Product Manager (1 year contract)
- Location
- Billund, Denmark
- Job ID
- 0000019942
- Category
- Sales, Marketing & Product Management
Job Description
Are you passionate about innovation and do you have a commercial drive that combined can create the perfect product portfolio for kids and adults globally? Join us in shaping the future of LEGO products and making a meaningful impact on the market!
Please note that this role is offered on a one-year fixed term contract.
Core Responsibilities
Together with your Core Team you lead the development of both exclusive and non-exclusive retail products from idea to launch:
You act as an audience expert, creating a strategic, unique and purposeful product portfolio for our consumers and shoppers across our own channels as well as B2B.
You build a portfolio that delivers against audience and business needs incl. priorities set by the Head of Extended Line.
To build your portfolio you use your solid commercial understanding as well as your ability to analyze key data points and extract the essence hereof.
You work across the defined operating model incl. managing risks, adhering to project plans, all in alignment with the overall LEGO Development Plan.
During portfolio development you identify marketing and GTM opportunities together with the Marketing- and GTM team, ultimately to improve the unique relevant reach of your portfolio.
You continuously seek ways to optimize your portfolio footprint, incl. evaluating the right size, product mix etc.
Play your part in our team succeeding
Extended Line consists of 4 portfolios: Merchandise, Gift with Purchase, Retail Experiences and Recruitment Bags. Each of these deliver unique value to our Markets & Channels as well as the complete LEGO product portfolio. In our team we work across the LEGO ecosystem on a mission to deliver outstanding relevant reach and engagement. We want to find innovative ways to bring value to our shoppers and consumers globally.
Do you have what it takes?
4-5 years’ experience working with Product Development/Management and consumer-facing products.
A very solid commercial understanding and genuine curiosity about extracting commercial conclusions from key data points.
Experience in working with big brands and creating amazing products and/or experiences with key eco-system partners.
Extraordinary partnering skills to navigate within a large matrix organization.
Comfortable in a changing environment where few days are similar and where multiple task – planned and unplanned – needs to be handled simultaneously.
Solid value chain understanding and a global approach.
Excellent ability to build positive relationships with customers and internal relations with functional partners.
Have a personality fitting the LEGO Leadership Playground behaviors of Curiosity, Bravery and Focus.
Comfortable in presenting in front of senior leaders.
Please note: This is a position based in Billund, Denmark. Our flexible working model allows employees to work 2 days/week from home (3 days in the office). Relocation support is not offered for this role.
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.
Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.
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