Strategic Global Procurement Lead, Professional Services

1001 LEGO System A/S; Billund; Hybrid; DKK 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Hybrid Working

Job summary

LEGO Group is seeking a Global Category Manager for Professional Services to drive global procurement strategy across Payroll, Legal, and Risk & Insurance. You will partner with senior stakeholders and suppliers to shape demand, manage complex negotiations, and deliver sustained commercial value.

You will build global category plans, develop supplier partnerships, and lead strategic sourcing initiatives across a global organization, including travel and coordination with regional teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of procurement experience in Professional Services or similar.
• Translate business priorities into global category plans.
• Negotiate global service agreements and challenge pricing models.
• Build trusted senior stakeholder relationships and engage early in planning.
• Analyze spend and supplier performance to identify opportunities.
• Manage multiple sourcing initiatives including segmentation and risk.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver global procurement category plans for Payroll, Legal, and Risk & Insurance.
• Develop a global payroll vendor strategy with functional stakeholders.
• Lead complex global sourcing, contracting, and negotiations.
• Track spend, value delivery, and category performance with clear updates.
• Embed supplier performance management and safeguards in contracts.

Skills

Procurement experience

Category planning

Negotiation

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Analytics

Sourcing management

Digital/AI awareness

English proficiency

Education

Degree in Business / related field

Job description

LEGO Group is seeking a Global Category Manager for Professional Services to drive global procurement strategy across Payroll, Legal, and Risk & Insurance. You will partner with senior stakeholders and suppliers to shape demand, manage complex negotiations, and deliver sustained commercial value.

You will build global category plans, develop supplier partnerships, and lead strategic sourcing initiatives across a global organization, including travel and coordination with regional teams.