- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Department
- Supply Chain, Logistics & Inventory
- Posted
- Nov 12, 2026
About Estée Lauder Companies
The Estée Lauder Companies is a global leader in prestige beauty, founded in 1946 by Estée and Joseph Lauder and built on an enduring belief in creativity, high-touch service, and entrepreneurial spirit. As an employer, the Group offers talent the scale of an international house with the energy of distinctive brands across skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair care. Its culture values innovation, inclusion, learning, and responsible growth, inviting professionals to shape consumer experiences from laboratory to counter, digital platform to boardroom. Employees join a purpose-led organization where heritage, artistry, and scientific excellence meet to define the future of luxury beauty.
Estée Lauder Companies seeks a Demand Planner in Dubai to develop and maintain consensus forecasts for a portfolio of beauty brands across 11 Middle Eastern countries, using statistical forecasting, market insights and business intelligence. The role covers distributor reviews, new-product forecasting, integrated business planning, forecast accuracy and continuous improvement, and collaborates with Brand, Finance, Supply Chain and regional stakeholders.
Role & Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain accurate, unbiased demand forecasts for assigned brands over an 18-month horizon.
- Manage demand planning for the Middle East market across 11 countries.
- Meet monthly with assigned distributors to review forecasts, orders, inventory, sell-out trends and upcoming business requirements.
- Drive forecast commitment and ensure distributor inputs are received on time.
- Challenge distributor assumptions and close significant gaps between forecasts, orders and actual consumption.
- Use statistical forecasts as a baseline, incorporating market intelligence, commercial insights and business assumptions.
- Analyze historical sales, trends, seasonality and promotional activity to understand demand drivers.
- Identify and communicate demand changes, highlighting key risks, opportunities and forecast assumptions.
- Develop new-product forecasts with Brand teams and Regional Demand Planning.
- Use historical launch performance and comparable products to assess initial demand, replenishment patterns and potential cannibalization.
- Conduct pre- and post-launch analysis to refine assumptions and improve future launch forecasts.
- Maintain the New Product Launch Tracker to provide visibility into launch forecasts and performance.
- Lead demand planning discussions for assigned brands with Commercial, Distributor and Brand teams.
- Work with stakeholders to challenge assumptions, assess the business outlook and agree on a consensus forecast.
- Reconcile demand forecasts with the latest sales estimates, explain gaps and assess alternative scenarios.
- Collaborate with Supply Management, Customer Service, Distributors and Brand teams to understand availability constraints and their implications for demand forecasts.
- Monitor Weighted Forecast Accuracy (WFA), identify causes of forecast variances and lead improvement actions.
- Review forecast performance and share insights that strengthen planning decisions.
- Identify opportunities to improve demand planning processes, reporting and data quality.
Qualifications
- University degree or equivalent professional qualification.
- 3–5 years of experience in Supply Chain, preferably in demand planning, forecasting or a related analytical role.
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret data, identify trends and turn insights into clear recommendations.
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including working with large datasets, formulas, pivot tables and reporting tools.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including confidence in constructively challenging assumptions.
- Attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities across a brand portfolio.
- Fluency in English.
- Experience in beauty, FMCG, consumer goods or a related industry is preferred.
- Experience using SAP APO or other ERP and statistical forecasting systems is preferred.
- Demand planning training or certification is preferred.
Skills
Experience
3–5 years in Supply Chain, preferably in demand planning, forecasting or a related analytical role.
Education
University degree or equivalent professional qualification.
Culture
The Estée Lauder Companies fosters a collaborative, inclusive workplace where creativity, entrepreneurial thinking, and a passion for prestige beauty are deeply valued. As a global house of distinctive brands, it offers employees an environment that encourages innovation, professional growth, and a shared commitment to excellence and consumer inspiration.
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