Retail Planner

Job Description

Would you love to play a key role in crafting our planning and reporting capabilities, helping us bring the LEGO experience to even more children around the world?

This is an exciting opportunity to blend your expertise in Retail Planning, analytics, and reporting within a collaborative team. If you’re passionate about data-driven decision-making and thrive in a dynamic retail environment, we want to hear from you!

Core Responsibilities

1. Retail Planning: Own a subset of the LEGO portfolio and lead item-level forecasting for consumer sales and shipments, ensuring the best possible product availability.
2. Demand Planning: Consolidate and roll up demand plans, considering sales actualisation and forward-looking cycle-on-cycle changes to optimize forecasting accuracy.
3. Reporting & Analysis: Dive into data to uncover insights that improve forecast quality, reducing Item Mix Error. Use a mix of self-generated reports and BI tools to support smarter planning.
4. Collaboration & Coherence: Work closely with global team members across regions, presenting key data and findings to align on the most effective plan.
5. General Support: Contribute to the team’s success by handling key monthly reports, preparing presentations for leadership, and keeping partners advised.
6. Project Involvement: Be part of our journey toward next-generation planning tools and technology, supporting the implementation of new solutions that drive our future success.

Play your part in our team succeeding

Our Retail Planning team operates across four locations—Enfield, Shanghai, London, and Billund—and is responsible for the global demand plan for LEGO-owned stores and online channels.

In this role, you’ll help ensure we continue to delight our shoppers by having the right product, in the right place, at the right time!

Do you have what it takes?

1. Strong experience with PowerPoint, Excel, and data visualisation tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
2. Previous demand planning experience, ideally within a retail environment.
3. A phenomenal teammate who thrives in a global, cross-functional setting.
4. Analytical mindset—able to identify patterns, extract insights, and translate data into impactful recommendations.
5. Shows a proactive attitude and passion for problem-solving.
6. Quick learner, able to work independently and lead priorities optimally.
7. Proficient in English (both verbal and written).
8. Experience with o9 Demand Planning/Retail Planning solutions is a plus but not required.

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.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO team today.

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