Global Channel Director

Job Description

Are you ready to lead at the LEGO Group? Are you passionate about Channel Strategy? Can you contribute to the next phase of our growth journey across our Global Grocery Channel?

Then bring your energy, experience and collaborative approach into play and be our new Global Channel Director for the Grocery Channel!

Core Responsibilities

This role sits in our Global Channel & Sales Management organization and is responsible for ensuring end-to-end execution of our Global Channel Strategy for Grocery Channels. This means:

• Own & deliver annual channel direction for Global Grocery Channels as a key participant in the Integrated Commercial Planning processes.

• Lead all Grocery Channel workstreams & projects with cross-market relevance working with key partners at all levels and across all regions to secure buy-in and support.

• Resolve cross-market challenges & enable sales teams to unlock opportunities with an agenda to learn & scale.

• Have a service-led approach to enabling successful delivery of Global Grocery Channel commercial objectives; mobilizing regions to unlock growth & course correct where needed.

• Be the voice of Grocery channels in global forums and processes to ensure the prioritized needs of the Grocery Channel across the globe are represented.

• Demonstrate strong leadership and capability development skills by challenging, supporting and coaching global, regional and local team members as needed.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The LEGO Group mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow; bringing the joy of building & the pride of creation to more children & families around the world. To achieve our goals, success in the Global Grocery channel is crucial. The channel accounts for a significant proportion of our global business & plays an irreplaceable role for our consumers & shoppers. In this role you will take the lead in shaping the future of our business by delivering our global channel strategies end-to-end.

Do you have what it takes?

• Extensive and current perspective of the retail and channel landscape for Grocery Channels across the globe.

• Excellent partner management with the ability to operate at senior level with both internal and external partners across functions, including experience of leading complex/challenging projects.

• Strategically strong with a pragmatic approach to wider business challenges and the ability to thrive when faced with ambiguity.

• A strong history of leading transformation in commercial roles, bringing a passion for newness, creativity and skilled change management when proposing and implementing innovative ways to grow.

• Strong analytical skills & business acumen with the ability to build and interpret data models, plan scenarios, and guide data-based decision making.

• Proactive approach to unlocking opportunities and overcoming / mitigating challenges.

• Is a role model for diversity & inclusion, with openness to challenge the status quo and bring new insights, perspectives & approaches to the table.

• English (Advanced – business fluency)

Nice to have:

• Omni-channel retail experience including both Bricks/Mortar & eCommerce.

• Global, regional & local experience in sales, commercial strategy and/or buying roles.

• Thrives and contributes strongly in a team setting.

• Mobility & willingness to travel (up to 20 days per year).

Additional details on this position

• The salary for this position has a range of $156,400 - $234,600 USD based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.

• This position can be located in either our Boston, MA or Billund, DK locations. Our workplace enables our LEGO Group colleagues to be and do their best at work. Introducing a flexible way of working through a hybrid working model is a great example of how we live up to our ambition. This 3 day in the office hybrid working model will exemplify our People Promise by embracing the different life situations of our colleagues.

• No relocation assistance is offered for this position.

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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 are some of what to 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 you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based

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

Your 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.

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, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”

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.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

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