Mikael Noleau
About
Mikael Noleau is from New York, New York. Mikael works in the following industries: "Consumer Goods", and "Cosmetics". Mikael is currently Director of eCommerce | Amazon Account Management at L'Oréal, located in New York, New York. In Mikael's previous role as a Director, eCommerce and Omnichannel, Drug Accounts Management (Walgreens & CVS) at L'Oréal, Mikael worked in New York, New York until Jun 2018. Prior to joining L'Oréal, Mikael was a Director, Digital Solutions - Corporate Strategic Marketing at L'Oréal and held the position of Director, Digital Solutions - Corporate Strategic Marketing at New York, New York. Prior to that, Mikael was a Director - Marketing Procurement at L'Oréal, based in Greater New York City Area from Mar 2014 to Jan 2016. Mikael started working as Senior Manager, Head of North America Plastic Packaging Strategic Sourcing at L'Oréal in Greater New York City Area in Jun 2012. From Jun 2011 to May 2012, Mikael was Senior Manager, North America Plastic Bottles & Tubes Lead Buyer at L'Oréal, based in Greater New York City Area. Prior to that, Mikael was a Senior Buyer, European Contract Manufacturing at Reckitt Benckiser, based in Nottingham, United Kingdom from Nov 2008 to Jun 2011. Mikael started working as European Lead Buyer / Packaging Buyer at Reckitt Benckiser in Derby, United Kingdom in Jan 2007.
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Mikael Noleau's current jobs
• Responsible for the L’Oreal Paris’s USA’s Cosmetics and Haircare business on Amazon ($100 million business in sell out) • 1 direct report In charge of: • Developing annual & quarterly plans/budgets and optimizing commercial levers in order to deliver sell out, sell in and net sales targets • Growing profitability through expense efficiency (minimize E&O and prep costs, maximize investments ROI) • Acting as key influencer with internal stakeholders to ensure the brand’ strategy and innovation pipeline takes into account ecommerce & Amazon’s specificities, and takes advantage of growth opportunities Achievements to date: • Developed a Hero strategy (assortment, media/search support, promo) to successfully deliver ambitious growth targets over 5 years • Haircare: Increased sell out by 5X and doubled 1P share from 2018 to 2020, making L’Oreal Paris the #1 Mass Haircare brand on Amazon 1P • Cosmetics: Doubled sell out, and grew 1P Mass share by 2pts from 2018 to 2020 • Winner of the 2020 National Account Manager of the year Award for the L’Oreal USA Consumer Products division
Mikael Noleau's past jobs
• Responsible for L’Oreal USA’s Mass Division (L’Oreal Paris, Maybelline, Garnier, Essie, Carol’s Daughter, Softsheen Carson)’s Walgreens.com and CVS.com businesses ($10 million business in sell out) • Delivered +50% sell out growth in 2017 by fixing the basics (achieved green scores on content health, portfolio availability and share of search), influencing internal stakeholders to drive traffic to Walgreens.com/CVS.com, and collaborating with multi-functional team (Customer Marketing, Supply Chain, Commercial Finance) and Walgreens & CVS’s digital teams to maximize omnichannel opportunities • Coordinated efforts with L’Oreal’s Supply chain and Walgreens.com stakeholders to reduce lead time and optimize process until the .com Supply Chain’s integration with Brick & Mortar’s • Collaborated with NAMs and Team Leads to highlight eComm growth opportunities and how we can leverage this channel • Developed and fostered relationships with the Walgreens.com & CVS.com teams and became their #1 beauty eCommerce partner • Educated and influenced both Walgreens and CVS’s buyers and their digital teams to expand online assortment, elevate the online beauty experience, and unlock data sharing and personalization programs opportunities
• Developed and designed, in collaboration with Digital IT, an internal website to list and categorize the digital vendors/tools being used across all divisions, in order to enable all brands to leverage them and streamline their implementation • Implemented and managed Ad sales on L’Oreal USA’s editorial websites (makeup.com, skincare.com) • Liaison between L’Oreal USA and the global Corporate Digital team for the implementation of L’Oreal’s DAM/PIM solution
• Lead strategic sourcing and contract negotiation for the following categories: Consumer & Market Insights (Market Research), Creative Services, Digital & E-commerce Innovation (overall $65 million spend) • Developed procurement strategies for categories and subcategories in close collaboration with stakeholders and according to each specific brand/business unit’s needs • Led rigorous analysis of spend data and industry dynamics to optimize spend and identify savings opportunities • Developed negotiation strategies and lead negotiations with vendors on price, SLA, delivery, and terms & conditions • Drove implementation of strategic procurement initiatives and acted as the procurement contact for those categories for all brands and business units
Dual responsibility: • Strategic sourcing of all Plastic packaging components for North America (Bottles, Injection, Tubes, Blisters and Flexibles) - $150 million spend over 7 plants • Sourcing strategy for all new launches for the Professional Products division in North America (Redken, Matrix, L'Oréal Professionel, Pureology, Mizani) Management and animation of a team of 5 buyers: • Ensured team’s delivery of committed cost reductions and compliancy with internal audit procedures • Developed a comprehensive and methodical plan for the development of my direct reports, including consistently reviewing and providing feedback on their yearly goals • Lead a robust coaching culture by actively working on mine and my direct reports' coaching outcomes with managers and peers
• In charge of Plastic Bottles and Tubes strategic sourcing for North America - $85 million spend over 7 plants • 1 direct report • Developed short and long term strategies designed to optimize service and quality and reduce total cost while meeting all divisions’ needs and objectives. • Developed supplier partnerships across the supply chain to maximize communication, collaboration, opportunity and value to the business • Successfully negotiated a deal for in-house production of shampoo bottles • Benchmarking and price negotiation through management of cost breakdown • Cost optimization (TCO, value analysis, …) to improve brands profitability
• In charge of the sourcing strategy for all the healthcare contract manufactured products in Europe ($40 million spend, highly complex portfolio: 20 technologies, 25 brands) • Risk management by setting up robust contracts and developing business contingency plans • Development and continuous improvement of suppliers’ performance • Support of the business innovation pipeline by leveraging suppliers’ R&D resources and by sourcing new concepts/technologies • Driving working capital improvement through payment terms negotiation and support of inventory management initiatives • Make or buy analysis • Drove supply base consolidation and complexity reduction projects by challenging and influencing internal stakeholders (Pack Dev, Engineering, R&D, Marketing, Regulatory)
Local Packaging Buyer • In charge of the packaging components purchasing strategy for the Derby site (UK) - $30 million spend • Managed suppliers sourcing, RFI/RFQs, suppliers selection and negotiation • Managed day-to-day supplier relationship to ensure high level of quality and service while achieving optimum cost • Identified and generated cost savings ideas, and converted value analysis opportunities into projects • Lead cost reduction projects through cross-functional project management European Lead Buyer – Packaging • Developed and implemented the European purchasing strategy for shrink sleeves ($5 million over 4 sites) • Upstream market dynamics analysis and cross-sites contracts negotiation • Coordination of multi-sites projects Categories managed: Aerosol Cans & Valves, Blow Moulding, Injection, Triggers, Resin, Corrugated, Shrink sleeves, Self Adhesives Labels, OPP Labels
- Global sourcing study on Aerosol Cans: market analysis, tender, offers analysis, negotiation and strategy recommendation - Global benchmarking and analysis of RB’s Blow Molding portfolio and identification of cost savings opportunities