Senior Component Planning Lead: Ramp-Up & Digitalization

The Great Yellow Brick Company; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Headspace wellbeing

Colleague discount

Life & disability insurance

Enhanced leave options

Bonus scheme

Job summary

The LEGO Group in Richmond, VA is seeking a Sr. Production Planner for Component Planning to drive short- to mid-term schedules in a global manufacturing environment and support the ramp-up of the LVA factory.

You will translate supply-chain dependencies into actionable plans, balance service, feasibility and cost, and contribute to digitalization initiatives while partnering with production managers, engineers and colleagues at other sites to improve end-to-end planning and delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong planning track record in production planning or a similar role.
• Deep production-planning expertise.
• SAP technical knowledge.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation capabilities.
• Ability to build a clear narrative from data and insights.
• Strong stakeholder-management and collaboration capabilities.
• Ability to work with supply-chain experts, production managers, global sites and technical engineers.
• Digital competency and an interest in strengthening and improving digital ways of working.
• A consistent focus on delivery, execution and continuous improvement and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Execute short term scheduling and drive short to medium planning activities that enable production planning processes.
• Contribute with improvement ideas and deployment on digitalization agenda.
• Balance service, feasibility and cost when making planning decisions.
• Identify and recommend improvements to existing planning practices and workflows.
• Use data and planning insights to support effective decision-making.
• Communicate complex supply-chain dependencies and planning principles clearly.
• Collaborate with production managers, technical engineers, supply-chain specialists and colleagues at other sites.
• Support other planners and contribute planning expertise across the wider organization.
• Help enable a smooth ramp-up of the LVA factory.
• Strengthen end-to-end collaboration across the teams and touchpoints involved in component planning.

Skills

Production planning

Analytical skills

Data interpretation

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Digital competencies

Tools

SAP

Job description

The LEGO Group in Richmond, VA is seeking a Sr. Production Planner for Component Planning to drive short- to mid-term schedules in a global manufacturing environment and support the ramp-up of the LVA factory.

You will translate supply-chain dependencies into actionable plans, balance service, feasibility and cost, and contribute to digitalization initiatives while partnering with production managers, engineers and colleagues at other sites to improve end-to-end planning and delivery.