Allocation Analyst (Temporary)

Job Description

Imagine using data, systems, and inventory insights to help ensure the right products are available for the right customers at the right time. As an Allocation Analyst, you’ll play an important role in supporting inventory allocation and helping ensure available products are effectively distributed to meet customer demand.

About the Role

As our Allocation Analyst, you’ll join the Supply Execution Management team within Supply Chain, supporting both B2B and LEGO Retail businesses. The team connects market needs with supply chain operations and helps ensure the efficient flow of products from regional distribution centers to customers.

You’ll use allocation systems, inventory data, and analytics to review product availability, evaluate inventory needs, and support accurate allocation decisions. Working closely with Order Management and other cross-functional stakeholders, you’ll help optimize inventory availability and support reliable order fulfillment.

This is a one-year, temporary assignment.

Core Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end inventory allocation processes, helping ensure optimal stock distribution across business channels. 

• Review system-generated allocation recommendations and make appropriate adjustments based on inventory and customer needs. 

• Analyze inventory, item, and order data to support accurate allocation decisions. 

• Leverage analytics to enhance decision-making and support strategic planning. 

• Partner closely with Order Management to support efficient order processing and fulfillment. 

• Proactively identify and mitigate risks that may impact the fulfillment of planned promotional orders. 

• Investigate inventory and order fulfillment issues and identify appropriate solutions. 

• Create and maintain data-driven reports, allocation worksheets, and supporting files to communicate product availability and supply status. 

• Troubleshoot system issues while maintaining accurate SAP Planbook data. 

• Identify opportunities to improve business processes, efficiency, and scalability within Supply Execution Management. 

• Foster strong partnerships with Supply Chain, LEGO Retail, Market Operations, and other cross-functional stakeholders. 
  

Tasks 

• Review assigned products and develop a strong understanding of the items and inventory within those areas. 

• Review product availability, inventory needs, and customer orders requiring allocation. 

• Review system-generated allocation recommendations and make adjustments when appropriate. 

• Analyze inventory and order information to identify potential fulfillment issues. 

• Complete allocation worksheets, reports, and supporting files. 

• Analyze unfilled or partially filled orders to determine underlying inventory or allocation issues. 

• Provide inventory and allocation information to business stakeholders. 

• Collaborate with Order Managers to support efficient order processing and execution. 
  

Required Qualifications 

• Minimum of two years of professional experience in inventory allocation, inventory management, supply planning, order management, replenishment, demand/supply planning, or a related Supply Chain function. 

• Experience working with inventory, item, customer, and/or order data to support allocation, replenishment, order fulfillment, or supply decisions. 

• Hands-on experience with an ERP, inventory management, planning, or allocation system such as SAP or a comparable platform. 

• Demonstrated experience analyzing inventory availability, shortages, order fulfillment, or allocation issues and using data to identify root causes and appropriate actions. 

• Experience supporting inventory allocation or inventory management processes, including product availability and customer order fulfillment. 

• Experience using Excel or similar analytical and reporting tools to analyze inventory or order data and prepare operational reports. 

• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to maintain data accuracy. 

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with Order Management, Supply Chain, Planning, Sales, Retail, Distribution, or other cross-functional stakeholders. 

• Ability to independently manage multiple products, items, orders, and responsibilities in a dynamic Supply Chain environment. 
  

Preferred Qualifications 

• Hands-on SAP experience within inventory management, allocation, supply planning, replenishment, or order management. 

• Direct experience making or supporting product or inventory allocation decisions across customer accounts, orders, channels, or locations. 

• Experience using SAP Planbook or comparable inventory planning/allocation functionality. 

• Experience investigating unfilled or partially filled customer orders, inventory shortages, or constrained supply and identifying the underlying cause. 

• Experience with inventory reporting, allocation worksheets, product availability reporting, or similar Supply Chain analytics. 

• Experience supporting B2B, retail, consumer products, or direct-to-retail operations. 

• Experience supporting inventory moving through regional distribution centers or other high-volume distribution environments. 

• Advanced Excel capabilities, including experience working with large datasets, PivotTables, lookups, formulas, and inventory or order reporting. 

• Experience with Power BI or Tableau is a plus. 
  

What You'll Build 

You’ll help strengthen how inventory is analyzed and allocated to support customer demand. Through thoughtful analysis and accurate allocation decisions, you’ll help the organization make effective use of available inventory while supporting reliable order fulfillment. 
 
You’ll also build strong working relationships across Supply Chain, develop a detailed understanding of your assigned products, and become a trusted resource for inventory availability, allocation, and fulfillment insights. 

Life on the Team 

The Supply Execution Management team sits within Supply Chain and supports both B2B and LEGO Retail operations. The broader team includes Allocation, Order Management, and EDI Onboarding. 

Within Allocation, you’ll work closely with Order Managers and other stakeholders to support inventory and orders moving through the regional distribution network. Once inventory has been reviewed and allocated, Order Management and downstream distribution teams continue the order-processing and fulfillment process. 

Success on the team requires curiosity, accuracy, analytical thinking, and collaboration. You’ll be expected to understand your assigned products, dig into the data when something doesn’t look right, and partner with others to resolve inventory and order questions. 

What Success Looks Like 

Success means making accurate, timely, and data-informed allocation decisions that support inventory availability and customer demand. 

You’ll understand your assigned products and inventory, confidently navigate the systems and data supporting allocation decisions, and identify the factors affecting order fulfillment. You’ll build effective partnerships with Order Management and other stakeholders while helping the Supply Execution Management team operate efficiently during a period of increased business activity and change. 

Additional Details 

• This is a one-year temporary assignment. 

• Target start date: January 2027. 

• No relocation assistance is available for this temporary assignment. 
  

Compensation

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: Your workplace will be the office, store or factory specified in this advert.

Hybrid Working: Our hybrid work model, Best of Both offers you the option of flexibility to work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of the model, including how this option applies to your role and team.

Learn more about our benefits, culture and workplace experience here

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