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The LEGO Group Demand Planning Manager in Mexico City, Mexico

Demand Planning Manager

  • Location Mexico City, Mexico

  • Job ID 0000023708

  • Category Supply Chain

Job Description

Do you want to join a growing team in a market rich with opportunity? Bring your demand planning skills to the LEGO Group® and advance your experience to the next level! You'll be responsible for the development and maintenance of the LATAM forecast while playing a key role in the building and communication of the demand-driven forecast by partnering with Sales, Marketing and Finance functions.

Core Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the LATAM forecast using the LEGO demand planning system and tools; including process maintenance and leading a consensus meeting between functional teams (Supply& Inventory Planning, Marketing, Sales and Finance).

  • Management on business unit targets (Consumer Sales, Sell-in and Retail Closing Stocks).

  • Add value to baseline statistical model forecast through independent analyses and select item-level overrides.

  • Responsible for the flow of goods process to maintain the right levels of inventory in the local distribution centers. Supporting effective product life cycle management.

  • Develop BU reporting from each cycle to BU Management & Regional Ops team and ad-hoc demand related reports for management.

  • Review and assess risk to supply and demand variability and find opportunities to manage and mitigate risk.

  • Drive and manage Allocation process for the season.

Do your part in our team succeeding

The LATAM Market Operations team drives the development of the demand plans, customer inventory plans and order management activities to support commercial objectives.

The demand planning and forecasting team own the monthly management of LATAM Sales and Operations cycle to provide a strong understanding of past business performance and the impact to the future forecast.

The role leads the design and capability building across LATAM with a direct influence on targets set including Forecast accuracy, Consumers Sales & In-stocks.

Do you have what it takes!

  • Advanced Customer Demand Planning, Customer Inventory Replenishment or similar experience in consumer goods or related industry Past experience of working within a supply chain environment and/ or commercial environment is preferred.

  • Strong analytical & problem solving skills with the ability to identify risk and opportunities and proactively put in place rectifying measures.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills ability to simplify, synthesize and convince.

  • Experience using digital tools as an enabler for increasing performance, working with Power BI, SAP, advanced Excel & other digital tools.

Hybrid working model

Our workplace enables our LEGO colleagues to be and do their best at work. Introducing a flexible way of working is a great example of how we live up to our ambition. This 3 day in the office hybrid model will exemplify our People Promise by embracing the different life situations of our colleagues.

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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 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.

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.

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