Director of National Merchandising

The LEGO Group is a privately held, family-owned company with headquarters in Billund, Denmark, and main offices in Enfield, USA, London, UK, Shanghai, China, and Singapore.

This Director role is responsible for setting the strategic priorities and direction for the National Merchandising Department. This person will lead and direct department resource needs to ensure all results are being delivered

We are looking for someone who can collaborate cross functionally with all departments to include; Sales, Marketing, Operations, Human Resources and external customers. This person will have overall responsibility for all training and education needs of the merchandising team and third party partners. * Lead and develop the U.S. Merchandising team * Cultivates and leads the strategy and annual direction for the National Merchandising organization. * Develops and directs all activities of the National Merchandising P/L and all resources to support the Core 3. * Leads and directs internal and external resources to deliver “best-in-class” service aligned with merchandising and in-store branding strategies. * Oversees seven direct reports who manage the day-to-day responsibilities of the field merchandisers, including planning and administration, and in-store merchandising activities. * Takes a leadership role with senior level management of Customer Development Teams, Marketing, HR, In-Store Events, Global IT partners and Merchandising to develop project plans that allocate and direct material distribution, and merchandising resources necessary to successfully deliver against specific initiatives. * Responsible for the development and direction of the sales strategy for selling all outgoing, excess and obsolete inventory. * Subject matter expert and resource in the area of retail execution on Global LEGO Sales Academy team. * We are looking for someone who can collaborate cross functionally with all departments to include; Sales, Marketing, Operations, Human Resources and external customers. This person will have overall responsibility for all training and education needs of t

* 5+ years of proven and demonstrated key account management, or relevant consumer goods experience * Demonstrated success in leading remote teams and developing and identifying talent * Experienced in leading and influencing cross functional teams with competing priorities * Effective communication skills * Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience * Ability to travel 30% * We are looking for someone who can collaborate cross functionally with all departments to include; Sales, Marketing, Operations, Human Resources and external customers.