Demand Planning Manager

Are you ready to join a high-performing Operations team and take ownership of demand decisions that shape business performance, influence senior colleagues, and ensure our products are available when it matters most? 

Bring your planning and forecasting skills to be  part of India’s growth journey – Use your excellent stakeholder skills to assure an optimal build up of India’s business plans, that are grounded in market realities while clearly articulating BU-specific assumptions across the planning horizon consolidating key inputs from sales and marketing to create plans.

No relocation assistance is offered for this position

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  Own the end-to-end Demand Plan for a part of the Business Unit, covering both Consumer Sales (CS – sales to consumers, based on retail sell-out data) and Selling-In (SI – sales to retail partners) at theme, customer group, and SKU level.

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  Shape BU-level CS and SI decisions by balancing commercial ambitions with supply chain constraints, inventory health, and financial implications

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  Define, challenge, and align demand assumptions with Sales and Brand Management, ensuring plans reflect commercial activities, product launches, and promotional strategies.

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  Work with the sales and marketing teams to gain an understanding of past performance and reasons for deviations from expectations, as well as the drivers behind Forecasting KPIs.

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  Work with the Business Intelligence team to understand drivers impacting consumer sales, including any changes to the category or country macroeconomic environment.

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  Monitor and steer forecast performance (topline, theme, and item level), proactively identifying risks and adjusting plans to ensure strong in-stock levels while minimizing excess inventory and waste.

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  Represent Demand Planning in key cross-functional forums, shaping plans for critical campaigns and driving alignment on priorities and trade-offs.

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  Manage the Gap to Target process with Sales and Marketing to identify opportunities to close gaps in Consumer Sales and Retail Inventory

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  Build and continuously improve demand planning capabilities, including tools, analytics, and ways of working, driving digitalization, process and collaboration excellence. 

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  Understanding of different channels & their behaviour which support better planning & forecasting.

BU India is one of the fastest growing BUs in the LEGO group and is quite strategic to the growth of the APAC maket. The team provides the operational backbone for sales and marketing functions enabling business continuity covering planning, inventory, customer service and logistics.

As Demand Planning Manager, you will shape the BU demand plan, aligning Sales and Marketing into one clear, data-driven view that drives critical commercial and supply chain decisions. Your work ensures the business commits to the right volumes at the right time

• Bachelor’s Degree with MBA in Operations or Supply chain management from a Tier 1 institute is preferred

• Proven experience of 5 years or above owning and delivering demand planning, supply planning, or advanced analytics within a multinational FMCG, retail, or consumer goods organization.

• Strong understanding of S&OP processes and demand drivers, with the ability to translate Consumer Sales (CS), Selling-In (SI), and inventory dynamics into clear business decisions and outcomes.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and complexity, prioritize effectively, and take accountability for sound business decisions in fast-paced and volatile environments.

• Strong collaborator management and executive presence; acts as a decisive sparring partner to Sales and Marketing, confidently influencing and constructively challenging decisions.

• Strong analytical and strategic capability; able to synthesize complex datasets, challenge assumptions, and own the development of robust, actionable demand plans.

Here is what you can expect: