Director, Inventory Management

• Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

• Job ID 0000022042

• Category Supply Chain

Job Description

Play your part in our team succeeding

US Market Operations is responsible for short-term forecasting and operational execution of The LEGO Group’s US business. We are a customer-focused organization – the team that collaborates with internal functions and external customers to deliver BU priorities and customer goals.

The Director Inventory Management ensures holistic inventory management of the US business. The person in this role is responsible for surfacing operational issues that may prevent successful delivery of US KPIs, and lead the business to resolution.

“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.”

Core Responsibilities:

• Direct people leadership of Inventory Management team, inclusive of 6 team members – 3 Inventory Managers and 3 Associate Inventory Managers

• Develops and sets department and team strategy based on customer, market, and internal factors/trajectories

• Drives action to optimize retail inventory health, and surfaces implications for inventory health of BU decisions, driving Consumer Sales and EBIT

• Brings BU visibility to Retail Instock and Inventory Turns KPIs

• Owns Ship Call for the market, projecting and communicating attainment of the monthly Turnover plan on a weekly basis. Works across functions to identify opportunities to close any gap to plan

• Approver for all US quote exceptions (unplanned inventory commitments inside of lead time) to drive revenue and consumer sales while maintaining inventory equity

• Reviews and approves retailer specific replenishment programs

• Dialogues with external retailer contacts as needed to address customer concerns and opportunities

• Through leadership of the Inventory Management team:

• Facilitates business to business alignment on weekly, by-item, consumer sales expectations and replenishment needs for US Market

• Influences retailers’ replenishment strategy to drive sales and improve scorecard results

• Provides order quality feedback to retailers and works with retailers to root cause and correct ordering issues

• Identifies issues with DC or store-level inventory flow; partners with retailers to root cause and corrective action

• Recommends actions to maximize consumer sales and minimize markdowns for out-going items

• Secures orders for new product launches and trade promotions, collaborates with Order Management and Distribution to ensure orders ship as planned

• Decision maker for US retail allocation of hard allocated items; influences AMS Allocation to deploy constrained product where most needed

• Recommends, designs, and drives development of tools to standardize and improve Inventory Management processes

Do you have what it takes?

• 10-15 years related experience in management, demand planning, customer planning,

• Broad end-to-end experience and knowledge across Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, and Marketing

• Followership among peers and senior leadership; strong influencer at all level strong cross-functional collaboration skills

• Conflict management

• Independent problem solving and decision making skills

• Can effectively navigate ambiguity to deliver results

• Demonstrated ability to proactively interpret data, identify trends and challenge the status quo

• Experience creating data visualizations and dashboards

• English fluent level

• Boston office based position; minimum commutable days to office is 3 days per week.

• Boston office based position; minimum commutable days to office is 3 days per week.

The salary for this position has a range of min 156,432 to max 234,648 annual based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The definitive compensation may vary in alignment with the selected candidate’s professional background, experience, operational needs and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.

Join the global LEGO ® family

What’s in it for you? Here are some of what to 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.

Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes 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, you’ll be rewarded through our global bonus scheme.

Your workplace – Our offices will be your primary workplace with flexibility to work from home during your working week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of our hybrid work model, role eligibility and frequency with you.

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 proud to be an equal opportunity and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”

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.

Build your career brick by brick at the LEGO Group.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

Online Application Accessibility Statement; which is intended for those with disabilities - LEGO systems endeavors to make www.LEGO.com/jobs accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our web site or need assistance completing the application process, please contact the HR Service Desk at 1.860.394.3769. Please note, these communication channels should be used for those having difficulty accessing our on-line channels, not to inquire about job opportunities.

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 are some of what to 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 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

Your 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.

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, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team. 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.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”

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.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

Online Application Accessibility Statement; which is intended forpeople with disabilities- LEGO systems endeavors to make www.LEGO.com/jobs accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our web site or need assistance completing the application process, please contact the HR Service Desk at 1.860-763-7777, option #3. Please note, these communication channels should be used for those having difficulty accessing our on-line channels, not to inquire about job opportunities.

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