Senior Manager, Mold Maintenance

Job Description

Are you ready to lead a team that ensures the creation of iconic LEGO bricks through expert mold maintenance?

Step into a pivotal role at LEGO, leading all aspects of mold maintenance to ensure the reliability of our most valuable assets, while leading a dynamic team in a globally aligned, high-impact manufacturing environment.

• Operational Oversight: Lead the Mold Maintenance Department, focusing on repair and cleaning.

• Team Leadership: Build and lead a team encouraging a collaborative culture.

• Maintenance Practices: Implement preventive, corrective, and proactive maintenance aligned with global standards.

• KPI Tracking: Monitor and optimize key performance indicators for mold reliability and performance.

• Global Coordination: Ensure alignment with global processes and standards for consistent operations.

• Proven Experience: Apply injection molding and tooling expertise to improve department efficiency.

• Travel Requirements: Engage in international travel to support strategic alignment and collaboration.

Join the Mold Maintenance Department at LEGO, where you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring the flawless production of our iconic bricks. Your leadership in maintaining and optimizing mold assets supports the broader organization’s dedication to quality, reliability, and innovation in manufacturing, contributing directly to LEGO’s global success.

You will own mold performance standards, drive continuous improvement in tooling reliability and ensure molds are maintained to meet safety, quality, and operational requirements. The role develops and supports a skilled technical team, aligns maintenance activities with production schedules, and partners closely with engineering and operations to support mold launches and long-term asset protection.

• Experience in mold maintenance, tooling, or injection molding operations.

• Strong understanding of injection mold construction, maintenance planning, and tooling reliability.

• Leadership experience in a manufacturing environment with experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams.

• Dedication to safety, quality, and efficient operations.

• Advanced education or equivalent experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field is preferred, but practical knowledge in mold upkeep and tooling is highly valued.

• Experience in high-volume injection molding environments.

• Familiarity with global or multi-site manufacturing organizations.

• Certification or training in Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies.

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

• Relocation will be provided.

• Ability to work onsite with international travel as required.

Compensation

The salary for this position has a range of $ - $ 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:

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 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…