Channel Excellence Manager, Italy at the LEGO Group

Milan, Lombardy, Italy -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

11 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

13 May, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Channel Management, Category Management, Data Analysis, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Stakeholder Management, Retail Landscape Knowledge, Commercial Competence, Agile Methodology, Shopper Insights, English Proficiency, Italian Proficiency

Industry

Manufacturing

Description

Job Description We are looking for a commercially skilled data-driven specialist to lead and advance our Channel Excellence agenda across Western Europe. This is a great opportunity to join our newly formed channel structure within our Western European Regional Commercial Development team to play a pivotal role in realising our strategic goals and implementing the channel and category management agenda across local customers in Italy to drive consumer sales impact! Please note: This position will be based in our LEGO® Sales Office in Milan and will follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and up to 2 days remotely. Relocation support is not offered. Core Responsibilities Regional Channel Strategy Responsibilities: Support the Senior Channel Excellence Managers in building and delivering the new long-term global channel development vision across core and emerging channels. Support the Channel Growth Directors in implementing strategies for regional expansion, ensuring alignment with the overall Global and Western European growth vision. Collaborate with local teams directly and across Customer networks, to identify new market opportunities and drive scalable initiatives across the region. Project Management: Coordinate regional channel excellence shopper and customer projects, ensuring timely execution and alignment with strategic goals Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Portfolio to drive project and process outcomes and ensure regional objectives are met Champion an agile approach for the deployment of project outcomes that have impact with our customers ensuring alignment and implementation. Analyse and learn from the latest shopper insights from internal projects across global/ regional/ local teams, improving the resonance of customer materials Regional Network Meeting Support: Facilitate regional network collaboration sessions, focusing on agenda planning and driving action accountability regionally. Play a supporting role to help connect key partners, plan and complete all within a timely manner. Collaborate across regional and local channel teams to understand successes and failures, test, and share findings (part of the copy and scale network agenda). Focus on the wider teams’ annual calendar of process and deployment, ensuring channel inputs are delivered in time whilst planning required inputs with in-region Business Units and Regional teams Play your part in our team succeeding As a key member of the team, this role will help drive the Channel Excellence agenda and support the growth of our regional presence. Do You Have What It Takes? Proven record in commercial roles with a category and channel linked to strong business performance. In-depth knowledge of the retail and channel landscape in Western Europe. Experience in a large international organisation with expertise in sales processes and customer execution, ideally with a regional remit Strong commercial competence, with the ability to build relationships and convince across levels of seniority collaborating both with internal and external partners. A strategic outlook with a pragmatic approach to business challenges applying strong analytical skills where insights identify challenges are turned into actionable plans that impact. Strong business proficiency in English and Italian. Join the global LEGO® team What’s in it for you? Here are some of what to 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. Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based 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, you’ll be rewarded through our global bonus scheme. Your workplace – Our offices will be your primary workplace with flexibility to work from home during your working week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of our hybrid work model, role eligibility and frequency with you. Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to build a diverse, dynamic, and inclusive culture of play where everyone feels safe, valued, and they belong. The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g., race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or gender identity. 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. Build your career brick by brick at the LEGO Group. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 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. Just imagine building your dream career. Then make it real. Join the LEGO® team today. Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. Our founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen made his first wooden toy in 1932. He persevered against the odds until his business was a success. Constantly innovating, never compromising. Building, rebuilding, and striving for the best. It is this resilience and permanent sense of renewal that drives us forward. We are never still. We will always be creating, inventing, and having fun. Build your career brick by brick and play your part in continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow”.

Responsibilities

Lead the Channel Excellence agenda in Italy by implementing strategic channel and category management goals to drive consumer sales. Coordinate regional shopper projects and facilitate collaboration across regional and local networks to scale successes.