Job Description
We are seeking a skilled Strategic Sourcing Specialist (Direct Materials) to join LEGO Manufacturing Vietnam (LMV) Procurement and drive strategic sourcing, supplier performance, and cost optimisation for direct materials in a fast-growing manufacturing environment. If you are passionate about building resilient supplier relationships, negotiating competitive terms, managing risks, and delivering value-add through procurement excellence, apply today and be part of building endless play possibilities.
Please note This position does not support relocation assistance.
Core Responsibilities
- Understand business needs and develop supply and sourcing strategies that comply with product specifications and category requirements.
- Drive supplier quotations, cost breakdowns, and analyses to support effective negotiations, price adjustments based on cost drivers, and a competitive supplier environment.
- Identify, manage, and communicate risks; lead action plans to mitigate potential impacts within your area and at points of connection with internal customers.
- Lead Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) for assigned accounts, including development, evaluation, and continuous improvement of vendor performance.
- Track market trends, economic indicators, financial metrics, and legal conditions to analyse current and projected price variances, estimate impacts, and implement mitigating actions.
- Drive productivity and efficiency initiatives internally and with suppliers to deliver cost savings and reduce workload for the business.
- Lead or participate in procurement-related projects.
- Perform deep dives into key performance indicators, derive actionable insights, and present findings to stakeholders across the organisation.
Play Your Part in Our Team Succeeding.
This position manages all commercial aspects with LEGO suppliers to ensure timely supply of direct materials and services to LMV, meeting agreed quality levels with internal customers and stakeholders. Key challenges include aligning category needs and strategies with local and global processes, engaging suppliers for consistent performance, and continuously pursuing value-add.
Our goal is effective stakeholder management in a global team environment, fostering close collaboration with key partners. This role drives efficient local category management to boost productivity while
- Enhancing compliance (securing best practices in contracts and processes)
- Increasing value-add (addressing more spend, improving visibility/forecasting, and capturing productivity savings)
- Strengthening partner delivery (being proactive and responsive)
Do You Have What It Takes
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Business Management, preferably with a focus on Supply Chain, Legal, or Finance.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing procurement processes, with strong emphasis on direct materials/categories.
- Proven participation in complex projects impacting the organisation, particularly in direct procurement and productivity initiatives.
- Experience working in global and local collaboration environments.
Hard Skills
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel).
- Strong procurement expertise, including category management, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), and negotiation.
- Continuous improvement knowledge and application of tools/methodologies (e.g., Process Mapping, PDCA, problem-solving techniques).
- Decision-making skills assessing situations, evaluating alternatives, and selecting optimal outcomes using analytical tools (e.g., RAID).
- Stakeholder management ability to classify, map, and engage stakeholders for effective communication and relationship building.
- Risk management proficiency in analytical risk assessment and contingency planning.
- Prioritisation, goal-setting, and project management capabilities.
- General knowledge of SAP, Coupa, and cost engineering principles.
- Advanced Vietnamese and English proficiency (spoken and written).
Soft Skills
- Team-oriented mindset with a one team approach.
- Results-driven motivated to deliver strong outcomes, clear on success metrics, and committed to achievement.
- Innovative challenges the status quo with new ideas, encourages creative thinking, and identifies improvements in processes and partnerships.
- Customer-focused and consumer-driven anticipates internal customer needs and aligns procurement to create value.
- Strategic yet operational translates company strategy into local priorities, connects dots across functions, and balances long-term and short-term needs.
- Agile learner with a proactive mindset self-motivated, quick to adapt from feedback/experience, and anticipates scenarios for efficiency or risk mitigation.
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and eager to leverage digital tools for innovation and creativity.
Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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.
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