Demand & Inventory Planner

Demand & Inventory Planner

Job Description

Would you be excited to join one of the fastest growing Business Units at the LEGO Group®?

Bring your supply chain experience and help us develop our markets and customers in LEGO Middle East and Africa (MEA)!

No relocation assistance is offered for this position

Core Responsibilities

• Manages Customer Inventory Listings to provide in stock visibility within MEA BU.
• Collaborates with External partners to get clarity on their assortments by store.
• Participates in the Inventory Management Network giving clear visibility of trends and drivers of Instock position in the MEA BU.
• Tracks Exit and Discontinued share in Retail Partners and Local Distribution Centers.
• Runs Launch and Promo tracking from planning through to execution. Leads this section of MEA Order Management and ensures strong execution.
• Demand Planning ownership for our Distributor channel – submitting in regular monthly S&OP cycle and working with Distributor Channel Lead and Key Account Managers to ensure best possible accuracy.
• Support the Demand Planning Manager with forecasting tail SKUs for our MEA Dubai Distribution Centre.

Play your part in our team succeeding

This exciting position has two key focuses! Firstly, the responsibility for the processing of Instock data to ensure the fundamentals are in place and to analyze our availability in stores across the MEA. This includes being part of a regional network managing Inventory and working with our partners to drive the best possible availability in store. The role will also be responsible for several demand planning processes – including the key Launch and Promo execution and planning for our Distributor partners.

Do you have what it takes?

• Proven experience within supply chain in Middle East (ideally in customer service/demand planning, preferably in multinational company).
• Ability to analyze multiple/different source of data to identify key trends and generate actions.
• Demand planning knowledge and experience of forecasting multiple SKUs over a five-month horizon.
• Experience developing and working with Dashboards to track Operational performance – specifically availability.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills with ability to develop strong relationships across many partners.
• Working knowledge of the order to cash process, logistic services and warehousing.
• Confidence in working with SAP, Excel, Power BI and Outlook.

Nice to have experience working with:

• Customer inventory levels and making order recommendations.
• Continuous Improvement projects and their implementation.

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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.

Research shows that women and people from different minority 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.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.