Local Items Fulfilment Analyst

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

What Your Impact Will Be:

Short term Local Item Execution:

Coordinate the production of Local Items (LI) for example displays, bundles, to ensure these are available on time and in full to be shipped to customers.

- Track all rework components minimum 3 months before or ideally as soon as LI is set up 6 months before LI on stock date (items, cardboard, instructions, planograms, labels, pallets etc) to ensure these are available on time to start production.
- Ensure that the rework procedures and timelines are respected by all parties in the process.\
- Various weekly meeting to align on Local Item planning with KAM’s, Marketing, Trade Marketing, Inventory Analyst, Customer Fulfilment and Logistic to ensure proper alignment and planning.
- Depending on when LI is due to be produced, expedite issue resolution and prevention co-ordinating with multiple stakeholders to resolve complex issues with a sense of urgency.

Admin tasks to ensure LI production:
- Setting / updating reservations to ensure availability for Local Item production
- Creation of Intransits for the component receipts
- Accurate and timely processing of Pack Requests
- Clean-up left over components at the end of the project or quarterly

Long term Local Item planning:

- Work with the local commercial teams / trade marketing on the long-term Local Item plans.
- Maintain Local Item data in the LI master file for rework tracking and planning.
- Partner with Logistics to work on long term plan 3-12 months out for Local Item needs.
- Analyse the supply match on item/dash level for Local Items 0-12 months out; highlight issue to the demand planner and inventory analyst depending on the timing.

Other tasks:

Regular feedback loop to the markets

Analyse & provide insights to the markets to drive future Local Item decisions
- KPI Dashboard / SLA adherence
- ROI
- Cost analysis

Initiate & Implement Continuous Improvement for the market process

- Provide input and work on potential cost savings
- Provide input and work on potential process improvement

Work on Projects / Initiatives to improve overall Local Item process, interfacing with other teams and various levels of stakeholders, up to Country Manager if needed.

Maintain process documentation and manuals for process adherence and training.

Key user, back-up for all markets.

What We’re Looking For:

· Fluent in English, second language French, Italian or German beneficial
· Advanced knowledge of Supply Chain processes
· At least 3 years of experience within Supply Chain
· Logistics operations is a plus
· Computer proficiency (Microsoft Office, AS400 is a pre)
· Experience with Tableau is a plus
· Advanced proficiency with Excel
· Advanced Analytical skills
· Strong feeling of ownership and courage to drive & lead the process
· Advanced communication skills; translate Supply Chain processes and challenges into easy to understand language for non-supply chain stakeholders
· Ability to navigate complexity working on several markets, balancing the priorities, working with different stakeholders across several departments to align and solve problems.
· Influencing skills\
· Flexibile and proactive
· Numerate and accurate data entry skills
· Able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment
· Strong problem solving skills
· Team approach

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

How we work:

We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:

• We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
• We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
• We execute: We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Who We Are

Mattel is a leading global toy company and owner of one of the strongest catalogs of children’s and family entertainment franchises in the world. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain and develop children through play. We engage consumers through our portfolio of iconic brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO and MEGA, as well as other popular intellectual properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include film and television content, gaming, music and live events. We operate in 35 locations and our products are available in more than 150 countries in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering children to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

• Visit us at https://jobs.mattel.com/ and www.instagram.com/MattelCareers.
• Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers including minorities, females, individuals with disabilities, and those of all sexual orientations and gender identities.