Hybrid Demand Planner: Western Europe Forecasting

1034 LEGO Company Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy (3 days in office)

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Job summary

LEGO Group is hiring a Customer Planning Manager to build an accurate demand and sales forecast for Amazon across nine Western European markets. You will translate insights into actionable plans, lead the monthly planning cycle, and identify risks and opportunities against targets.

The role is fixed-term until Oct 2027, based in London or Grasbrunn with a hybrid model (3 days in office, up to 2 remote). Relocation not offered.

Qualifications

• Built demand forecasts by combining multiple retail data sources and translating them into robust planning assumptions.
• Led sales and operations planning cycles, assessing performance against plan and coordinating decisions across functions.
• Applied advanced Excel skills, including Power Query, Pivot Tables, advanced formulas, scenario modelling, forecasting models or automation.
• Created clear PowerPoint materials that turn complex data into recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Influenced stakeholder decisions using data-backed recommendations, including situations where teams held different views of the forecast.

Responsibilities

• Own the topline demand plan for Amazon Western Europe across nine markets, turning retail data into clear planning assumptions.
• Drive the monthly sales planning cycle, updating assumptions, identifying performance gaps and coordinating actions.
• Bring marketing activities, retail plans, product launches and market-specific insights into the latest forecast.
• Lead the Amazon forecasting workstream, improving alignment between our plans and Amazon's view of demand.
• Improve forecasting tools and processes to make planning simpler and support faster decisions.
• Support the Key Account Management team with item-level forecasts for new products and key in-season lines.

Skills

Demand forecasting

Sales & operations planning

Advanced Excel

Power Query & Pivot Tables

PowerPoint

Stakeholder management

SQL

Power BI

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Job description

LEGO Group is hiring a Customer Planning Manager to build an accurate demand and sales forecast for Amazon across nine Western European markets. You will translate insights into actionable plans, lead the monthly planning cycle, and identify risks and opportunities against targets.

The role is fixed-term until Oct 2027, based in London or Grasbrunn with a hybrid model (3 days in office, up to 2 remote). Relocation not offered.