Job Description
We're looking for a Planning Systems & Process Manager to drive the evolution of our planning capabilities. In this role, you'll combine your understanding of planning processes with system expertise to optimize ways of working, lead digital transformation initiatives, and play a key role in our SAP S/4HANA implementation. Working closely with both business and technology teams, you'll help ensure our planning processes are efficient, standardized, and ready for the future.
Core Responsibilities
In this role, you will own planning systems and process governance, drive technical transformation initiatives including SAP S/4HANA implementation activities, and support digitalization and data-driven decision-making across the planning function.
More specifically, you will:
- Support and continuously improve planning systems and digital tools, ensuring process stability and effective user adoption.
- Lead planning-related improvement initiatives focused on process optimization, automation, and digitalization.
- Act as the local planning representative for ERP transformation activities, including testing, process validation, and business readiness.
- Serve as the subject matter expert for planning processes, governance, and SAP-related system enhancements.
- Maintain and develop planning reports and analytics, ensuring data accuracy and actionable insights.
- Partner with BI and Digital teams to enhance reporting capabilities, automation, and data visualization solutions.
- Provide ad-hoc analysis and reporting using SAP BW, Power BI, and Excel to support operational and strategic decision-making.
This position is a fixed-term opportunity for 3 years, placed in our Nyíregyháza manufacturing site and there is no relocation assistance offered for this role.
This is not a people-leader position, it is an individual contributor role.
Play your part in our team succeeding
Our Supply Chain team balances demand, inventory, and capacity for products manufactured in Hungary and delivered across Europe. In this senior specialist role, you will serve as a key planning authority and trusted partner to both local and global stakeholders. Beyond ensuring operational excellence, you will lead improvement initiatives, contribute to strategic projects, and help shape the future of planning processes and capabilities across the organization.
Do you have what it takes?
- Experience in production planning, supply chain planning, or planning systems within a manufacturing environment.
- Good understanding of planning processes, including inventory management, capacity planning, and process governance.
- Experience supporting process improvement, standardization, or digitalization initiatives.
- Experience working with SAP and other ERP systems; exposure to SAP S/4HANA transformation projects is an advantage.
- Experience using reporting and analytics tools such as Excel, SAP BW, Power BI, or Power Automate.
- Experience contributing to cross-functional projects, ideally related to process optimization, ERP implementation, or systems transformation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions and translate business needs into practical solutions.
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
Please apply with your CV in English language.
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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.
Skills Required
- Experience in production planning, supply chain planning, or planning systems within a manufacturing environment.
- Good understanding of planning processes, including inventory management, capacity planning, and process governance.
- Experience supporting process improvement, standardization, or digitalization initiatives.
- Experience working with SAP and other ERP systems.
- Exposure to SAP S/4HANA transformation projects.
- Experience using reporting and analytics tools such as Excel, SAP BW, Power BI, or Power Automate.
- Experience contributing to cross-functional projects related to process optimization, ERP implementation, or systems transformation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to translate business needs into practical solutions.
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
The LEGO Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The LEGO Group and has not been reviewed or approved by The LEGO Group.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is generally positioned as competitive across many roles and markets, with benchmarking against local markets and an expressed commitment to equal pay. Total compensation is often framed as stronger when considering the full package rather than base salary alone.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is described as notably expansive, with substantial fully paid time for primary and secondary caregivers and additional paid caregiver leave. Leave is also described as continuing to accrue other rewards such as vacation and bonus eligibility during the leave period.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Benefits are described as extending beyond core insurance into mental health and wellbeing support, including assistance programs, mindfulness resources, ergonomic setups, and fitness-related offerings. Brand-specific lifestyle perks such as sizable product discounts are highlighted as a meaningful part of the overall rewards experience.
The LEGO Group Insights
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!







