Global Demand Planning Director — Transform & Connect

1001 LEGO System A/S; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family care leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

LEGO Group is seeking a Senior Director, Global Demand Planning to own the demand planning capability across regions, channels and horizons. You will define the future operating model, governance and capability roadmap, connecting commercial decisions with operational execution in a global function undergoing transformation.

You’ll build a connected team, set standards, and drive adoption across regions, markets and functions, including Commercial, Operations and Finance, delivering measurable

Qualifications

• Led demand planning across multiple markets or business units.
• Designed planning operating models, processes and governance frameworks.
• Delivered planning transformation through technology-enabled change.
• Shaped enterprise-level decisions using clear insights and sound judgement.
• Aligned cross-functional stakeholders around shared priorities and planning outcomes.
• Built and led teams, strengthening planning capabilities across an organization.

Responsibilities

• Set the global Demand Planning vision, operating model, standards and decision principles, aligning leaders around a clear roadmap and decision rights.
• Establish performance baselines and improvement priorities for forecast accuracy, bias, transparency and planner effectiveness.
• Strengthen global governance, planning standards and cross-functional operating rhythms, enabling business-unit and market group teams to deliver strong planning outcomes.
• Lead the business direction and implementation of a major, in-flight transformation to simplify and strengthen how we plan demand globally.
• Create global consistency while preserving the market and channel insight needed for strong commercial and operational planning decisions.

Skills

Demand planning

Forecasting

Leadership

Stakeholder alignment

Governance design

Change management

Team building

Tools

AI forecasting tools

Demand sensing tools

Job description

LEGO Group is seeking a Senior Director, Global Demand Planning to own the demand planning capability across regions, channels and horizons. You will define the future operating model, governance and capability roadmap, connecting commercial decisions with operational execution in a global function undergoing transformation.

You’ll build a connected team, set standards, and drive adoption across regions, markets and functions, including Commercial, Operations and Finance, delivering measurable