Sr. Product Manager - Site Planning

  • Location
    • Billund, Denmark
    • London, United Kingdom
  • Job ID
    0000021688
  • Category
    Project / Program Management

Job Description

This role plays a critical part in modernising our Supply Chain and Site Planning capabilities with the digital products optimising the production planner experience as we fulfil the needs of supply chain and our customers around the world!

Core Responsibilities

  • Develop an ambitious and clear product vision and communicate it effectively to relevant partners and the product team, so they’re aligned, invested and passionate about LEGO’s strategic direction
  • Translate business strategic goals into a prioritised product roadmap, identifying and generating new ideas that grow market share, drive commercial and business value and improve colleague or customer experience
  • Capture the key outcomes that the business wants to achieve, the timeline and the metrics that will ultimately define the product’s success.
  • Working with UX specialists, integrate usability studies and research into product requirements to improve user satisfaction and ensure user centred design
  • Take ownership for creating user stories, and ensure there are sufficient number of user stories that have been refined and estimated by the team for upcoming sprints
  • Act as a subject matter expert for the product team, providing insight, context and additional information as needed to help understanding of what is required.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The Product Manager is accountable for the success of their product, setting the product vision and strategy, defining objectives and key results for the product team, in close alignment with their partners and supported by talented teams of Engineers, Digital Designers, Architects and Agile Coaches, amongst others. The Product Manager owns the product backlog, prioritising and maintaining the development of opportunities that the team are working on, ensuring that they deliver the most significant value for LEGO and for our customers!

Do you have what it takes

The ideal candidate comes with proven experience in working with SAAS solutions and third party suppliers, a proven track record of leading cross-functional agile teams through the full product life cycle and knowledge of SAP, Siemens Preactor APS and/or other SCM solutions such as Kinaxis Maestro an advantage. Experience working with Factory planners, manufacturing sites and shop floor scheduling is also beneficial.

Moreover, they come with:

  • Experience in managing products at scale within an Enterprise context also advantageous
  • Good knowledge of the business domain and technology landscape in Production Planning and Scheduling
  • A great communicator and ability to clearly articulate the problem, capturing requirements and presenting proposed solutions
  • Ability to understand and draw out key themes and trends from analysis of customer and market data
  • Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrixed organisation
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

The position is based in Billund, DK or London, UK and relocation support is not offered for this role.

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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 underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. For all candidates, 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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