Are you a dynamic people leader with a passion for inventory management?
Join our global RPMI (Retail Planning Merchandising & InStocks) team to be part of key decision makers in LEGO Retail. Shaping the inventory strategy for our LEGO Retail business in APAC, and to ensure a magical experience for our shoppers online!
Core Responsibilities
- Set the inventory strategy for LEGO.COM in APAC to deliver against key in-stock & stock turn metrics.
- Lead and develop the APAC Allocation & Replenishment (A&R) team towards excellence.
- Partner with APAC Supply & Inventory Planning team and pro-actively seek opportunities to drive Consumer Sales for LEGO Retail (e.g. novelty launches) & reduce excess risks.
- Embrace role of senior leader within the wider LEGO Retail team joining various forums to drive actions to support plans e.g. senior CPH, contingency meetings, ad-hoc projects.
- Ensure a high level of responsiveness to unexpected SKU performance during key commercial events (novelty launch, promotions) and enable the team to make fast decisions to improve commercial opportunities.
- Represent LEGO Retail in various APAC forums and share the latest view of inventory health metrics articulating any opportunities/risks with wider business.
- Work closely with commercial teams to ensure inventory outlook is articulated & business priorities are aligned.
- Partner with LEGO distribution team to drive efficiencies across our LEGO.com warehouses in APAC (e.g. collaborate cross functionally with Demand Planning, Trading/Sales team to simulate forecast of outbound volume and to align of output capacity requirements).
- Drive continuous improvement in A&R by seeking out opportunities to refine processes and align with regional teams maximising technology.
- Lead the change to our new retail planning system with a particular focus on roll out of A&R functionality and ensure E2E vision is delivered through close collaboration with global Planning & Merchandising teams.
Play your part in our team succeeding!
The APAC Allocation & Replenishment team (within the Global RPMI team) is responsible for ensuring our LEGO.com have outstanding availability and stock turns. It is a fast-paced area which rewards planning, a collaborative approach and a focused team mentality.
Do you have what it takes
- Minimum 8 years retail experience in areas such as inventory management, forecasting, analysis, merchandising or similar.
- Previous experience managing high performing teams.
- Excellent partner management with experience working with both internal and external collaborators across functions, including experience of driving complex/challenging projects.
- Strong commercial competence and the ability to deliver a clear storyline to collaborators across different teams/levels.
- Detailed and ability to see opportunities /risks quickly and course correct where necessary.
- Strong E2E understanding of how a retailer operates from a logistics, distribution & delivery proposition standpoint but also considering the shopper journey and how they are intertwined.
- Problem solver/solution oriented with ability to influence upwards and provide input in various contexts.
- Resilient & someone who adopts collaborative approach, bringing energy & passion to the role.
Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
What’s in it for you?
Here is what you can expect:
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 our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
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.
Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.
Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.
The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.
Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.
The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.
Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.
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Join the LEGO® team today.
Apply online at our LEGO Careers Portal today at: https://www.lego.com/en-sg/careers/job/senior-manager-retail-allocation-replenishment-apac-041649616331100150340d6927260000
