Global Demand Planning Director: Transformation & Strategy

The Great Yellow Brick Company; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 160,000 - 241,000; 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 operating model, governance and capability roadmap, aligning commercial decisions with operational execution in a global transformation.

You will lead across regions, build a connected team, and set clear performance baselines to improve forecast accuracy and transparency.

Qualifications

• Led demand planning and forecasting 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.
• Build a connected team with clear objectives, accountability and opportunities to grow.

Skills

Demand planning

Forecasting

Governance frameworks

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder alignment

Team leadership

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 operating model, governance and capability roadmap, aligning commercial decisions with operational execution in a global transformation.

You will lead across regions, build a connected team, and set clear performance baselines to improve forecast accuracy and transparency.