Category Manager, Licensed Merchandise (12 month-position)

Are you ready to help shape a new way of buying and bringing licensed merchandise to market over the next 12 months? Can you envision yourself building supplier relationships, driving supplier onboarding and helping establish scalable ways of working for the future?

Join us as a Category Manager for Licensed Merchandise and help shape the future of the LEGO brand. Build your career brick by brick with us!

Core Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of category strategies and annual category plans.

• Support supplier onboarding activities and coordinate implementation of new supplier partnerships.

• Manage supplier relationships and act as the day-to-day commercial contact for assigned suppliers.

• Support supplier performance management and drive resolution of commercial and operational issues.

• Support contract development, implementation and ongoing management of supplier agreements in collaboration with Legal and Procurement stakeholders.

• Support commercial negotiations and implementation of supplier agreements in collaboration with Legal and senior stakeholders.

• Coordinate product set-up and launch activities across Licensing, Design, GTM and Operations teams.

• Support forecasting, assortment planning and product lifecycle management activities.

• Monitor category performance, sales trends and supplier KPIs and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Contribute to the establishment of category management processes, governance frameworks and ways of working for a growing business area.

• Prepare category reviews, portfolio analyses and management decision materials.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The Licensing & Extended Line (LEL) organization works across the LEGO Group ecosystem to amplify the LEGO brand through licensed products, strategic partnerships and consumer experiences. Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, LEL helps expand the reach and relevance of the LEGO brand through new commercial opportunities, product categories and channels.

As Category Manager, you will support the commercial management of licensed product categories through supplier onboarding, supplier management, contract implementation and category planning activities. Working across Procurement, Licensing, Design, GTM, Operations and Legal, you will help establish scalable ways of working and ensure suppliers, products and commercial agreements are successfully implemented and managed.

Please note: This is a position based in Billund, Denmark. Our flexible working model allows employees to work 2 days/week from home (3 days in the office). Relocation support is not offered for this role.

Do you have what it takes?

• Proven experience within Category Management, Procurement, Buying or a similar commercial role.

• Solid experience managing supplier relationships, commercial agreements and contract implementation.

• Experience working with consumer products, branded merchandise or retail assortments.

• Strong commercial and analytical mindset with the ability to translate data and insights into actionable recommendations.

• Strong understanding of procurement processes and commercial negotiations.

• Ability to work cross-functionally and build strong relationships across multiple functions and stakeholders.

• Self-driven and comfortable operating in an evolving environment with a high degree of ambiguity, helping establish structure, processes and ways of working where limited frameworks exist today.

• Ability to drive initiatives independently from planning through execution while managing multiple priorities simultaneously.

Bonus points for:

• Experience working with licensed or branded products.

• Experience working in a global or matrix organization.

• Experience with SAP, Power BI or similar business systems.

• Experience within destination retail, attractions or theme park environments.

Build your career brick by brick at the LEGO Group.

“This role offers a unique opportunity to help shape how licensed products are brought to market through new commercial channels and partnerships. You will play a key role in building supplier relationships, establishing scalable ways of working and supporting the growth of a new business area!”

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.

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.