product initiatives and drive changes through the supply chain, ensuring all milestones and deliverables are met on time.
BeautyConsumer GoodsCosmeticsHealth CarePersonal Care and HygieneRetail
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma or GED equivalent required
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
Preferred
Bachelors' degree preferred
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
Benefits
Coty’s global omni-working policy provides the option to work up to 50% of your month remotely.
Company
Coty
Coty is a beauty company specializing in cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, and hair color.
Founded in 1904
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
2024 (1)
2023 (3)
2022 (7)
2021 (3)
2020 (11)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.48BKey Investors
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
2025-10-06Post Ipo Debt· $900M
2024-05-22Post Ipo Debt· $541.23M
2023-09-28Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Eniola Akindes
Vice President, Global Indirect Procurement, Marketing & Retail
Fatima Zahri
Chief Procurement Officer
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