Category Manager

LEGO Brand Retail; Denmark; On-site; DKK 822,000 - 1,046,000; Full time

Job summary

LEGO Group is seeking a Global Category Manager for Professional Services. The role focuses on global procurement strategies across Payroll, Legal, and Risk & Insurance, partnering with senior stakeholders and suppliers to shape demand and negotiate complex agreements.

You will drive supplier performance, manage risks, and deliver sustainable commercial value and innovation across a global organization. Based in Billund or London, the role involves cross-regional leadership.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of procurement experience, including strategic sourcing and category management in Professional Services.
• Ability to translate business priorities into global category plans with value, service, compliance and continuity.
• Strong commercial judgment with negotiating experience on global service agreements and pricing models.
• Excellent communication to translate complex topics into clear stakeholder guidance.
• Proven ability to build senior-level relationships and shape demand early in planning.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver global procurement category plans for Payroll, Legal, and Risk & Insurance.
• Build partnerships with senior stakeholders to shape demand and coordinate a procurement pipeline.
• Develop a global payroll vendor strategy with functional teams and ensure continuity.
• Collaborate with Legal and BSO to improve third-party partnerships and supplier performance.
• Lead complex global sourcing, contracting, and negotiations to deliver value beyond price.
• Drive supplier segmentation, performance reviews, and risk management across regions.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Digital literacy / AI awareness

English proficiency

Education

Business degree

Engineering degree

Supply Chain degree

Finance degree

Legal degree

Tools

AI platforms

Job description

Job Description

Ready to shape global procurement strategies and create value across Professional Services? Are you commercially minded, strategic, and confident in building strong partnerships across a global organization?

Join the LEGO Group as a Global Category Manager, Professional Services and take ownership of global procurement strategies across Payroll, Legal, and Risk & Insurance. You will partner with senior stakeholders and suppliers to shape demand, lead complex sourcing and negotiations, strengthen supplier performance, and deliver sustainable commercial value and innovation.

The role is based in Billund, Denmark, or London, UK .

Core Responsibilities

• Own and deliver global procurement category plans for Payroll, Legal, and Risk & Insurance, aligning priorities with business needs and measurable value, service, and resilience outcomes.
• Build trusted stakeholder partnerships, engaging early to shape demand, challenge requirements, and translate business priorities into a coordinated procurement pipeline.
• Develop a global payroll vendor strategy with functional stakeholders, strengthening supplier management, digital capabilities, and business continuity.
• Partner with Legal and BSO to evolve third-party legal partnerships, embedding supplier performance management and improving commercial arrangements.
• Lead complex global sourcing, contracting, and negotiations, improving pricing models and delivering savings, productivity, and service value beyond rate reductions.
• Drive supplier segmentation, performance reviews, and compliance monitoring, working with functional experts to manage supplier risks, escalations, and business continuity.
• Use market intelligence to identify supplier, platform, and AI opportunities, partnering with Digital Procurement and functional experts to capture productivity gains and embed appropriate contractual safeguards.
• Track spend, value delivery, and category performance, providing clear stakeholder updates and coordinating delivery across regional, site, and sourcing teams.

Play Your Part in Our Team Succeeding

Indirect Materials and Services Sourcing is a global organisation focused on sourcing excellence, strong business partnerships, and effective supplier relationship management across multiple categories, including Professional Services.

As a Global Category Manager, you will support the Professional Services category within the CFO business unit, developing category strategies, delivering commercial value, strengthening supplier and stakeholder relationships, and identifying opportunities for innovation.

Do You Have What It Takes?

Must-Have Qualifications

• 7+ years of procurement experience, including strategic sourcing and category management within Professional Services.
• Ability to translate business priorities into global category plans, balancing commercial value, service quality, compliance, and business continuity.
• Strong commercial judgement and experience negotiating global service agreements, challenging pricing models, and delivering measurable value.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex commercial topics into clear recommendations for stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Ability to build trusted senior stakeholder relationships, engage early in business planning, and constructively challenge demand and buying practices.
• Strong analytical skills, using spend, market, and supplier performance insights to identify opportunities, inform decisions, and track outcomes.
• Experience managing multiple sourcing and supplier initiatives, including segmentation, performance reviews, supplier risk, and resilience.
• Digital fluency and an understanding of AI, automation, and service platforms within Professional Services.
• Advanced English skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• A degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Legal, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience in Payroll, Legal, or Risk & Insurance procurement.
• Previous experience working with Danish companies.
• Flexibility to travel globally.

Personal Competencies

• Commercially minded and analytical.
• Confident in building relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Collaborative and relationship-focused.
• Comfortable challenging requirements and established ways of working.
• Curious and proactive, with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Comfortable taking ownership and navigating ambiguity.

What's In It For You?

By joining the LEGO Group, you will become part of a global procurement organisation focused on sourcing excellence, strong business partnerships, and effective supplier relationship management.

You will have the opportunity to shape global Professional Services categories, lead complex sourcing and commercial negotiations, strengthen strategic supplier partnerships, and drive new approaches to value creation, digitalization, and innovation.

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 t