Senior Procurement and Contracts Manager - Construction

the LEGO Group; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family leave

Life insurance

Wellbeing program

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

The LEGO Group in Virginia is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager, Construction to join Global Procurement, Construction & Energy Sourcing at our new manufacturing facility. You will shape procurement roadmaps and lead cross-functional talent to deliver scalable construction projects.

Responsibilities include developing sourcing strategies, managing contracts and AIA discussions, supplier performance, and governance.

Qualifications

• Procurement experience in industrial or manufacturing construction projects with scalable delivery needs.
• Comfortable working across functions, cultures and matrixed organizations with clear, respectful communication.
• Knowledge of contract management, tendering processes and AIA construction models.
• Curious approach to change, with appetite to explore, experiment and learn.

Responsibilities

• Set procurement and construction roadmaps with global colleagues, Operations partners, market insight and business priorities.
• Shape sourcing strategies and tender events that balance value, sustainability, risk and delivery certainty.
• Manage contracts, negotiations, AIA discussions, supplier performance and KPI follow-up with clear governance.
• Develop supplier relationships that support productivity ideas, continuity planning and resilient project execution.
• Share lessons learned, trend data and improvement actions across teams to build, rebuild and inspire better outcomes.

Job description

Job Description

Just imagine shaping the spaces where LEGO® play is made. Then make it real. As Senior Procurement Manager, Construction, you will join Global Procurement, Construction & Energy Sourcing at the new Manufacturing facility in Virginia.

Play your part in our team succeeding

Behind every LEGO brick is a workplace, supplier relationship and plan that has to come together with care. The Indirect Materials & Services Procurement organization sources facilities, technology, professional services, travel, distribution and logistics. Together with Global Workplace colleagues, the team helps manufacturing locations grow responsibly, control risk and advance sustainability ambitions.

Core Responsibilities

• Set procurement and construction roadmaps with global colleagues, Operations partners, market insight and business priorities.
• Shape sourcing strategies and tender events that balance value, sustainability, risk and delivery certainty.
• Manage contracts, negotiations, AIA discussions, supplier performance and KPI follow-up with clear governance.
• Develop supplier relationships that support productivity ideas, continuity planning and resilient project execution.
• Share lessons learned, trend data and improvement actions across teams to build, rebuild and inspire better outcomes.

Do you have what it takes?

• Procurement experience in industrial or manufacturing construction projects with scalable delivery needs.
• Comfortable working across functions, cultures and matrixed organizations with clear, respectful communication.
• Knowledge of contract management, tendering processes and AIA construction models.
• Curious approach to change, with appetite to explore, experiment and learn.

Preferred

• Exposure to transformation programs in a global business setting and shared ways of working.
• Background in supply chain, procurement, construction management or related discipline.

Additional Details On This Position

This is a hybrid role based in Chester, Virginia, with no relocation support offered.

Compensation

The salary for this position has a range of $128,542.00 - $192,812.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalisation of the employment offer.

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

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.

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.

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