Sr. Production Manager

the LEGO Group; Monterrey; On-site; Confidencial; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Headspace wellbeing program

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Job summary

The LEGO Group in Ciénega de Flores, Mexico, seeks a Sr. Production Manager to lead a large manufacturing operation focused on safe, reliable, and high-quality production. You will drive performance, develop leaders, and partner with global teams to uphold manufacturing excellence.

Based at the LEGO NL facility in Mexico, this on-site role emphasizes continuous improvement, strong governance, and sustainability across operations.

Qualifications

• Experience leading manufacturing operations in a production environment.
• Ability to make data-driven decisions using operational insights and KPIs.
• Strong leadership to coach, develop, and motivate teams with accountability.
• Effective communication across functions and international networks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee daily moulding operations while ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Develop mid- to long-term production strategic plans to support business growth and capacity.
• Strengthen leaders and teams through coaching, succession planning, and continuous learning.
• Drive performance management using KPIs, budgeting, and structured reporting.
• Collaborate with global and local teams to share best practices in manufacturing excellence.
• Lead quality, safety, and continuous improvement programs across operations.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Effective communication

Lean Manufacturing

Project Management

Plastic injection moulding

Tools

KPI tracking

Operational reporting

Job description

Job Description

Just imagine shaping the future of moulding operations with LEGO® bricks. Then make it real.

As Sr. Production Manager in Ciénega de Flores, Mexico, you’ll lead a large manufacturing organization responsible for delivering safe, reliable, and high-quality production. This role sits at the heart of the LEGO Group’s Operations team, where people development, operational excellence, and continuous improvement come together every day.

Play your part in our team succeeding

You’ll be part of a collaborative manufacturing leadership team focused on delivering outstanding operational performance while building an environment where colleagues can learn, grow, and thrive. Together, you’ll build, rebuild and inspire by creating the conditions for safe operations, strong quality performance, and a culture where every voice contributes to continuous improvement across the LEGO® Group.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee daily moulding operations, driving the achievement of production goals while ensuring compliance of quality and safety standards.
• Develop and execute mid- to long-term production strategic plans to support business growth, optimize operational performance, and ensure sustainable manufacturing capacity.
• Strengthen organizational capability by developing leaders and teams through coaching, performance feedback, succession planning, and continuous learning initiatives.
• Drive performance management using operational KPIs, resource and budget planning and oversight, and structured reporting.
• Close partnership with global and local teams to share best practices and strengthen manufacturing excellence.
• Lead Quality, Safety and Continuous Improvement programs, fostering a culture of compliance, operational excellence, and long-term sustainability across manufacturing operations

Do you have what it takes?

• Experience leading manufacturing operations in a production environment, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality execution of manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated ability to make data-driven decisions by leveraging operational insights, key performance indicators, and business priorities.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, develop, and motivate teams while cultivating accountability, engagement, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Effective communication skills with experience working across functions and international networks.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in plastic injection moulding or automated production technologies.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing - Continuous Improvement and Project Management.

Note: This position is based at our LEGO NL manufacturing factory located in Cienega de Flores. This is not a remote position.

What’s in it for you?

Here are some of what to 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 you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based
• 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
• Your workplace – You’ll find this at the top of this advert and when you join the team, we’ll confirm this with you.

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, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”

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.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.