Sourcing Buyer

Job Description

If you have experience as Sourcing Specialist and you are looking to make your next career move

This might be the opportunity for bringing your skills and help your team to achieve the best results for a great organization within the LEGO Group!

Play your part in our team success

The Sourcing Buyer is responsible for driving category strategies and supporting end-to-end procurement processes with minimal direction. This role involves active participation and contribution in category strategy development and implementation, supplier management and performance, contract negotiation, savings, risk management, and compliance. The specialist collaborates cross-functionally to enhance performance, internal processes, and continuous improvement. They independently manage BOM categories and lead critical initiatives from the manufacturing site, working alongside Global Procurement to support growth and resiliency objectives.

Core Responsibilities

• Category & Sourcing Strategy: Develop and execute category strategies, using spend analysis and internal and external insights to guide sourcing decisions and identify best-value suppliers.
• Supplier & Stakeholder Management: Build positive and collaborative relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders to drive performance, innovation, and alignment with organizational priorities.
• Negotiation & Contracting: Lead supplier negotiations to secure favorable terms and ensure cost visibility, value delivery, and long-term partnership quality.
• Project & Change Management: Support procurement initiatives by managing workstreams, contributing to project execution, and helping teams adopt new processes or tools.
• Data & Digital Enablement: Use BI and analytics tools to interpret procurement data, generate insights, and support evidence-based decision making.
• Risk, Compliance & Sustainability: Identify risks, ensure policy and regulatory compliance, and integrate sustainability and responsible sourcing practices into category strategies.
• Analytical thinking: on preventive KPIs, trend analysis, scenario planning to anticipate risks or implementing changes. This also ensure the analysis of Suppliers ‘capacity to confirm the Production Plans feasible.

Do you have what it takes?

• Advanced experience in procurement processes in Manufacturing. Bachelor’s degree in international commerce, industrial engineer desired or equivalent experience with multinational companies or working with international teams.
• Advanced negotiation, strategic and analytical thinking and communication skills.
• Intermediate MS Office Skills (Excel, Power Point, Outlook, etc), Power BI desired
• Language: Strong communication skills both in English and Spanish, verbally and in writing and comfortable in presenting complex ideas

Remember to apply using Google Chrome for an easier process and attach your CV in PDF format.

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 – You'll find this at the top of this advert and when you join the team, we'll confirm this with you.

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, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”
                                                                                                                                             
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.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

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