Demand Planner (1 year temporary position)
- Location
- Istanbul, Türkiye
- Job ID
- 0000021351
- Category
- Supply Chain
Job Description
Are you interested in a demand planner role supporting the LEGO Group with its forecasting and facilitating of the S&OP processes?
Your technical proficiency in demand planning makes you a trusted partner to the Operational and Commercial Teams. You will provide valuable insight and analysis to support gap closing initiatives. The accuracy of your forecasts has a direct impact on supply chain efficiency and product availability
Core Responsibilities
You will support the facilitation of the various Demand Planning review meetings with Marketing and Customer Development/Sales teams
Be the guardian of the S&OP leadership behaviours
Ensure forecasting assumptions are clearly understood and tracked
Maintain productive working relationships with the cross functional team members
Building upon a statistical forecast output you will deliver an accurate demand plan
You will be measured on your ability to accurately forecast both Consumer Sales and Shipments to Customers
Ensure demand plans accurately reflect known marketing, product launch timings and promotional activities both LEGO and customer funded.
Supporting sales and marketing to evaluate the likely impact of commercial investments
You will maintain the data bases required for the statistical engines to run
Play your part in our team succeeding!
Reporting into the European Supply Chain Organisation you will support the broader business to evaluate the volume and value (revenue and profit) of the existing plans, enabling senior management to identify gaps to target and take corrective action.
Your work will be key to an effective BU S&OP process, helping the business to deliver its commercial targets. The demand planning role is “multi lingual” as it is used to advise supply chain (volume) and the commercial planning processes (value).
Do you have what it takes:
2+ years experience working within a consumer goods environment ideally as demand or supply planner
An ability to master complexity
Be able to communicate in a way that makes the complex simple
Be comfortable working with senior and junior colleagues
Proven influencing skills
Be able to assimilate multiple data inputs and settle a most likely outcome
A proven understanding of statistics
Effective written and verbal communication skills
An ability to balance local priorities and those set functionally
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 underrepresented 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.
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