Sr. Manager, Market Management
Core Responsibilities
- Drives on-time delivery of US Customer Planning deliverables
- Organizes, communicates, and coordinates delivery of Customer Planning key dates for the US Business Unit (BU)
- Collaborates across functions to ensure timely delivery of inputs required for planning and execution
- Develops new planning checkpoints to support evolving commercial strategies
- Anticipates operational challenges that may prevent successful delivery of US KPIs; alerts cross-functional teams to the issues and recommends solutions to proactively resolve
- Leads US Collaborative Customer Planning (CCP) process
- Sets and communicates monthly CCP direction, approach, and objectives
- Coordinates pre-submission rollup / accuracy check
- Identifies and resolves inconsistencies in planning approach, assumptions, and valuations
- Delivers monthly CCP submission and summarizes CCP results and the storyline behind cycle-over-cycle changes for leadership and cross-functional partners
- Channels US customer insights into the Americas Demand Plan
- Represents detailed account inputs to surface new planning assumptions not considered in the Americas Demand Plan and challenge existing assumptions where US has contrary evidence
- US Demand Planning Director is responsible for bringing inputs from the short term forecast horizon
- Establishes operational strategy for locked volume
- Leads annual target setting for locked volume; aligns with US Sales Leadership Forum (SLF)
- Sets strategic direction where needed
- Supports Demand Planning Manager, Launch & Trade Promotion to resolve locked volume problems that will have a customer or market impact
- Facilitates US Visual Factory and US BU Plan Review meetings; owns meeting agenda, content, and improvements
- Provides ad hoc analysis to inform commercial and supply chain decisions (e.g., customer-level ICP and CICP plans, Retail Closing Stock, long lead time component analysis, etc.)
- Ad hoc problem solving, process improvement, and project leadership
- Assists Senior Director, US Market Operations in setting department strategy and annual objectives
Qualifications
- Extensive experience in key account management, demand planning, customer planning, or data analytics
- Broad end-to-end experience and knowledge across Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, and Marketing
- Followership among peers and senior leadership; strong influencer at all levels
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills
- Skilled in conflict management, with the ability to independently solve problems and make sound decisions
- Ability to effectively navigate ambiguity to deliver results
- Demonstrated ability to proactively interpret data, identify trends and challenge the status quo
Additional Details
On This Position
Our workplace enables our LEGO® colleagues to be and do their best at work. Introducing a flexible way of working through a hybrid working model is a great example of how we live up to our ambition. This 3 day in the office hybrid working model will exemplify our People Promise by embracing the different life situations of our colleagues.
No relocation assistance will be provided for this position.
Compensation
The salary for this position has a range of $134,750.00 - $202,126.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.
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.
Nice to Have
Proficient in Excel and experienced in developing impactful data visualizations and dashboards
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent working experience in a business-related field
Additional Details
On This Position
Our workplace enables our LEGO® colleagues to be and do their best at work. Introducing a flexible way of working through a hybrid working model is a great example of how we live up to our ambition. This 3 day in the office hybrid working model will exemplify our People Promise by embracing the different life situations of our colleagues.
No relocation assistance will be provided for this position.
Compensation
The salary for this position has a range of $134,750.00 - $202,126.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.
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.
Nice to Have
Proficient in Excel and experienced in developing impactful data visualizations and dashboards
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent working experience in a business-related field