Operations Readiness Director

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Job Description Are you ready to lead a groundbreaking factory start-up,

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Are you ready to lead a groundbreaking factory start-up, driving innovation by integrating automated systems and sophisticated digital technologies at LEGO's newest site?

Lead the charge in revolutionizing manufacturing within LEGO's Greenfield LVA factory, where you'll drive groundbreaking automation, champion global standards, and ensure flawless operations from Day 1.

Responsibilities

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Proven experience leading large-scale industrial or automation start-ups, ideally greenfield or new factory environments.
Significant expertise in start-up of production lines, technology ramp-up, and operational readiness.
Strong end-to-end operations and value chain understanding across manufacturing, quality, engineering, and supply chain.
Experience embedding readiness frameworks such as CQV, DQP, FMEA, PDCA, and associated risk/quality tools.
Demonstrated ability to lead through complexity, ambiguity, and fast-paced change.
Exceptional leadership presence with experience working and influencing global and local partners
Strong capability-building leadership: competency models, training plans, uplifting capability, and readiness validation.
Advanced education in engineering, manufacturing, operations, or similar, or equivalent experience, is highly desired

Nice to Have

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Experience supporting multi-site or multi-technology ramp-ups.
Familiarity with Lean, DfM, continuous improvement, or structured problem-solving frameworks.
Understanding of digital manufacturing (MES, SCADA, data analytics, traceability, automation platforms).
A global mentality with a passion for building diverse, high-performing teams.
Energy, resilience, and growth-mindset orientation — adopting challenge as opportunity.
A team-oriented, fun, and humble approach that reflects LEGO values: shared success, curiosity, creativity, and positivity.

Long-term, the selected candidate must be willing to relocate to other sites, globally, to support future LEGO growth
Relocation will be provided
Some international travel will be required

What We Offer

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The salary for this position has a range of $158,376.00 - $237,564.00 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.

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