Job Description
Senior Procurement Manager, HBW and Automated Logistics
Are you a strategic procurement leader with a passion for automation, innovation and end-to-end logistics?
Bring your leadership, business partnering mindset and category expertise into play as we scale automated logistics across our global manufacturing network and shape the next generation of LEGO factories.
Relocation support can be considered.
Core ResponsibilitiesAs Senior Procurement Manager, HBW and Automated Logistics, you will lead a strategically important procurement category that has expanded from High Bay Warehouse (HBW) into end-to-end automated logistics. The scope covers automation across material handling, HBW, processing and packing, with a rapidly growing project portfolio and a projected spend increase from more than 800M DKK in 2026 to approximately 1.4B DKK in 2027. To be more specific, you will:
- Lead the global procurement strategy for HBW and end-to-end automated logistics, ensuring alignment with business priorities, factory expansion plans and long-term automation ambitions.
- Act as a key business partner to our engineering teams, Digital/IT and manufacturing stakeholders to drive strategic automation projects, including LVA and future factory initiatives.
- Own and manage a rapidly growing spend portfolio, increasing from more than 800M DKK in 2026 to a projected 1.4B DKK in 2027, while delivering value, risk mitigation and supplier performance.
- Build and execute long-term category and supplier strategies across automated logistics technologies, including HBW, AGVs, AS/RS, shuttle systems, conveyors, robotics, controls, software and related service models.
- Foster innovation with the supply base and internal partners, identifying new technologies and supplier capabilities that can accelerate automation, improve resilience and enable future factory concepts.
- Lead complex negotiations, supplier relationship management and executive-level engagement with strategic suppliers to secure capacity, performance, competitiveness and long-term partnership value.
- Provide strong people and matrix leadership, including dotted-line leadership responsibilities, to align global and local procurement resources around the automated logistics agenda.
- Influence cross-functional decision-making at Senior Manager and VP level, translating procurement insight into strategic choices on technology, capacity, risk, investment and supplier ecosystem development.
- Strengthen business continuity, cyber, safety, operational resilience and supplier risk management across critical automated logistics platforms supporting our global factories.
This role will be based in Billund, you will join the Indirect Materials & Services Procurement organization. We span multiple spend areas across the enterprise and are responsible for strategic procurement in Construction, facilities, IT/Digital, professional services, travel, distribution and logistics.
The HBW and Automated Logistics category has evolved from a construction-related scope into a standalone, technology-enabled and strategically critical area. It plays a central role in delivering capacity expansion, automation, resilience and productivity across our global manufacturing network, with flagship projects and future factory programs requiring close collaboration with senior leaders across Procurement, MD&I, Digital/IT and Operations.
Do you have what it takes?
To be successful in this position, we imagine that you bring extensive strategic procurement leadership experience, strong business partnering capabilities and the ability to lead across functions in a complex global environment. Moreover, you have:
- MUST: Proven track record of leading global procurement categories with high strategic importance, complexity and spend impact.
- MUST: 10 years of leadership experience in a senior procurement, supply chain, engineering, automation or technology-enabled category role.
- Experience with automated logistics, intralogistics, warehouse automation, material handling systems, capital equipment or complex project-based procurement.
- Strong ability to partner with technical, operational and digital stakeholders, translating business needs into category strategies, supplier choices and value-creating execution plans.
- Demonstrated experience managing strategic suppliers, supplier ecosystems and executive-level supplier relationships in complex, high-risk environments.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders at Senior Manager and VP level, including in matrixed organizations with dotted-line leadership responsibilities.
- Strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills and ability to deliver business value across cost, capacity, innovation, resilience, risk and sustainability.
- Excellent communication skills and proficiency in English, written and spoken.
- A high degree of flexibility, as we work across time zones and countries and travel of up to 30–50 days a year could be expected.
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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.
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Skills Required
- Proven track record of leading global procurement categories with high strategic importance, complexity and spend impact.
- 10 years of leadership experience in a senior procurement, supply chain, engineering, automation or technology-enabled category role.
- Experience with automated logistics, intralogistics, warehouse automation, material handling systems, capital equipment or complex project-based procurement.
- Strong ability to partner with technical, operational and digital stakeholders and translate business needs into category strategies.
- Demonstrated experience managing strategic suppliers, supplier ecosystems and executive-level supplier relationships.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders at Senior Manager and VP level in matrixed organizations.
- Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills to deliver value across cost, capacity, innovation, resilience, risk and sustainability.
- Excellent communication skills and proficiency in English, written and spoken.
- Willingness and flexibility to work across time zones and travel up to 30-50 days per year.
The LEGO Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is generally positioned as competitive across many roles and markets, with benchmarking against local markets and an expressed commitment to equal pay. Total compensation is often framed as stronger when considering the full package rather than base salary alone.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is described as notably expansive, with substantial fully paid time for primary and secondary caregivers and additional paid caregiver leave. Leave is also described as continuing to accrue other rewards such as vacation and bonus eligibility during the leave period.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Benefits are described as extending beyond core insurance into mental health and wellbeing support, including assistance programs, mindfulness resources, ergonomic setups, and fitness-related offerings. Brand-specific lifestyle perks such as sizable product discounts are highlighted as a meaningful part of the overall rewards experience.
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What We Do
We are the LEGO Group, the company behind the world’s most loved LEGO® bricks. Our brand name derived from the two Danish words Leg Godt, which mean “Play Well”. We’ve been sparking imaginations and inspiring the builders of tomorrow since 1932. This is our mission and what motivates our colleagues around the world every day. Today, we remain proudly family-owned with headquarters in Billund, Denmark. We have regional hubs in Boston, USA; London, UK; Shanghai, China; and Singapore, as well as 7 manufacturing facilities around the world. These places are home to 28,000+ colleagues in everything from design and engineering to digital technology and marketing. Together we learn, imagine and build – creating play experiences that are sold in over 130 countries worldwide. A purposeful and responsible global brand where creativity helps to inspire builders all around the world. Just imagine being part of that!
