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Procurement Category Manager - Creative Services

Posted 14 Days Ago
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Singapore
Senior level
Singapore
Senior level
The Procurement Category Manager will support the marketing value chain by sourcing and managing creative advertising and production services. This role involves crafting a creative sourcing strategy, developing a global category sourcing plan, building supplier relationships, driving procurement efficiencies, and contributing to the digitalization agenda for creative services.
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Job Description

Are you a highly energized professional who is passionate in the sourcing and procurement of creative marketing services for the LEGO Group?
 

Here's an exciting opportunity for you to join our Global Sales and Marketing Procurement Team to make a real impact in our organization!
 

No relocation assistance is offered for this position.
 

Core Responsibilities
 

The main function of this role will be to support the Marketing Value Chain across all business areas in sourcing and procurement activities as well as overall management of the related supply base by:

  • Crafting and executing of APAC Creative Sourcing Strategy, based on the internal business needs across stakeholder groups, market trends & opportunities.
  • Contributing to the development of the Global Category Sourcing Plan for Creative Advertising and Production, with a lens on APAC.
  • Building, maintaining and handling supplier base and supplier performance.
  • Implementation of APAC Creative Advertising and Production Sourcing across all marketing teams and creative sub-categories; Contracting, negotiations, relationship building, and risk management.
  • Driving supplier integration process into early project phase within respective commodity and make sure suppliers insights are considered and embedded into product optimization realizations.
  • Driving the Innovations and Digitalization agenda within Creative services
  • Providing regular update of APAC market intelligence insights.
     

Play your part in our team succeeding
 

The Sales & Marketing category covers all commercial activity involving Marketing Services and Marketing Materials in support of both the PMD and Markets & Channels organizations.
 

This position will focus on the sourcing and procurement of creative advertising and production services in APAC. There is a specific focus on driving procurement efficiencies, supplier consolidation across lines of business for the APAC Creative Supply Base.
 

Do you have what it takes?

  • Solid experience in Procurement with relevant category experience in marketing/ creative services for APAC.
  • Experience working in global organizations with remote management
  • Advanced project and change management.
  • Strong analytical skills and SAP/ COUPA system knowledge will be an added advantage.
  • Service minded with strong focus on internal customer relations and processes.
  • Strategic thinker and collaborative team player.
  • Proficiency in English Language (spoken and written) to effectively collaborate with colleagues worldwide.
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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.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. For all candidates, if you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

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.

Join the LEGO® team today.

Top Skills

Change Management
Contracting
Coupa
Market Intelligence
Marketing Services
Negotiations
Procurement
Project Management
Risk Management
SAP
Supply Chain Management

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