Manager, Procurement Centre of Excellence

The LEGO Group Manager, Procurement Centre of Excellence in London, United Kingdom

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job ID: 0000023968

Category: Quality Management

Job Description:

Do you have technical and commercial understanding of procurement within a manufacturing environment and are you motivated by working in a distributed team?

Bring your commercial, analytical, and interpersonal skills to the table and help shape the way the LEGO Group procures globally!

Core Responsibilities:

1. Process optimisation – End-to-end procurement process optimisation, focusing on utilising technology (including artificial intelligence where applicable)
2. Sourcing excellence – adoption of automated sourcing, e-auctions & complex sourcing digital tools
3. Tail spend management – Support the development of tools and processes to manage non-strategic spend for the category teams

Play your part in our team succeeding:

The Manager, Procurement Centre of Excellence reports to the Director, Procurement Transformation and will support the evolution of the digital ways of working for procurement employees of the company.

Do you have what it takes?

You probably hold a Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Business Management with a focus on Supply Chain, Legal or Finance and have:

• Procurement experience, preferably in direct category (e.g. materials purchasing)
• Experience working with procurement systems (like SAP, Coupa or other P2P platforms)
• Experience working with process optimisation methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma is desirable
• An understanding of the application of artificial intelligence in procurement
• Good stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner across the organization to support procurement priorities
• Excellent organizational skills, with an ability to work under pressure and prioritize with challenging demands
• Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging, and sometimes unpredictable environment
• Ability to effectively communicate, collaborate and maintain relationships with both internal collaborators and external suppliers
• Fluency or full proficiency in English oral and written

The position is based in Billund, DK and relocation support is not offered for this role.

What’s in it for you?

• Family Care Leave: 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: Resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
• Colleague Discount: Generous colleague discount from day 1.
• Bonus: Rewarded through our bonus scheme when goals are reached and if eligible.
• Workplace: Hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office.

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 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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