Procurement Manager Specialist - Indirect Services

Job Description Are you ready to drive strategic procurement decisions that impact a global manufacturing organization? Join the LEGO Group and lead high-impact indirect procurement categories, managing supplier relationships, commercial strategies, and business-critical projects that support operational excellence and long-term growth. This role offers significant exposure to local, regional, and global stakeholders while influencing categories with multimillion-dollar spend.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing and contracting activities for assigned indirect materials and services categories, ensuring alignment with business requirements and procurement strategies.
• Drive supplier negotiations, RFQs, cost analysis, and commercial agreements to maximize value and maintain a competitive supply base.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships through ongoing performance evaluation, development, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify and mitigate commercial, operational, and supply-related risks through proactive planning and stakeholder engagement.
• Analyze market, economic, financial, and industry trends to anticipate impacts and support informed decision-making.
• Deliver productivity improvements, cost savings, and process efficiencies across procurement activities.
• Lead or participate in cross‑functional projects that contribute to operational performance and business objectives.
• Support Supply Chain Security Program requirements and compliance standards.
• Develop insights and reporting through Power BI and other digital tools to support data‑driven decisions.

Success Qualities

• Procurement experience, particularly within indirect procurement categories.
• Strong understanding of supply chain processes in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience participating in business projects focused on supply chain, procurement, or productivity improvements.
• Experience working in local and global collaboration environments.
• Advanced English.
• Strong negotiation, supplier relationship management, and category management expertise.
• Proficiency in Excel, SAP (Coupa a plus).

Play Your Part in Our Team Succeeding As an IM&S Manager Specialist, you will lead complex indirect procurement categories such as Professional Services, IT, and Distribution. You will partner with Finance, Project Management, Operations, and global procurement teams to ensure best‑in‑class sourcing strategies, supplier performance, and contractual compliance.

What’s in it for you?

• 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

This position is based at our LEGO NL manufacturing factory located in Cienega de Flores.

Hybrid Working

Our hybrid work model, Best of Both offers you the option of flexibility to work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of the model, including how this option applies to your role and team.

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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Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. Our founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen made his first wooden toy in 1932. He persevered against the odds until his business was a success. Constantly innovating, never compromising. Building, rebuilding, and striving for the best. It is this resilience and permanent sense of renewal that drives us forward. We are never still. We will always be creating, inventing, andhaving fun. Build your career brick by brick and play your part in continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow”.