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As an Allocation Analyst, you’ll play an important role in supporting inventory allocation and helping ensure available products are effectively distributed to meet customer demand.\nAbout the Role\nAs our Allocation Analyst, you’ll join the Supply Execution Management team within Supply Chain, supporting both B2B and LEGO Retail businesses. The team connects market needs with supply chain operations and helps ensure the efficient flow of products from regional distribution centers to customers.\nYou’ll use allocation systems, inventory data, and analytics to review product availability, evaluate inventory needs, and support accurate allocation decisions. Working closely with Order Management and other cross-functional stakeholders, you’ll help optimize inventory availability and support reliable order fulfillment.\nThis is a one-year, temporary assignment.\nCore Responsibilities\nSupport end-to-end inventory allocation processes, helping ensure optimal stock distribution across business channels. \nReview system-generated allocation recommendations and make appropriate adjustments based on inventory and customer needs. \nAnalyze inventory, item, and order data to support accurate allocation decisions. \nLeverage analytics to enhance decision-making and support strategic planning. \nPartner closely with Order Management to support efficient order processing and fulfillment. \nProactively identify and mitigate risks that may impact the fulfillment of planned promotional orders. \nInvestigate inventory and order fulfillment issues and identify appropriate solutions. \nCreate and maintain data-driven reports, allocation worksheets, and supporting files to communicate product availability and supply status. \nTroubleshoot system issues while maintaining accurate SAP Planbook data. \nIdentify opportunities to improve business processes, efficiency, and scalability within Supply Execution Management. \nFoster strong partnerships with Supply Chain, LEGO Retail, Market Operations, and other cross-functional stakeholders. \nTasks \nReview assigned products and develop a strong understanding of the items and inventory within those areas. \nReview product availability, inventory needs, and customer orders requiring allocation. \nReview system-generated allocation recommendations and make adjustments when appropriate. \nAnalyze inventory and order information to identify potential fulfillment issues. \nComplete allocation worksheets, reports, and supporting files. \nAnalyze unfilled or partially filled orders to determine underlying inventory or allocation issues. \nProvide inventory and allocation information to business stakeholders. \nCollaborate with Order Managers to support efficient order processing and execution. \nRequired Qualifications \nMinimum of two years of professional experience in inventory allocation, inventory management, supply planning, order management, replenishment, demand/supply planning, or a related Supply Chain function. \nExperience working with inventory, item, customer, and/or order data to support allocation, replenishment, order fulfillment, or supply decisions. \nHands-on experience with an ERP, inventory management, planning, or allocation system such as SAP or a comparable platform. \nDemonstrated experience analyzing inventory availability, shortages, order fulfillment, or allocation issues and using data to identify root causes and appropriate actions. \nExperience supporting inventory allocation or inventory management processes, including product availability and customer order fulfillment. \nExperience using Excel or similar analytical and reporting tools to analyze inventory or order data and prepare operational reports. \nStrong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to maintain data accuracy. \nDemonstrated ability to collaborate with Order Management, Supply Chain, Planning, Sales, Retail, Distribution, or other cross-functional stakeholders. \nAbility to independently manage multiple products, items, orders, and responsibilities in a dynamic Supply Chain environment. \nPreferred Qualifications \nHands-on SAP experience within inventory management, allocation, supply planning, replenishment, or order management. \nDirect experience making or supporting product or inventory allocation decisions across customer accounts, orders, channels, or locations. \nExperience using SAP Planbook or comparable inventory planning/allocation functionality. \nExperience investigating unfilled or partially filled customer orders, inventory shortages, or constrained supply and identifying the underlying cause. \nExperience with inventory reporting, allocation worksheets, product availability reporting, or similar Supply Chain analytics. \nExperience supporting B2B, retail, consumer products, or direct-to-retail operations. \nExperience supporting inventory moving through regional distribution centers or other high-volume distribution environments. \nAdvanced Excel capabilities, including experience working with large datasets, PivotTables, lookups, formulas, and inventory or order reporting. \nExperience with Power BI or Tableau is a plus. \nWhat You'll Build \nYou’ll help strengthen how inventory is analyzed and allocated to support customer demand. Through thoughtful analysis and accurate allocation decisions, you’ll help the organization make effective use of available inventory while supporting reliable order fulfillment. \nYou’ll also build strong working relationships across Supply Chain, develop a detailed understanding of your assigned products, and become a trusted resource for inventory availability, allocation, and fulfillment insights. \nLife on the Team \nThe Supply Execution Management team sits within Supply Chain and supports both B2B and LEGO Retail operations. The broader team includes Allocation, Order Management, and EDI Onboarding.\nWithin Allocation, you’ll work closely with Order Managers and other stakeholders to support inventory and orders moving through the regional distribution network. Once inventory has been reviewed and allocated, Order Management and downstream distribution teams continue the order-processing and fulfillment process.\nSuccess on the team requires curiosity, accuracy, analytical thinking, and collaboration. You’ll be expected to understand your assigned products, dig into the data when something doesn’t look right, and partner with others to resolve inventory and order questions.\nWhat Success Looks Like \nSuccess means making accurate, timely, and data-informed allocation decisions that support inventory availability and customer demand.\nYou’ll understand your assigned products and inventory, confidently navigate the systems and data supporting allocation decisions, and identify the factors affecting order fulfillment. You’ll build effective partnerships with Order Management and other stakeholders while helping the Supply Execution Management team operate efficiently during a period of increased business activity and change.\nAdditional Details \nThis is a one-year temporary assignment. \nTarget start date: January 2027. \nNo relocation assistance is available for this temporary assignment. \nCompensation\nThe salary for this position has a range of $84,488.00 - $126,732.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalisation of the employment offer.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.\nWhat’s in it for you?\nHere are some of what to expect:\nFamily Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.\nInsurances - All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.\nWellbeing - We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based\nColleague Discount - We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.\nBonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme\nYour workplace: Your workplace will be the office, store or factory specified in this advert.\nHybrid Working: Our hybrid work model, Best of Both offers you the option of flexibility to work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of the model, including how this option applies to your role and team.\nLearn more about our benefits, culture and workplace experience here\nWe strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.\nThe 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, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.\nWe support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”\nThe 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.\nThank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.\nWe conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.\nOnline Application Accessibility Statement; which is intended for people with disabilities - LEGO systems endeavors to make www.LEGO.com/jobs accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our web site or need assistance completing the application process, please contact the HR Service Desk at 1.860-763-7777, option #3. 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