Merchandise Manager, APAC

Job description

Job Description

Are you passionate in retail merchandising?

Here is a fantastic opportunity for you to be a part of the LEGO Retail Merchandising Team within the LEGO® Group.
 

Bring your expertise and join our team to play a central role in building the merchandising processes, systems, and network to support our future growth ambitions!
 

No relocation assistance is offered for this position.
 

Core Responsibilities
 

• Represent the Global Merchandising Team in the monthly APAC S&OP input process.
• Lead input on assortment health and SKU productivity, regional Extended Line and Licensed product strategy, product end-of-lifecycle strategy, and portfolio strengths/challenges/opportunities.
• Lead regional collaboration with the Global Category Management and Promotions Team.
  
  This includes providing input into marketing campaign focus lists, reviewing and supplementing promotional sale lists, and providing regular input on local policies/regulations/restrictions that could impact marketing or promotional plans.
• Lead the end-to-end purchase order to delivery process, providing a high level of transparency throughout the process.
• Negotiate and manage external partners to meet our delivery, cost/margin, quality, and documentation requirements.
• Represent APAC in all global meetings and build strong relationships and collaboration with AMS and EMEA counterparts.
• Serve as the key point of escalation for any product launch, pricing, or master data issue in the APAC region.

Play your part in our team succeeding
 

Do you have what it takes?

• Solid merchandising, retail and/or digital space planning experience.
• Ability to analyze data, identify opportunities and effectively recommend priorities based on an understanding of merchandising strategies and objectives.
• Self starting, motivated, proactive and results orientated.
• Consistently strives to deliver strong results to improve business performance and takes understanding of short-term opportunities for change into daily work.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to work both independently and in close collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with SAP or other planning tools will be an added advantage
• Domestic and International Travel Required (10-20%).
  
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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 minority 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.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.

Required Skill Profession

Operations Specialties Managers