Retail Planning Manager (Temporary)

the LEGO Group • Boston, MA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Step into the vibrant world of LEGO Retail Planning, where your expertise will help us craft the future of our iconic brand. As a key player in shaping demand forecasts and driving business performance, you'll collaborate with a dynamic team, dive into exciting retail trends, and ensure our products reach eager shoppers everywhere! This is a temporary position with a duration of approximately 6 months based on business needs.

Requirements

• Proven experience working in a planning role in a retail environment.
• Strong proficiency in analyzing retail sales trends, inventory data & shopper behavior & converting to an item level CS forecast.
• Experience working with qualitative input (marketing) & converting to actionable data for decision making.
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of how a retailer operates (both physical & digital) and can articulate underlying drivers of business performance & health.
• Skilled and confident presenter, adept at articulating viewpoints clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences.
• Proficiency in the use of forecasting models & their application for retail retail planning e.g ML, Time Series.
• Strong understanding of consumer trends & market dynamics in a retail environment with a shopper focus.
• Proficient in Tableau and Power BI, with expertise in configuring and creating insightful reports.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across functions, cultures, and management levels; recognized as an excellent teammate.
• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to interpret large datasets and identify key insights and trends.
• Advanced English both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Own a subset of the LEGO Retail portfolio, delivering a robust item-level CS forecast each cycle.
• Incorporate the latest trends and inputs to contribute to an SI forecast, including WOC settings for a full 18-month horizon.
• Lead / contribute to the various AMS meetings within the monthly S&OP cycle, including local input discussions and novelty benchmarking forums.
• Engage with partners across LEGO Retail to articulate performance & outlook for subset of portfolio.
• Represent AMS planning team in the Consumer Performance Huddle working closely with LBR/LEGO.COM channel owners to drive LEGO Retail KPI’s.
• Analyze and understand drivers of retail performance with a focus on improving Item Mix error.
• Leverage own reports (Tableau/Power BI) in combination with BI produced insights, to help improve the quality of forward-looking plans.
• Ability to integrate/distill marketing insights/activity at a theme/channel level in to an item level forecast.
• Discuss and present data and findings with RPMI team and relevant partners to secure an aligned view on the best possible plan.
• Support the regional planning team with key monthly tasks, including but not limited to: Update and issue of standard reports, Preparation of slides for regular monthly meetings.
• Drive adoption and contribute to process design for new retail planning system embedding in to monthly planning cycle.
• Play your part in our team succeeding! The Retail Planning team is a global group responsible for developing an 18-month demand plan across LEGO-owned branded channels, including both physical stores and online platforms.
• 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.

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: No Education Listed