Job Description
Join the Global LEGO team as a Sustainability Manager to spearhead innovative carbon, water, and waste strategies at our new manufacturing site, collaborating globally to achieve Zero Impact Operations and drive meaningful environmental change.
Core Responsibilities
• Lead the full lifecycle of sustainability initiatives at the site, including baseline setting, roadmap development, investment case, delivery, and performance reporting.
• Translate global Zero Impact Operations strategy into a site-specific plan with clear owners and milestones.
• Collaborate with site engineering, facilities, and production teams to build and maintain resource-efficiency roadmaps.
• Prioritize and manage the project pipeline using tools like the Water Resilience Matrix and Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC) for carbon.
• Engage with the Site Leadership Team to provide updates, options, and recommendations for decision-making.
• Coordinate Kaizen and continuous improvement events to achieve sustainability outcomes.
• Build sustainability ownership and literacy across site teams through engagement and behavior-change activities.
Play your part in our team succeeding
Sustainable Operations is a global department leading the change journey towards Zero Impact Operation in our factories. We lead and develop sustainability strategies and roadmaps for carbon, water, and waste at factory level and play an important part in the LEGO Group's sustainability ambitions and commitments.
The Sustainability Manager delivers the site's sustainability agenda, translating global sustainability strategy and long-term goals into site-specific roadmaps and driving execution in close partnership with the site's engineering and operations teams. The role is the operational delivery layer at site level carrying the technical credibility to work alongside engineers and the engagement skills to keep sustainability visible at the Site Leadership Team table.
Do you have what it takes?
Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or operations environment, with a focus on sustainability. Bachelor's degree (BSc/BEng) in Engineering (chemical, mechanical, environmental, energy, or process) or a closely related technical or environmental science discipline is highly desirable to engage with engineering functions for business alignment.
Must have:
• Proven end-to-end delivery of carbon, energy, water, or waste projects at plant or site level, owning the outcomes.
• Stakeholder management skills, experience with senior leadership, decision meetings, and shop-floor engagement.
• Cross-functional collaboration experience, leading projects and workstreams without direct authority.
Nice to have
• Advanced expertise in carbon/GHG accounting and ISO 50001 systems, with skills in roadmap and abatement-curve development.
• Knowledge of water resource conservation and waste-flow analysis, including resilience and risk assessment, supported by valued certifications like LEED or BREEAM.
• Proficiency in project and portfolio management, budgeting, and financial literacy, enhanced by a Master's in Sustainability or related fields.
• Strong data analysis capabilities, including KPI design and performance/ESG reporting, with familiarity in continuous improvement methods like Lean and Kaizen.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, turning complex data into compelling cases for action, supported by project management certifications like PMP/PRINCE2
• Commercial and financial awareness, contributing to capital and Opex budgets and supporting investment cases.
Additional
• Best of Both work arrangement - 3 days onsite and 2 days remote
• No relocation will be available
• Some minimal travel (including internationally) will be required
Compensation
The salary for this position has a range of $104,327.00 - $156,491.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalisation of the employment offer.
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 are some of what to expect:
FamilyCare 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 you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based
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
Your 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.
