Job Description
Join us and help shape the future of one of the world’s most loved brands!
Bring your analytical approach and collaborative spirit to support the business growth in LEGO® Korea!
Core Responsibilities
S&OP
Lead Demand Review processes (BU Financial Year plan review) leading to the sign-off of the Business Unit’s Consumer Sales Plan by the BU General Manager and Leadership Team.
Prepare analysis and deliverables for monthly S&OP cycle in collaboration with the internal team members (Sales, Marketing, Order Management etc.) and regional Demand/Supply Planning teams.
Communicate effectively with regional demand planning ensuring top down strategies are understood within region whilst also providing the regional demand planners with clarity of key initiatives across the full forecasting horizon.
Demand Planning
Building upon a statistical forecast output, deliver a Consumer Sales and Selling In (shipment) forecast through internally developed planning tool, ensuring known marketing activities, product launch timings, and promotional activities to be reflected.
Collaborate extensively with internal team members throughout the Business Unit to drive strategic commercial business ambitions for LEGO Korea, and bridge those plans to tactical commercial actions with Operations, Sales and Marketing teams.
Create and maintain baseline forecasts and add market intelligence to statistically created inputs that will improve its accuracy.
Partner with Brand Managers in their franchise planning for the full horizon ensuring alignment of assumptions.
Provides input for Service Level Classification (safety stock) setting, as well as collaborate with the regional Supply Planning team on local inventory reporting.
Continuous Improvement & Global Project
Drive continuous improvements in existing processes, or create new processes to improve business impacts, increase efficiency, and stabilize processes.
Actively participate in global projects and implement solutions that best fit the Business Unit, focusing on both processes and ways of working
Play your part in our team succeeding
In this role, you will play a vital role in driving demand planning and execution agenda in BU Korea through driving collaborative ways of working between all the functions within our office in Korea, as well as regional and global stakeholder.
Your main purpose of this position will be to lead monthly S&OP cycle and to participate in creation and execution of Demand Plan for BU Korea. Plan will be created in a structured process through heavy collaboration between Sales, Marketing and Operations teams, as well as APAC Demand Planning team. You will drive and lead strategic and commercial growth ambition into our plan through comprehensive analysis and discussions.
Do you have what it takes?
Relevant education in Operations, Supply Chain Management, Business or a related field.
Minimum 7 years of working experience and strong track record on business performance and formal/informal leadership within demand planning/management
Experience from working internationally or with international companies/brands is an advantage.
Excellent interpersonal skills, with proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate with different functions (sales, marketing, operations, leadership teams, regional functions and global functions).
Enjoy working in a dynamic and ever-changing environment.
Data presentation and analysis using data analytics tools such as Advanced Excel/Power BI, and SAP experience is a plus.
Advanced skill in MS office (Macro) and Power BI (design & creation)
Commercial mind-set should be persistent, self-motivated and highly driven, and must have a can-do mentality.
Strong communication skills both in English and Korean and be able to work in a value driven environment where we still strive to deliver results.
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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.
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.
Just imagine building your dream career.
Then make it real.
Join the LEGO® team today.
Top Skills
What We Do
We are the LEGO Group, the company behind the world’s most loved LEGO® bricks. Our brand name derived from the two Danish words Leg Godt, which mean “Play Well”.
We’ve been sparking imaginations and inspiring the builders of tomorrow since 1932. This is our mission and what motivates our colleagues around the world every day.
Today, we remain proudly family-owned with headquarters in Billund, Denmark. We have regional hubs in Boston, USA; London, UK; Shanghai, China; and Singapore, as well as 7 manufacturing facilities around the world.
These places are home to 28,000+ colleagues in everything from design and engineering to digital technology and marketing. Together we learn, imagine and build – creating play experiences that are sold in over 130 countries worldwide.
A purposeful and responsible global brand where creativity helps to inspire builders all around the world. Just imagine being part of that!
