Procurement Director, Systems
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Job Description

The LEGO Group is seeking a new Procurement Director to help enhance its play experience with new digital components. These digital components introduce The LEGO Group to new competence domains including physical network connectivity, power management, software management, and application development.

The LEGO Group not only offers you the opportunity to be a part of a company with a very special mission, but you will be at the forefront of defining the future positioning of the LEGO Group brand in the digital era of the Company versus its customer base, i.e., the children. It also presents you with exciting challenges working in a highly collaborative environment alongside talented colleagues from whom you will have the benefit of learning.

Play your part in our team succeeding

This role sits within Parts External Manufacturing (PEM), within Procurement. PEM's mission is to design/engineer, source, plan and deliver new parts to the LEGO Group in expected quality through global 3rd party design & manufacturing network partners.

The LEGO Group's ambition is to shift more focus to the supplier market where digital modules, systems, and components are available (most of them resulting from the consumer electronics industry) which provide required features and functionalities, proven quality reliability, and future cost roadmapping.

Access to this new supply base is critical as it defines the core functionality of the digital play system as well as providing access to future product-technology roadmap and cost roadmaps.

Core Responsibilities

The mission of Procurement is to ensure access for the LEGO Group to key component global suppliers in terms of innovative technology and roadmaps with guaranteed scalability and capacity allocation. Component specification and variance management and lead time management are critical towards contracting completion.

The role is focused on scouting front-end technology partners and developing strategic sourcing maps for defined technology clusters in strong cooperation with the internal and external development teams.

The role sits at the heart of the transformational exercise repositioning the LEGO Group's product technology approach, leading the strategic in-sourcing of digital key designs from the third-party supply base, securing access to the roadmaps of key suppliers, defining the success of the LEGO Group Digital System Play as it secures our access to the identified “must have” Digital Play Features and Functionalities.

STRATEGIC SOURCING TEAM (SST)

• Manage together with Development Leader the strategic sourcing teams (tandem procurement – technology staff) for a limited number of key components. Take accountability for managing each of these SSTs.
• Define the supplier selection strategy and related key component supplier technology roadmap strategies with each of the teams for final validation to the LEGO Group SST SteerCo team.
• Lead global contract negotiation covering all aspects (technical, capacity, commercial) with the selected suppliers. Offer the contracts for deployments in the novelty projects via Statement of Works.
• Secure access to software & system houses, silicon designs, ISVs, FAEs, and the full ecosystem of key component suppliers. Understand the complications of IP ownership and contracting, T&Cs in these contracts.

COMMODITY MANAGEMENT

• Work hand-in-hand with the Procurement Director EMS to make jointly strategic decisions for the LEGO Group over the full value chain.
• Define cost-driven supplier roadmaps for commodity components executed via the EMS but supervised by your commodity teams.

CATEGORY MANAGEMENT

• Bring the Procurement Category Management into your SST and Commodity teams.
• Apply segmentation tools over the supply base and define negotiation strategies documented in your negotiation handbook.
• Drive the Purchasing Pricing Variance and Partner for Productivity monthly reporting for all key component clusters (including budgeting).
• Bring the Sustainability Ambition into the key component sourcing domain.
• Represent procurement in gates and milestone meetings and beyond in multi-functional meetings.
• Budget the Component NRE and CAPEX/OPEX for novelty projects and monitor progress via Gates/milestones.
• Own and manage the department budget as headcount, Opex, components specific Capex investments.
• Apply relevant digital tools in the above e.g., Coupa application as procurement tool.

RELATIONSHIP/STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Drive stakeholder management which is critical in the LEGO Group Digital System Play.
• Ensure strong collaboration with the innovation teams and product technology teams.
• Own and drive the regular business review meetings on different levels of representation with the supplier.

PEOPLE LEADER

• Manage a global and multicultural team with respect for Diversity and Inclusion and attention for capabilities development.
• Apply the LEGO Group playground leadership concepts where openness is nurtured and curiosity is stimulated.

Do you have what it takes?

• Well-developed experience in the capacity of product manager, commercial key account manager, or Procurement Engineering.
• Negotiation skills in areas beyond costing e.g., patent & royalty negotiations, joint development agreements, and software/cloud-based maintenance contracts.
• Understanding system houses and contracting specifics.
• Experienced with front-end scouting via International Procurement Expertise Center.
• Strong negotiation, communication, influencing and analytical skills.
• As People Leader, ability to develop global teams from different diversity and seniority levels.
• Strong strategic & analytical thinking abilities.
• Solution and results orientation with proven ability to deliver.
• Willingness and ability to travel.

Additional details for this position

• This position will initially be based at 501 Boylston St, Back Bay, before moving to a new office location at 1001 Boylston St by mid-2025.

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: Enhanced paid leave options for important times.
• Insurances: Life and disability insurance coverage.
• Wellbeing: Access to wellbeing initiatives and programs.
• Colleague Discount: Generous colleague discount from day 1.
• Bonus: Rewarded through our bonus scheme when goals are reached.
• Your workplace: Assigned a primary workplace location with a hybrid work policy.

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.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children's Rights.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug-free workplace policy.

Join the LEGO team today.