Procurement Category Manager – Warehousing & Distribution

the LEGO Group; Greater London; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Hybrid work policy

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Workplace flexibility

Job summary

The LEGO Group is seeking a Procurement Category Manager for warehousing, transportation and customs services. Based in London or Billund, you will partner with finance, management and suppliers to deliver savings while preserving supply resilience in a global distribution network.

You will build category strategies, lead supplier negotiations and drive insights to optimise cost, service, risk and sustainability across an international landscape.

Qualifications

• Strong experience sourcing and negotiating warehousing or distribution agreements.
• Ability to manage strategic supplier relationships and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Experience in a large multinational or matrixed organization.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing across functions and levels.
• Commercial acumen with data-driven sourcing strategies.
• Knowledge of logistics market dynamics, automation, sustainability and network optimization.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Shape category plans for warehousing, transportation and customs services.
• Negotiate and maintain logistic contracts for warehousing, transportation, and customs.
• Build supplier strategies with clear goals, measures and commercial outcomes.
• Partner with finance, regional management and suppliers to deliver savings while maintaining resilience.
• Translate market insights and data into practical sourcing decisions.

Skills

Warehousing procurement

Distribution procurement

Supplier relationship management

Stakeholder management

Sourcing strategy

Analytical mindset

English fluency

Job description

Job Description

Just imagine shaping how LEGO® products move around the world. Then make it real.

Just imagine shaping how LEGO® products move around the world. Then make it real. This Procurement Category Manager role sits in Global Procurement, based in Billund or London. You'll join us as a trusted business partner to actively support our strategy on cost‑saving, supply chain resilience, sustainability, risk mitigation, and source warehousing and distribution solutions that keep play moving!

Play your part in our team succeeding

The Indirect Materials & Services Procurement team buys services across Facilities, Construction, Digital, Professional Services, Travel and Distribution for the LEGO® Group. We are experiencing significant growth and expansion, rapidly opening new markets and channels worldwide. You will source sustainable Warehousing and Distribution solutions and establish strong category expertise within the Distribution team.

Core Responsibilities

• Shape category plans for warehousing, transportation and customs services across regional distribution networks.
• Negotiate and maintain logistic contracts on warehousing, transportation, and customs services.
• Build supplier strategies with clear goals, service measures and commercial outcomes for each partnership.
• Partner with finance, regional management and suppliers to deliver savings without losing supply resilience.
• Translate market insights, automation trends and supplier data into practical category decisions.

Do you have what it takes?

We're particularly interested in candidates who are building their careers within logistics procurement, category management, or strategic sourcing and have experience managing complex warehousing or distribution categories in an international environment.

Success in this role requires curiosity, resilience, strong commercial judgment, and the ability to influence a diverse stakeholder network while balancing cost, service, risk, and sustainability priorities. More specifically, you have

• Strong experience sourcing and negotiating complex warehousing and/or distribution agreements
• Proven ability to manage strategic supplier relationships and deliver measurable commercial outcomes
• Experience working in a large multinational or highly matrixed organization
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decisions across functions and levels without direct authority
• Commercial acumen combined with an analytical mindset and the ability to translate market insights into sourcing strategies
• Knowledge of logistics market dynamics, warehousing operations, and emerging trends such as automation, sustainability, and network optimization
• Experience navigating ambiguity and driving results in changing business environments
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken

This role can be based in Billund, Denmark, or London, United Kingdom. Relocation support is offered for Billund only.

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.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.