Director, Global Construction and Energy Procurement

Job Description
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Are you a strong People Leader with a Construction background and passion for Procurement?

Bring your excellent leadership experience into play and join our Global Procurement team dedicated to deliver construction projects worldwide!

Please note that relocation support is not offered for this role.

Core Responsibilities
As Director, Global Construction Management you will play a meaningful role in procurement – leading a global team of sourcing experts, who are driving capital projects, developing and implementing a harmonized global procurement strategy that facilitates safe building design and construction while protecting contractors who construct our facilities/offices. To be more specific you will:

• Drive the organisation to continuous improvement through ongoing analysis of lessons learned trending data and adjust strategy/execution accordingly
• Drive a consistent, scalable and harmonized approach across the enterprise improve efficiency and effectiveness in diverse cultures and regions
• High level of expertise in contract management and tendering processes
• Work closely with Operations Team to co-develop future facility management, real-estate, and services roadmap
• Develop long-term sourcing strategies aligned with market insight, customer requirements and value potential
• Build and maintaining global supplier base - incl. contracting, negotiations, relationship building, risk management and supplier performance
• Tap into supplier expertise for innovation and productivity improvements and develop deep relationships
• Handle supply-base risk and build strong business continuity and resiliency to minimize disruption potential to our factories and office locations

Play your part in our team succeeding
Out of our office in either London or Billund you will join our Indirect Materials & Services Procurement Organization. We span across multiple areas of spends, covering all ELT areas and are responsible for procuring facilities, IT/Digital, professional services, travel, distribution, and logistics.

The Construction team is deeply engaged in formulating strategies for office and manufacturing locations globally and managing a large, sophisticated global spend area. The team also has a large opportunity to contribute to company’s sustainability ambition.

Do you have what it takes?
To be successful in this role we imagine that you bring:

• Proven track record of managing global procurement teams
• 5 to 10 years leadership experience in a senior procurement role
• 10 years of global construction experience
• 10 years experience in Procurement in a multi-national company
• Proven record of building and driving strong business cases for sourcing transformation and business value
• Excellent communication skills and proficiency in English written and spoken
• A high degree of flexibility as we are working across time zones and countries and travel of up to 30 - 50 days a year could be expected

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.
• 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. 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 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
  • Billund, Denmark
  • London, United Kingdom
• Job ID:
  0000015967
• Category
  Supply Chain