Sourcing Specialist

Job Description

The LEGO Group is looking for a confident and analytical potential talent as Sourcing Specialist to join their Global IT Procurement team. This is an excellent opportunity for a young potential talent to kick-start a successful career in Procurement. 
Are you interested to
• Gain insight across various areas of the business
• Liaise with suppliers - building new and existing relationships
• Negotiate prices and terms of business

The overall expectation of a Sourcing Specialist is to support the end to end procurement processes including early engagement on business request analysis; Pricing/Terms Negotiation; Supplier Selection; Order Processing; Contracting; Supplier Relationship Management. The Sourcing Specialist acts as the Supplier Manager for existing suppliers and define standards for supplier sourcing & seek feedback on the delivered work and show curiosity to learn and develop.

Play your part in our team succeeding

Indirect Materials and Services Sourcing is a global organization focused on driving excellence in sourcing, be strong business partners with the internal stakeholders and drive supplier relationship management. The organization is responsible for IT, Facility, Distribution and Professional Services categories globally. As the LEGO group expands globally, the investment in IT is growing as well and the procurement team needs additional  resources to manage the growing demand. 

Core Responsibilities

• Help run sourcing activity for Cloud, Software, hardware technologies across all business areas

• Support commercial and contractual negotiations with suppliers

• Work with legal to understand contractual risks and increase knowledge of IT contracts

• Support conversations among stakeholders and build stakeholder relationships

• Support the building of market insight to identify trends in technology and translate them into category strategies

Do you have what it takes?

• Min Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Business Management, Engineering, Supply chain, Legal or Finance

• Nice to have is 1-3 year experience of procurement

• A dynamic graduate with excellent rapport and relationship-building skills

• Business-oriented and a quick learner

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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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