Associate Category Manager

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Dedicated Strategic Sourcing Professional – Associate Category Manager Do you have a strong passion for sourcing, a strategic mind-set and the ability to show commercial edge? Do you thrive in building effective supplier and stakeholder relationships and have a drive to act as a sourcing and manufacturing partner? Do you want to use your skills to help us deliver the products needed by millions of people living with chronic diseases? Then apply now, as you might be the Associate Category Manager, we are looking for to you join our Strategic Sourcing Department and to contribute to our ongoing efforts to secure the ability of the Product Supply division of Novo Nordisk! The position As an Associate Category Manager, you will work closely with the Senior Category Manager and together be in charge of securing an efficient and robust category management, both short and long term for the Production consumables and services. You will be based in Denmark and work closely with our local and global Production sites in Brazil, China, Denmark, France, and USA, and may expect to be involved in:
  • Engaging with our global sourcing organization, suppliers and stakeholders to secure supply robustness.
  • Collaborating with several development functions across Product Supply that work with developing specifications for both existing and new material, services and external requirements.
  • Ensuring that category fundamentals, such as contracting, and supplier collaboration structures and risk assessments are all managed timely and according to internal procedures
  • Work closely with projects that are looking into new processes, technologies, and new ways of sourcing to be ahead of the curve.
  • Jointly responsible for supplier relations, budget, risk mitigation and price/contract negotiations to secure the best commercial terms.
  • Exploring and creating category transparency across the organization by connecting projects and ideas within different fields, including sustainability, data management, procure to pay, source to contract, etc.
  • You will be working with suppliers and internal stakeholders internationally and hence you should expect some travel activities. This position holds ample opportunities for personal and professional development. Qualifications To be considered for this position, we expect you to:
  • hold a master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field e.g., supply chain, procurement, business, or engineering.
  • have minimum 2-3 years of relevant experience from working with e.g. procurement project management, sourcing, category management, supply chain or business development within procurement in an international organization or a consulting company.
  • be fluent in English, both written and spoken.
  • you have a strategic mind-set and an ability to quickly understand different business models and industry dynamics. You can put strategy into action by breaking the bigger picture down into specific supply chain related decisions.
  • you are a skilled professional with strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of numbers.
  • additionally, you enjoy working in a multicultural and high-pace environment and bring a ‘can-do attitude’, and a healthy sense of humor to your work also when under pressure.
  • About the department
    Strategic Sourcing is the central sourcing unit in Novo Nordisk’s Product Supply division. We are responsible for ensuring that we have suppliers in place that can support Novo Nordisk’s worldwide pharmaceutical production. Through collaboration with our international suppliers, we ensure availability of the supply needed to develop and produce products that helps millions of people around the world to live with chronic. You will be part of a diverse department that ensures global supply of Distribution, Energy and Production consumables and services such as Gowning, Waste Management, Sterilizations services and other critical production materials and services. Joining our team, you will be surrounded by several experienced international Category Managers, allowing you to continue your development within the sourcing domain. Working at Novo Nordisk We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energies us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease. Contact If you have questions regarding the job, you are welcome to call Bettina Lohse (Senior Category Manager) at +4530794654. Deadline 12th February 2023. Please note that applications will be reviewed, and interviews will be scheduled on an ongoing basis. You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV. We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.


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