What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, AMS Distribution Operations position at LEGO?
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The Director of AMS Distribution Operations is a part of the Americas Supply Chain organization. The team is responsible for the end-to-end process of bringing products from manufacturing sites ultimately into the hands of shoppers and children.
The Distribution team has responsibility for driving operational excellence for operations, and preparing future capability and capacity to facilitate the growth of the LEGO Group in the region. The Distribution team includes warehouse management, transportation management, and import/export operations.
This director position plays a critical role in the organization, with process oversight of receiving products from factories, safe storage until needed, and shipping out orders to customers – while balancing both costs and service levels.
This role reports into the Senior Director, AMS Distribution. This director position is also a leadership role with responsibility of a team focused on distribution operations.
Core Responsibilities:
- Oversight of distribution operations for the LEGO® Group in the Americas, with focus on the Regional Distribution Centers and the local warehouses in the US and Canada. This includes B2B, ecommerce, and LEGO retail store support.
- Proactively manage 3PL partner service performance though focus on critical KPI’s. Partner with Procurement as needed to ensure 3PL partners are accountable to service requirements.
- Ensure that the distribution goals of the stakeholders within the LEGO Group (AMS Sales, LEGO Retail, LEGO Education) are clearly understood within operations and successfully executed by 3PL partners.
- Partner with Finance and 3PL partners to establish and track operational budgets. Drive productivity and cost savings initiatives.
- Collaborate closely with other distribution and transportation operations functions and across the AMS region to ensure the overall success of the team.
- Lead a high-performing distribution team, with an eye toward both overall team and individual improvement.
- Support strategic operations projects and champion continuous improvement initiatives
Do you have what it takes?
- BS degree at a minimum, preferably in Operations and/or with a Supply Chain Management background
- 10 years experience within Logistics and Distribution in AMS, at least 9 years experience in a manager role.
- Demonstrated knowledge of distribution and transportation, ideally encompassing 3PL partnership and management.
- Strong presentation and data analysis skills.
- Track record of delivering results through teamwork and collaboration, with strong communication and leadership skills.
- Experienced in leading or being a part of continuous improvement projects.
- Demonstrated experience in managing senior level stakeholders, working in a diverse and multi-functional working environment.
- Experience demonstrating success in project management would be a plus.
- English fluent level
- Experience managing operations budgets and contracts
- Boston office based position; minimum commutable days to office is 3 days per week.
The salary for this position has a range of min 156,432 to 234,648 annual based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The definitive compensation may vary in alignment with the selected candidate’s professional background, experience, operational needs and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.
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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 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 proud to be an equal opportunity and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
We 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.”
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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We 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.
Online Application Accessibility Statement; which is intended for those 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 1.860.394.3769. Please note, these communication channels should be used for those having difficulty accessing our on-line channels, not to inquire about job opportunities.
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 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.
Wellbeing – 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
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
Your 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.
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, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.
We 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.”
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.
We 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.
Online 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. Please note, these communication channels should be used for those having difficulty accessing our on-line channels, not to inquire about job opportunities.
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