Senior Manager, Next-Gen Pre-Pack Counting

1001 LEGO System A/S

Billund

On-site

DKK 1,400,000 - 2,000,000

Full time

3 days ago

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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 in Billund, Denmark, is seeking a Senior Manager to lead Next-Gen Pre-Pack Counting. You will own the roadmap for counting technology, align interfaces across subsystems, and oversee cross-functional teams including R&D, suppliers, and production sites to deliver scalable, reliable, and efficient counting solutions.

You will define operating concepts, install plans, and workflows, while ensuring safety, maintenance, and environmental compliance.

Qualifications

Educational background within mechanical/marine engineering, automation or gained equivalent technical experience.
Extensive experience and deep functional expertise in automation within high-volume production or mass-manufacturing environments, with focus on innovation and quality.
Strong analytical skills for data-driven decision-making.
Delivered operational excellence using LEAN principles to create reliable, scalable, and efficient production solutions.
Proven leadership skills collaborating with R&D teams, suppliers, and production sites to qualify and implement new manufacturing technologies.
Strong English communication skills (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

Create and maintain the counting technology roadmap to meet the full LEGO element portfolio.
Define how LEGO elements will be counted efficiently, reliably, and at scale.
Shape the equipment architecture and reduce interface risks between connected subsystems.
Lead specialist teams and own workstream scope, quality, timing, and cost.
Gather requirements and align specifications with project leaders, platform owners, automation partners, suppliers, and production stakeholders.
Ensure new elements and product innovations can be handled by future counting technologies.
Develop concepts and prototypes, test performance, and confirm technical feasibility.
Define operating concepts, installation plans, workflows, and manufacturing-readiness requirements.
Ensure maintainability, scalability, workplace safety, environmental compliance, and alignment with LEGO Group’s standards.
Travel approximately four to six weeks annually to collaborate with partners, suppliers, and production sites.