Senior Global Category Manager – Construction Procurement

Job Description
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Are you an experienced Procurement Specialist within Global Construction Category?

This is a phenomenal opportunity to be part of formulating our strategies for manufacturing locations globally and contributing to the LEGO Group’s sustainability ambition!

Please note that relocation support is not offered for this role.

Core Responsibilities
Main focus for this role will be to develop long-term global sourcing strategies aligned with market insights, partner requirements and value potential for LEGO® Construction portfolio. More specifically you will:

• Drive the organization in continuous improvement through ongoing analysis of lessons learned trending data and adjust strategy/execution accordingly
• Use your high level of expertise in contract management and tendering processes
• Work closely with Operations Team to co-develop future construction roadmap and strategy
• Build and maintain global supplier base - incl. contracting, negotiations, relationship building, risk management and supplier performance
• Tap into supplier expertise for innovation and efficiency improvements and develop deep executive relationships
• Manage supply-base risk and build strong business continuity and resiliency to minimize disruption potential to our factories and office locations
• Influence and manage positive relationships with key partners
• Help drive company’s sustainability ambition through strong influencing and partnering across global supply base
• Achieve and monitor global performance metrics
• Ensure flawless execution of sourcing events globally

Play your part in our team succeeding!
Out of Billund, you will join our Construction team, which is deeply engaged in formulating strategies for manufacturing locations globally.

Join a distributed team that completes capital projects and implements a harmonized procurement strategy for safe building design and construction.

Our team is part of the Indirect Materials & Services Procurement Organization, which covers various areas of spending like facilities, IT/Digital, professional services, travel, distribution, and logistics.

Do you have what it takes
We imagine that you are a team-player, yet self-motivated and able to navigate in uncertain and challenging situations. You have strong leadership and communication skills, which help you to collaborate, steer and influence at high levels with internal and external business partners. Moreover, you have:

• +5 years global category management experience - within regional/global construction.
• Strong experience managing complex contract negotiations
• Experience in working across multiple functions and matrixed organization and a high degree of flexibility as we are working across time zones and countries
• Familiar with FIDIC and AB18 contract models
• Experience leading Transformation
• Proficiency in English and Danish both verbally and written

The role is based in Billund (Denmark) and some travel is expected, approx. 6 trips a year to our LEGO Manufacturing sites

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 is what you can 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 our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

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.

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.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. 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 and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

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.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.

• Location
  Billund, Denmark
• Job ID:
  0000019586
• Category
  Supply Chain