An exceptional opportunity to join the Procurement team at LEGO System A/S!
This is an exciting role within Global Procurement to drive best-in-class cost management at LEGO System A/S. This role is based in Singapore or Billund.
The Director of Cost Engineering leads the development and deployment of enterprise-wide should-costing, cost transparency, and value engineering capabilities to improve commercial outcomes, supplier negotiations, product affordability, and cross-functional decision-making.
The role combines deep technical cost understanding with strategic procurement leadership, enabling the organization to:
- Improve cost competitiveness.
- Strengthen supplier negotiations.
- Accelerate fact-based decision-making.
- And drive sustainable margin improvement across direct material and operational spend.
The role will lead a team of cost engineers across different categories in Procurement and work closely with teams in Finance and Categories to deliver on the agenda.
Core Responsibilities
Strategic Cost Leadership:
- Define and execute the global Cost Engineering strategy aligned with business and procurement objectives.
- Establish a long-term capability roadmap covering tools, data, operating model, governance, and talent aligned with the business goals and with great awareness for how to engage others in the journey.
- Exceptional leadership skills are required to lead an agile cost engineering team building capabilities in Cost Engineering. Ensure deployment of agile resources based on value and risk to LEGO System A/S.
- Embed cost transparency and should-cost methodologies into sourcing and category management processes.
- Support leadership with fact-based cost intelligence and market insights.
- Establish a market forecasting approach and link it to category dashboards. Build automated dashboards linked to the cost driver model and define category critical metrics.
- Build category capabilities through a “train-the-trainer” approach. Roll out cost models by category, working closely with category leaders and teams.
- Project Cost management involves project or program-specific design for cost. Drive for DfX (e.g., element costs, process costs).
- Run an ongoing market monitoring process and flag risks/opportunities. Manage the overall monitoring process as part of overall procurement governance.
- Understand lean manufacturing and operations costs to drive operational efficiency and waste reduction opportunities in LEGO System A/S's suppliers.
Procurement Partnership
- Partner with Procurement leaders to define suitable roadmaps for cost efficiency each year, strengthening supplier negotiations and target setting.
- Support strategic sourcing, RFQ validation, and supplier cost challenge activities.
- Support supplier performance and productivity programs.
Digital & Capability Development
- Liaise with external industry experts to develop AI/data-enabled cost engineering capabilities.
- Lead the implementation of digital costing platforms and analytics tools.
Qualifications:
- A qualified Engineer with a minimum of 10+ years of total working experience in Procurement, Finance, or Supply Chain and a minimum of 8 years' experience in Cost Engineering.
- A successful, multi-year track record in product development or Cost Engineering.
- A subject matter expert in Cost Engineering in one or more categories in Procurement (such as packaging, plastics, electronics, etc.).
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Advanced communication and facilitation skills with the ability to effectively influence decisions and collaborate across all levels of the organization.
- Executive reporting and insight generation.
- Outstanding cross-functional leadership skills; viewed as credible by business unit and functional leaders.
- A willingness to “constructively dissent” and challenge senior management thinking on key procurement issues.
- High energy and enthusiasm to establish a new approach are essential, along with entrepreneurial and solution-oriented working methods.
- Experience in developing and leading change in global or regional programs.
- Prior experience working as part of a high-performing leadership team within a global organization.
- Flexibility for global travel.
Nice to have:
- Experience in developing AI/agent-based costing methods.
- Ability to lead an enterprise-wide global transformation program.
What's in it for you?
Here is what you can expect from LEGO System A/S:
Family Care Leave - LEGO System A/S offers enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
Insurances – All colleagues are covered by LEGO System A/S's life and disability insurance, which provides protection and peace of mind.
Wellbeing - LEGO System A/S wants its people to feel well and thrive. LEGO System A/S offers resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing, along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
Colleague Discount – LEGO System A/S knows you'll love to build, so from day one you will qualify for LEGO System A/S's generous colleague discount.
Bonus - LEGO System A/S does its best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through LEGO System A/S's bonus scheme.
Workplace - When you join the team, you'll be assigned a primary workplace location, i.e., one of LEGO System A/S's offices, stores, or factories. LEGO System A/S's hybrid work policy means an average of three days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.
Children are LEGO System A/S's role models. Their curiosity, creativity, and imagination inspire everything LEGO System A/S does. LEGO System A/S strives to create a diverse, dynamic, and inclusive culture of play at LEGO System A/S, where everyone feels safe, valued, and they belong.
LEGO System A/S is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (e.g., sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, and religion) to apply for roles in its team.
LEGO System A/S 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.
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