Travel Retail Key Account Manager (8-months contract)

Are you interested to unlock the potential of Travel Retail channel in APAC and help brand recruitment across the region?

Prepare for takeoff in your career!Bring your account management capabilities to the table and help craft the way the LEGO Group engages with kids, families and adults in the APAC Travel Retail business!

No relocation support will be available for this opportunity.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead account planning with strong plans and data driven sales projections- this includes ownership of account flow and the various sales planning tools, inputs into overall S&OP process

• Be a business consultant to our customers, advising customers on business performance, insights from across broader LEGO business, aid in forecasting upcoming top-SKUs)

• Drive channel and store execution excellence from assortment listing excellence, inventory management, in-store merchandising, and Through-The-Line campaign execution

• Lead overall contract renewal process including negotiations

• Ensure Business-As-Usual tasks are done on a consistent & timely basis – CTT claims, data collation and analysis, Credit Limit simulations, timely POs from customers)

• Adhoc problem solving

Play your part in our team succeeding!

Focus on driving LFL growth by much closer control of the customers’ business (inventory, building business fundamentals)

Do you have what it takes?

• Bachelor degree/diploma in business/marketing

• Strong communication skills

• Proven experience in key account management within the retail industry

• Familiarity with duty-free shopping, airport retail, and other travel-related sales channels/In-depth understanding of the travel/retail market dynamics and trends in the APAC region

• Proven track record of successfully managing key accounts and driving sales growth

• Strong negotiation skills and experience in contractual development

• Strong analytical capabilities, with comprehensive understanding of consumer goods business to develop insights to develop account plans and identify business opportunities

• Independent, driven and a self-starter – able to navigate through ambiguity

• Appreciates and values collaboration and mutual feedback in ways of working

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Coverage of benefits for Internships and Contractual positions may change or vary.

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.