Strategy Partner, Markets & Channels

Job Description

Are you passionate about driving the strategic agenda for our Global Markets & Channels team?
Use your strategic flair, strong commercial expertise, and outstanding communication skills to influence decisions at the highest levels of the LEGO Group!

Please note: The position can be based in our office in Copenhagen, Billund or London and will operate on a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote. Relocation support is not offered.

Core Responsibilities

• Support the Markets & Channels (M&C) team as a strategy and commercial partner to drive the mobilization and execution of our strategy and business plans.
• Lead strategic engagements, with a focus on marketing related strategic projects, from framing strategic problems through performing analysis, driving to insights, and communicating findings to inspire change within the organization.
• Support and drive our monthly meetings with senior leaders ensuring development of effective communications and governance to ensure effectiveness of the forum and efficient decision-making.
• Collaborate across multiple teams and functions, particularly across M&C and Product & Marketing Development (PMD) to ensure strong cross-functional alignment.
• Constructively challenge and provide strategic sparring to M&C leaders on strategic challenges and issues to improve leadership decisions.
• Play an active role in partnering with the other Market & Channels Strategy Partners, including in supporting global initiatives, cascading global direction, team capability-building and knowledge/insights-sharing.
• Develop and deliver presentations to audiences ranging from business line partners to C-level executives.

Play your part in our team succeeding!
The role reports to the Strategy Partner for our Chief Commercial Officer, and is part of a team of 8 colleagues who are Strategy Partners to the Heads of our Market Groups globally and Head of LEGO Retail. We ensure a coherent and clear implementation of the global group priorities and commercial projects in our markets, while also leading the Market Group leadership teams in the definition and delivery of the strategic priorities critical to our regions.

Do you have what it takes?

• Solid track of experience (inclusive of experience gained in a top-tier strategy consultancy firm and ideally, added experience in similar roles within the FMCG / CPG industry).
• Outstanding quantitative and analytical skills that allow you to extract logic, insights, and meaningful conclusions from complex business problems.
• You are ambitious, entrepreneurial, and commercially savvy.
• You have excellent communication skills, allowing you to structure documents and quantitative analysis as well as PowerPoint presentations for executive level communication.
• Marketing strategy experience preferred, 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.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Sales and Business Development
• Manufacturing

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