Director, Global Regulatory, Compliance & CPSC Reporting

Overview

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 fans, entertain audiences 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.

The Team: Mattel’s Global Supply Chain Organization is a competitive advantage for Mattel. Mattel’s Supply Chain is ever evolving to support the amazing portfolio of Mattel products and is never boring! Sitting within the EMEA Supply Chain team that is responsible for all elements of planning and customer fulfilment; you will be critical to helping to provide end to end first-class supply chain services for our Customers.

The Opportunity: This position will be responsible to provide premium customer service and be a key interface between Mattel and key customers / channels for domestic order processing. The Fulfillment Analyst will also be a primary point of contact for the central Order Management team. The Customer Fulfillment Analyst supports and brings forward the Inventory Management & Fulfillment functions by streamlining processes and find innovative solutions as part of the S&OE cycle.

The current Customer Service role will be split into centralised, transactional activities for Order Management and local Customer Fulfillment. The Order Management process from Order Intake to Confirmation is mostly market/customer agnostic providing the opportunity to better balance and utilize Fulfillment resources across EMEA.

The Customer Fulfillment Analyst will focus on item set-up, inventory utilization, allocation and delivery efficiency based on specific local customer priorities and requirements. In addition, the Fulfillment team will have a secondary role in the order to cash process supporting Finance.

• Actively participate in the S&OE escalation and action resolution that will be led by Inventory Analyst. Actively assess inventory and allocation effectiveness relative to future stock and priorities. Provide fill rate RCA and clean order analysis.
• Liaison with Order Management team to resolve issues with orders
• Liaison with UK collections team to resolve credits to enable smooth shipments & cash collection.
• Liaison with Distribution Centre & TMS to solve customer problems, e.g. over capacity, incorrect SPI's, customer booking issues
• Liaison with Finance to solve customer problems e.g credit hold, issues with PEX's & customer Set Up.
• Execute or support Operational Excellence on a local and regional level including Cost Saving Initiatives.

• Previous experience in Order Management, Operations and Supply Chain delivering product to retailers preferably in similar fast paced / seasonal business
• Experienced in a supply chain role and good understanding of Supply Chain Management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and local language
• Foundational analysis with advanced computer skills Excel (pivot tables, charts, functions), Cognos/Tableau, SQL queries advantageous
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize workload
• Problem solving based on foundation of continuous improvement
• Proactive team-player with excellent intercultural awareness and customer-centric approach
• Juggling multiple customer needs while managing sales expectations
• Building relationships with external customers, sometimes adjusting service for non-key customers who were previously serviced the same as key customers
• Ability to navigate through ambiguity
• Demonstrated a growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel, we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job…