Retail Planner

the LEGO Group • Boston, MA

19h • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you interested in providing performance analysis and delivering outstanding insights to drive business excellence? Then this is the role for you! Bring your analytical skills into a fun working environment to drive demand in our Americas region. The Retail Planning team is a global team based in 4 different locations; Boston – Shanghai – London – Billund. We are responsible for the +18 month demand plan globally across LEGO® owned branded channels, both physical stores and online. This role supports the team and the broader organization by securing a strong foundation for our forecasts, so we have the best possible availability and can reach the desired shoppers. Furthermore it enables the team and partners with insight to performance and trends so appropriate actions can be taken timely.

Requirements

• Demonstrated strong collaboration skills across functions, cultures and management levels.
• Strong analytical perspective. Can oversee a larger amount of data and draw out patterns and key messages.
• Process focused and systematic.
• Strong experience with generating & presenting PowerPoint decks and working with Excel.
• Experience with other data visualization platform like Tableau and/or Power BI.
• Result orientation and drive.
• Winning/can do approach and thrives in overcoming complex situations.
• Proven experience within the consumer goods industry
• An ability to learn quickly and work autonomously
• Advanced English both verbal and written

Nice To Haves

• Previous demand planning and or supply planning experience
• Experience within a supply chain environment and/or commercial environment
• Skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Thrives in a global environment & with usage of online collaboration tools
• Proactive and continuous improvement approach
• Past experience of working with O9 planning software
• Bachelor's degree in business management, supply chain management, mathematics or statistics based field or demonstrable analytical skills developed through previous work experience

Responsibilities

• Own a set subset of the LEGO® portfolio and perform the item level forecasting for consumer sales and shipments to secure the best possible availability.
• Consolidating the roll-up of the demand plan for submission, accounting for sales actualization alongside the impact of forward-looking cycle-on- cycle changes.
• Analyze and understand drivers of plan performance with a focus on improving Item Mix Error.
• Leverage own reports in combination with BI produced insights, to help improve the quality of forward-looking plans.
• Ensure global collaboration and coherence with team members in other regions.
• Discuss and present data and findings with item level forecasters and relevant partners to secure a joint view on the best possible plan.
• Support the broader team with key monthly tasks, including updating of standard reports and preparation of slides for regular monthly meetings.
• We are on a journey of implementation of new tools and technology to support our future Retail Planning process and you should therefore expect some involvement in ad-hoc project related tasks, as required.

Benefits

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree