Materials Planner at LEGO Group in Richmond, Virginia

Job Description:

Job Description

• The Materials Planner guarantees the availability of specialized and complex materials to perform the Production plan.

What your day will look like:

• To assure that the packaging materials are available in the factory when they are required, by programming the materials deliveries in alignment with the production plan to make it feasible.


• To resolve and maintain the efficient inventory and safety stock levels minimizing excess and obsolescence, by analyzing the materials requirements, lead times, the expected service level and potential risks, to ensure production coverage.


• To assure accurate flow of administrative processes that involve materials planning by solving issues related with material deliveries in collaboration with the related areas, to keep process compliance and maintain a good commercial relation with the suppliers.


• Develop, implement and supervise the parameters and ordering process of specific materials to adjust material delivery schedule according to Production Plan changes.


• Develop continuous improvement activities to develop efficiencies, cost optimization and agility in planning processes, materials transportation, inventory utilization and contribute to Suppliers' management.


• Identify potential risks and trigger actions based on level of impact and probability. Lead definition of workflow to complete daily activities with agility, efficiency and with quality.


• Provide inputs to global category responsible to improve the way to collaborate and contribute to the Vendor delivery performance.


• Participate and drive actions related to Supplier Capacity (S&OP) process.


• Digital skills (Power BI): Create dashboards, KPI's, interactive visuals and management workspaces, develop data integration processes to extract, transform, load data and data analysis expressions, interpret risks & opportunities through insight to make faster and better decisions.


• Provide support, participate proactively and demonstrate leadership on QEHS in your area.


• Align with the QEHS legal requirements, standards (External / internal) and others applicable to your area.

Are you up for the challenge?

• +3 years of experience in Materials and Inventory Management.


• Excel at advanced and SAP is a must. Power BI desirable.

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. 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.


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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