Director, Cost Engineering

Job Description

Procurement Director plays a pivotal role in overseeing global procurement operations. They lead a diverse team, ensuring effective management and development of procurement strategies across international markets. Key responsibilities include optimizing supplier relationships, driving cost efficiencies, and mitigating supply chain risks. They play a crucial role in strategic decision-making, aligning procurement initiatives with corporate goals to enhance operational effectiveness and profitability. Additionally, the Procurement Director fosters innovation in procurement processes and collaborates with senior leadership to drive sustainable growth and competitive advantage for the LEGO Group on a global scale.

Core Responsibilities:

• Category Management: Lead the development and execution of strategic category plans to drive cost savings, process efficiency, and performance optimization. Ensure alignment with organizational goals and leverage data to inform decisions and deliver long-term value.
• Strategic Sourcing: Design and implement advanced sourcing strategies through deep market knowledge and supplier insights. Drive value through cost-effective procurement solutions, while mentoring teams and aligning sourcing approaches with broader business objectives.
• Supplier Relationship Management & Strategic Partnering: Build and sustain high-impact supplier partnerships that foster innovation, enhance quality, and create long-term value. Strategically manage supplier performance, negotiate win-win agreements, and ensure alignment with LEGO's sustainability and operational goals

• Stakeholder Management: Engage, influence, and align diverse stakeholders to support procurement strategies and business outcomes. Promote collaboration across functions, communicate transparently, and build trusted relationships that drive sustained engagement and results

• Negotiation Skills: Lead complex negotiations using strategic insight and industry expertise to achieve favorable terms. Balance cost, quality, and innovation to support business priorities and build resilient, collaborative supplier relationships

• Project Management: Oversee global, cross-functional procurement initiatives from planning to execution. Ensure on-time delivery, effective risk management, and value creation by aligning projects with strategic goals and continuously improving performance

• Innovation: Champion a culture of innovation by identifying opportunities, leveraging emerging technologies, and challenging the status quo. Embed forward-thinking procurement practices to unlock value and strengthen competitive advantage

• Change Management: Lead organizational change within the procurement function, driving adoption of new systems, strategies, and ways of working. Foster resilience, ensure stakeholder alignment, and enable seamless transitions that support continuous improvement

• Digital Capability for Data Analytics & Business Intelligence: Harness digital tools and analytics to generate insights, inform procurement decisions, and optimize performance. Drive agility and efficiency by embedding data-driven approaches into procurement strategies

• Sustainability & Social Responsibility / Compliance:
Integrate sustainability and ethical considerations into procurement practices. Ensure compliance with regulations and LEGO Group standards while leading initiatives that promote responsible sourcing and supplier accountability.

• Risk Management: Proactively identify and manage supply chain risks through robust assessment and mitigation strategies. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure resilience, minimize disruptions, and safeguard business continuity

• Cost Transparency: Ensure clear visibility into cost structures and drivers across the procurement process. Leverage data to drive informed decision-making, optimize value, and enhance financial accountability.

• Subject to International Position Evaluation result by Global Rewards.
• Evaluated based on business size, complexity, team size and etc.
• Leads a team
• Requires stakeholder management ability (senior leadership)

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.

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.

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