Engineering Delivery & Operational Excellence Partner (Senior Manager)

Lego Group; Denmark; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague Discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

The LEGO Group is seeking an Engineering Delivery & Operational Excellence Partner to work with leaders across Manufacturing Design & Implementation and the Engineering & Workplace organisation. You will embed Lean thinking and structured ways of working, helping teams across sites improve performance and delivery.

Join a globally connected team and drive leadership routines, governance and measurable outcomes while shaping sustainable improvements in how engineering is delivered.

Qualifications

• Experience in Lean, Operational Excellence or Continuous Improvement within engineering, manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Strong understanding of operational or engineering delivery systems.
• Experience influencing leaders and teams without direct authority.
• Strong facilitation, coaching and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and embed the Engineering Delivery System across engineering and manufacturing environments.
• Apply Lean and Operational Excellence principles to improve performance and delivery outcomes.
• Strengthen leadership routines, governance and performance management practices.
• Facilitate structured problem-solving and continuous improvement activities.
• Translate strategic priorities into measurable actions and results.
• Support leaders in building sustainable capability and operational discipline.
• Drive behavioural and cultural change that delivers long-term impact.
• Play your part in our team succeeding.

Skills

Lean thinking

Operational Excellence

Continuous Improvement

Facilitation

Problem-solving

Influence leaders

Tools

Engineering delivery systems

Structured operating models

Performance management

Governance frameworks

Job description

Job Description Help improve how engineering is delivered in practice Do you enjoy helping organisations improve performance, strengthen leadership routines and turn strategy into execution? We are looking for an Engineering Delivery & Operational Excellence Partner to work with leaders across Manufacturing Design & Implementation (MD&I) and the broader Engineering & Workplace (E&W) organisation.

In this role, you will help improve how engineering is delivered across complex manufacturing and engineering environments by embedding Lean thinking, structured ways of working and strong performance management practices. You will play a key role in deploying the Engineering Delivery System, ensuring that teams, sites and programmes operate with greater clarity, alignment and consistency.

Core Responsibilities

• Deploy and embed the Engineering Delivery System across engineering and manufacturing environments
• Apply Lean and Operational Excellence principles to improve performance and delivery outcomes
• Strengthen leadership routines, governance and performance management practices
• Facilitate structured problem-solving and continuous improvement activities
• Translate strategic priorities into measurable actions and results
• Support leaders in building sustainable capability and operational discipline
• Drive behavioural and cultural change that delivers long-term impact
• Play your part in our team succeeding

You will join the Engineering Systems & Performance Team, a global capability focused on improving how engineering is delivered across E&W. Working across sites, programmes and leadership teams, you will help bridge the gap between strategy and execution, ensuring consistent ways of working and stronger delivery performance across the organisation.

This is a role for someone who enjoys working where change happens — partnering with leaders, solving real problems and helping teams perform at their best.

Candidate Profile

Do you have what it takes? We are looking for someone who combines operational credibility with transformation experience.

• Experience in Lean, Operational Excellence or Continuous Improvement within engineering, manufacturing or industrial environments
• A strong understanding of operational or engineering delivery systems
• Experience influencing leaders and teams without direct authority
• Strong facilitation, coaching and problem-solving skills
• Experience working in complex, cross-functional organisations
• The ability to connect strategic intent with operational execution

Nice to have

• Experience within manufacturing, automation, logistics or industrial engineering environments
• Exposure to large-scale transformation programmes
• Experience implementing management systems or structured operating models

What you can expect

• The opportunity to work directly with senior leaders across Engineering & Workplace
• A highly collaborative and international environment
• Meaningful influence on how engineering is delivered across E&W
• The chance to help shape sustainable improvements in performance, collaboration and delivery outcomes

Note that we do not provide relocation support for this position.

Benefits

• 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 be qualified 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.

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, and having fun. Build your career brick by brick and play your part in continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow”.