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Manager, Expansion & Footprint Strategy

+ **Location** Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

+ **Job ID** 0000024478

+ **Category** Retail

Job Description

Are you ready to drive the growth of one of the world’s most beloved brands?At the LEGO Group,we’reseeking an innovativeindividualtodevelop proposals for new stores, relocations, and refurbishments as we embark on our exciting growth journey.Ifyou’repassionate about retail and excel in collaborative environments, we want to hear from you!

Core Responsibilities

+ Drive the development of store business cases including (new stores, relocations,refurbsand store closures) to secure funding and approval for owned & operated retail stores

+ Support the Director in strategic engagements from framing strategic problems through conducting analysis, driving to insights, and packaging findings to inspire change within the organization

+ Be the retail point of contact and drive alignment and collaboration of budgets and store recipe cards with key partners when preparing proposals for new stores.

+ Develop tools & processes to improve our processes and deliverefficiencies

+ Collaborate across multiple teams and functions to drive critical projects, strategy formulation and problem-solving

+ Conduct market and channel research to guide LEGO Retail expansion in the AMS

+ Develop and deliver presentations to audiences ranging from business line partners to senior executives

Play your part in our team succeeding

Newstoreexpansion and store portfolio growth are key components of ourplan2026 corporate strategy. You willbe responsible forsupporting the growth of LEGO Retail by driving store business cases and partnering with key functions such as retail operations, design, construction, realestateand finance to ensure a robust and coherent approach to market and channel expansion.

Do you** **have** **what it takes** **?

The successful candidate is ambitious, entrepreneurial, and commercially savvy and comes with strong experience gained ina FMCG/CPG company or top-tier managementconsulting company. Ideally, you have retail expansion experience in a similar role, in the FMCG/CPG industry.

It** **goes without saying** **that you also have:

+ Outstanding quantitative and analytical skills that allow you to extract logic, insights, and meaningful conclusions from complex business problems

+ Excellent communication skills, allowing you to structure documents and quantitative analysis as well as PowerPoint presentations for executive level communication

+ Experience inconsumer packagedgoods/ management consulting, plusadditionalexperience of developing retailstrategywith a focus on offline expansion.

+ Strong drive for ensuring data integrity

+ Ability to summarize abstract ideas clearly and independently manage project objectives

+ Understanding of global retail industry

+ Experience of LEGO retail programs and nuances of the channels preferred

+ Takes initiative, recognizes and acts on opportunities

+ Track recordof cross-functional collaboration and ability tothrivesand contribute bestina team setting

+ Someelementof travel will berequired, approx. 10%

Additional** **details on this position** **:

+ The salary for this position has a range of **$100,900 - $151,300 USD** based onanticipatedresponsibilities, 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 comprehensiveremunerationdetails, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.

+ This position will be based at 1001 Boylston St. in Boston, MA. Our workplace enables our LEGO Group colleagues to be and do their best at work. Introducing a flexible way of working through a hybrid working model isa great exampleof how we live up to our ambition. This 3dayin the office hybrid working model will exemplify our People Promise by embracing the different life situations of our colleagues.

+ No relocationassistanceis offered for this position.

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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 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.

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 forpeople 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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Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.