Sr Procurement Manager (Construction)

Job Description

• The Sr Procurement Manager is responsible for developing and executing regional/global category strategies, manage end-to-end procurement processes including business request analysis, negotiation of pricing/terms, supplier selection, order processing, contracting, and supplier relationship management. Lead commercial interactions with high-spending, high-risk, or critical suppliers, ensuring compliance with Global Procurement Policies and Processes to deliver value within the global category plan. Negotiates contracts within designated categories, aligning with the LEGO Group policies to mitigate risks and generate benefits for the company.

Core Responsibilities

• Strategic Development: Collaborate with a distributed team to build and implement a procurement strategy that aligns with our organizational goals and industry standard processes.
• Continuous Improvement: Analyze lessons learned and trending data to drive ongoing improvements in strategy and execution, ensuring we remain at the forefront of industry standards.
• Contract Management Expertise: Leverage your high-level expertise in contract management and tendering processes to optimize our procurement operations.
• Future Roadmap Co-Creation: Work closely with the Operations Team to co-develop a forward-thinking construction roadmap and strategy that meets our evolving needs.
• Long-Term Sourcing Strategies: Develop and implement sourcing strategies that align with market insights, partner requirements, and value potential.
• Supplier Base Development: Build and maintain a global supplier base through effective contracting, negotiations, relationship management, risk management, and performance evaluation.
• Innovation and Productivity: Engage with suppliers to tap into their expertise for innovation and efficiency improvements, encouraging deep executive relationships.
• Risk Management: Proactively handle supply-base risks and establish strong business continuity and resiliency plans to minimize disruptions to our projects.
• Partner Engagement: Influence and nurture positive relationships with key senior team members to ensure alignment and collaboration across the organization.
• Sustainability Initiatives: Drive the company’s sustainability ambitions by partnering with our global supply base and influencing balanced practices.
• Critical Metric Performance Management: Secure and supervise supplier critical metric performance, ensuring we meet our strategic objectives.
• Sourcing Execution: Ensure flawless execution of sourcing events delivering results that go above and beyond.

Are you up for the challenge?

• Experience in regional/global construction and procurement environment.
• Familiar with FIDIC construction contract models.
• Transformation experience.
• Experience in working across multiple functions and matrixed organizations.

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 – 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 you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs 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 – You'll find this at the top of this advert and when you join the team, we'll confirm this with you.

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, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”
                                                                                                                                             
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.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

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