Job Description
Are you a highly energized leader who is passionate in driving commercial results?
Come and join us to manage a team of sales professionals who cover multiple key accounts in developing customer business plans and be a strong business driver to deliver strong performance for LEGO Korea!
No relocation assistance is offered for this position.
Core Responsibilities
- People leadership of 4 direct reports.
- Oversee major accounts with advanced buyership and supplier management.
- Drive, lead and deliver against long term KR Hyper Channel strategy.
- Identify new opportunities with retail accounts for co-contribution of marketing campaigns to drive the strategic priorities.
- Work with the KAM team to create new and innovative ways to market LEGO products within our hyper retail accounts.
- Foster and develop business relationships within the hyper accounts.
- Drive cross functional collaboration between Sales, Marketing , Operations and Finance.
- Collaborate with the brand team to ensure marketing drive periods and promotional campaigns are tied into retailer promotions to ensure that sales promotions are maximized in line with LEGO theme priorities.
Play your part in our team succeeding
Hyper Channels hold around 1/3 of our business with major accounts like Emart, Toys"R"Us, Homeplus, Costco, Lotte Mart. This role will have the overall responsibility of the hyper channels and leading the 4 Key Account Managers.
The role of the sales department is to manage the accounts and channels according to our strategy and strategic segmentation while building great and lasting relations with our customers.
Do you have what it takes?
- Solid experience in leading Hyper Channels within FMCG, B2C, Retailing or Wholesale industry.
- Strong in selling and negotiation skills, sales & commercial analysis and customer collaboration.
- Successful leadership experience (direct/ indirectly) in managing diverse individuals.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to drive insights and recommendations through facts.
- Proficiency in both Korean and English (spoken and written) to effectively collaborate with colleagues worldwide.
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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.
Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. For all candidates, 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.
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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What We Do
We are the LEGO Group, the company behind the world’s most loved LEGO® bricks. Our brand name derived from the two Danish words Leg Godt, which mean “Play Well”.
We’ve been sparking imaginations and inspiring the builders of tomorrow since 1932. This is our mission and what motivates our colleagues around the world every day.
Today, we remain proudly family-owned with headquarters in Billund, Denmark. We have regional hubs in Boston, USA; London, UK; Shanghai, China; and Singapore, as well as 7 manufacturing facilities around the world.
These places are home to 28,000+ colleagues in everything from design and engineering to digital technology and marketing. Together we learn, imagine and build – creating play experiences that are sold in over 130 countries worldwide.
A purposeful and responsible global brand where creativity helps to inspire builders all around the world. Just imagine being part of that!
