Manager, Product Lifecycle Management

Revlon Manufacturing & Distribution•Oxford, NC

2d•$100,000 - $125,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is a Hybrid Role: Employees are expected to work from our Oxford, NC office 3 days per week and may work remotely the remaining days. Overview: Support the NPD process as a leader for the Supply Chain team, providing visibility of launch KPIs to the Supply Chain senior management team and providing guidance that supports the supply chain ways of working / processes. Continuously improve internal processes and provide increased visibility to key metrics to senior leadership so that products can launch on time and in budget. Summarize and highlight key risks to senior management. Actively participate in stage gate meetings (IDP) for NPDs, from project mobilization through the post mortem process.

Requirements

8+ years experience in Supply Chain
5+ years experience involved in NPD
5+ years managing direct reports
SAP – ERP knowledge desirable
Agile knowledge desirable
Decision Quality & Problem Solving: through innovation, creative thinking, challenging the status quo, questioning nature
Drive Results: the ability to build organizational capability to sustain and continuously improve performance
Influencing and adaptability skills
Strong Communication skills
Planning: setting objectives and goals; measures performance against goals; evaluate results
MS Excel

Responsibilities

Support the supply chain organization across all NPD launches including supply and demand planning, production and procurement. These launches encompass all Revlon, Elizabeth Arden and Portfolio brand launches.
Analyze launch (IDP) documents prior to NPD meetings to research any potential challenges within the supply chain organization. Research and present potential issues to to supply chain department leads to gain alignment prior to IDP meeting. Then work cross functionally with PMO and Marketing to discuss any concerns.
Participate in IDP meetings to represent the supply chain organization. Communicate cross functionally to ensure each NPD is properly managed
Scorecard and perform risk assessment for NPDs. Analyze scorecard results to identify areas of opportunity. Key areas, but not limited to: Timeline compression, MOQ/Inventory Turn Challenges, Cost implications (Tooling, Capex, air freight, standard cost), BOM (Bill of Material) status
Ability to summarize and highlight key findings from all analysis performed for senior management review
Conduct collaborative project review meetings to highlight significant updates/risk in order to develop risk mitigation plans while providing status updates to key senior management stakeholders
Drive process improvement and adherence to company NPD project standards
Challenge global market volume forecasts and brand strategies using objective analytics to avoid risks and spot opportunities.
Review demand and inventory coverages to assess launch timing per markets and allocation process and needs
Support global S&OP plan optimization across geographies. Analyze new product development forecasts by tracking global performance of launches versus expectations. Work with the markets to understand the key drivers affecting the gap.