Associate Inventory Replenishment Manager

Job Description

Are you ready to bring your passion for inventory management and operations to life with one of the world’s most beloved brands? As a vital member of our Inventory Replenishment Team, you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring that our iconic LEGO® products are readily available for fans everywhere. This is not just a job; it’s an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and strategic problem-solving!

Core Responsibilities

• Partner with external Walmart contacts to obtain orders for Replenishment, Programs, and new product Launches.

• Where relevant, maintain Walmart system parameters that support successful replenishment.

• Write orders on Walmart’s behalf as needed, optimizing store deployment to improve in-stocks and minimize excess inventory.

• Collaborate with Supply Chain Operations and Distribution teams as needed to ensure that orders ship as planned.

• Manage tracking of item-level shipment execution vs. plan on a weekly basis, ensuring insight into any balances rolling forward into the following week.

• Ensure delivery of Walmart’s full shipment plan for each month, through consistent order execution, proactive identification of obstacles, and creative problem solving.

• Report weekly to the organization on execution against Walmart’s Replenishment, Launch, and Program shipment plans

• Identify and action opportunities for process improvement

Do 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. A customer-focused organization, the team collaborates cross functionally and with external customers to deliver BU priorities and customer goals.

Our team is accountable for optimizing retail inventory flow and ownership. By engaging with the retailer’s operations team, and collaborating with internal functions such as Supply Chain, Distribution, and Sales, the Associate Inventory Replenishment Manager drives the shipment plan to improve retail in-stocks while minimizing excess or obsolete inventory at retail.

Do you have what it takes?

• Experience in Inventory Replenishment, Operations, or a related field

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skill

• Results orientation

• Proven ability to establish positive relationships and collaborate with internal and external collaborators

• Understanding of the retail supply chain (brick-and-mortar and online)

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

• Experience working with major US retailers preferred

• Proficiency creating dashboarding with PowerBI preferred

• Verbal and written proficiency in English

Relocation

There is no relocation budget for this role.

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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Compensation

The salary for this position has a range of $90,095.00 - $135,143.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalisation of the employment offer.

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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Then make it real.

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