Global Category Manager – Real Estate

Job Description

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This is a phenomenal opportunity for a Procurement Real Estate specialist to join our global Procurement organisation in the LEGO® Group.

An opportunity for real estate specialists that are passionate about driving perfection in sourcing and being a strong and impactful business partner building positive relationships!

Core Responsibilities

Main focus for this role will be to develop long-term global sourcing strategies aligned with market insights, partner requirements and value-add potential for LEGO Real Estate portfolio.

• Manage supply-base risk and build business continuity and resiliency to minimize disruption potential to our factories, retail and office locations

• Help drive company’s sustainability ambition through strong partnering across global supply base

• Drive global spend aggregation to better leverage The LEGO Group’s spending potential

• Build and maintain Global supplier base - including contracting, negotiations, relationship building, risk management and supplier performance

• Tap into supplier expertise for innovation and productivity improvements

• Secure and follow up on performance

• Strong execution of sourcing events globally through collaboration

Occasional travel to LEGO sites.

Play your part in our team succeeding!

Indirect Materials & Services Procurement Organisation spans across multiple areas of spends, covering all ELT areas. IM&S is responsible for procuring Facilities, Construction, IT/Digital, Professional Services, Travel, and Distribution.

This is a critical role in the Facility Procurement Team – handling a large, complex global spend area. The outcomes that this role enables has implications for all the employees of the company. As a Procurement partner to the Business you will be deeply engaged in the setting up of LEGO's location and services strategies both for offices and manufacturing locations globally.

Do you have what it takes

Maybe you have a degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, or other related field, but what is more important is

• Demonstrable experience in Real Estate

• 5+ years Procurement experience gained in multi-national environments

• High level of expertise in contract management and tendering processes

• Proven record of building and delivering strong cases for business value add

• Global category management experience - deep insight and understanding of demand and cost driver optimisation

• Sophisticated communication skills, the ability to interact with confidence with individuals at various levels

• Have the capability to proactively lead and deliver multiple projects successfully

• Strong ability to work across multiple functions and matrixed organization

The role can be based in Billund(Denmark), London or Singapore.

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.

• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes 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 – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. The hiring team will discuss the principles of our hybrid work model 'Best of Both', role eligibility and frequency 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 proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

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 London, United Kingdom
• Job ID 0000007290
• Category Supply Chain