Cost Engineering Manager - Warehousing

Are you interested in helping LEGO build up cost knowledge on warehousing and identify areas of cost opportunity as part of a new Cost Engineering capability within Procurement? Take your next career step at the LEGO Group developing cost calculations on warehousing as we transform our capabilities and those of our suppliers to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. You will work closely with the Procurement team for Global Distribution to build up extensive cost knowledge and opportunity within the category. This will help the teams build up their understanding of the cost structures for warehousing within distribution centres in many different countries.

You will develop Should Cost models for warehouses, identify design to cost opportunities for automated warehouse systems and be involved in negotiations working closely with suppliers to agree cost structures while maintaining relationships.

Core Responsibilities:

• To lead change and be a capability builder bringing technical knowledge to the Procurement teams for data driven negotiations through the use of Cost Engineering data in the Global Distribution team that determine fair and reasonable pricing.
• Create cost models for warehousing operations, including labour, energy, material handling equipment, storage systems and automation.
• Be able to relate warehouse activities to cost structures, understanding the individual cost drivers in the build up of a Should Cost.
• Independently be able to model scenarios across global regions to accurately reflect country variations.
• To be able to guide our 3PL suppliers of automated racking types (e.g. ASRS) to the best design to cost solutions.
• Be able to calculate the different costs between various automated storage systems and material handling solutions to guide business cases.
• Conduct motion and time studies in region for cost optimization and comparison across LDCs.
• Evaluate 3PL proposals, understand rate cards and hold workshops with suppliers on cost idea generation using Should Cost data to identify major cost drivers and areas of waste/opportunity.
• Support procurement discussions and negotiations with cost transparency and value lever arguments.
• A strong communicator with exceptional stakeholder management skills bringing cross functions together to realise further cost savings from the data created.

Do you have what it takes?

• BEng or equivalent in Engineering, supply chain management or related technical field.
• At least 5–10 years of experience in logistics, warehousing, transportation, or supply chain analytics, with a proven track record of managing and reducing costs.
• Min. 5 years relevant experience within a costing environment including an understanding of finance and supply chain in the creation of a Should Cost.
• Deep understanding of warehouse automation and system design, including Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), Pallet Shuttles, AutoStore, Automated Truck Loading System, Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR), 6 River Systems and automated packing solutions.
• Experience in working with benchmark data and creating ground-up calculations to optimise logistics costs, including freight, shipping, and floorspace rates to reduce OPEX and CAPEX.
• Strong analytical skills, good technique in and understanding of Cost Estimating principles to guide the team to successful data generation and supplier negotiation.
• Process improvement experience to spot opportunities applying Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement principles to logistics and warehouse processes.
• A willingness to work and live in London, UK.
• A willingness to travel to suppliers globally at least two months.
• CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional), is preferred, backed up with over 5 years experience in costing.
• ASRS design experience.
• Solid experience or parametric cost tools with good knowledge in data analytics and statistics with application of relevant tools (Excel, Access, SQL, cloud, Power BI etc).
• Proficient English skills.

What’s in it for you?

• 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 – Since day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – When goals are reached and you are eligible, you will be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Workplace – You will be assigned a primary workplace location, with our hybrid work policy allowing an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

The LEGO Group 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 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.