Senior Market Expansion Manager (9 months contract)

LEGO Gruppe; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Market Expansion Manager to lead initiatives in emerging markets. This exciting role involves enhancing business models, driving market entry strategies, and developing playbooks for market entry. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in market development, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a passion for creativity and change management. Join a team dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture while making a significant impact on children's lives through innovative business strategies. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Family Care Leave

Life and Disability Insurance

Wellbeing Resources

Colleague Discount

Bonus Scheme

Hybrid Work Policy

Qualifications

• Strong background in commercial or market development roles.
• Ability to build and interpret financial frameworks and models.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects enhancing business models in emerging markets.
• Drive market entry strategies and support Go-To-Market strategies.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Commercial Competence

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Change Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience in FMCG

Job description

Job Description

Are you a professional who has a passion for shaping and growing our businesses in emerging markets?

Join us on an exciting journey as a Senior Market Expansion Manager and help us reach more children in high growth markets!

This position can be based in Singapore/ Billund/ London as a 9 months contract and no relocation assistance is offered for this position. Coverage of benefits for Contractual positions may change or vary.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead projects aimed at enhancing the business models (tax, tariffs, brand equity, sourcing) in collaboration with corporate and local customers.
• Drive market entry strategies, including roadmaps, due diligence, and occasionally support the Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy.
• Develop and lead the market entry and business model setup playbook for Emerging Markets (EM).
• Co-lead the commercial planning process for the Business Units (BU).
• Consolidate and manage the EM insights database, coordinating and supporting global insights projects.
• Govern our strategic incremental funds to ensure strategic allocation and impact.
• Set EM planning direction for our annual planning process.
• Strengthen EM BU processes and operating models to drive efficiency and scalability.
  

Play your part in our team succeeding

The Commercial Planning Management & Market Development department is anchored in our Global Commercial Development function. We are working closely with global and in-market customers to develop our annual business plans as well as address barriers our emerging markets are facing to unlock their growth.

Do you have what it takes?

• Strong background in commercial or market development roles preferably in FMCG industry.
• Excellent stakeholder management with the ability to operate with both internal and external collaborators across functions, including experience of driving complex/ambitious projects.
• Strong commercial competence, and ability to build and interpret financial frameworks, models and scenarios to guide commercial investment decisions.
• Strategically strong with a pragmatic approach to wider business challenges and ability to thrive when faced with ambiguity.
• Mature analytical skills with a track record of turning insights into action plans and develop crisp communication materials for senior customers.
• A passion for newness, creativity and change management when proposing and implementing innovative ways to grow.
  
  

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can 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 our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

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.

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.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. 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 and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

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.

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