Supply Chain Professional for Procurement

Do you want to secure the deliveries of our lifesaving medical device products? Would you like to cooperate with stakeholders across the organisation and throughout the world? Then apply this challenging and exciting job opportunity as Supply Chain Professional for procurement at our pen needle production site in Hjørring called Needle Manufacturing & Sourcing.

The position

Procurement activities towards suppliers of raw materials for our production lines are the focus of this position. Robust and effective supply of raw materials is crucial for our continued performance and success as a company.

You will focus on timely receipt of raw materials by ordering, monitoring deliveries, and follow-up with suppliers. You will operate in both an operational and tactical environment and collaborate with colleagues across the organisation. As Supply Chain Professional, you will work closely together with many stakeholders in Novo Nordisk including quality assurance, quality control, manufacturing, warehouse, development departments, strategic sourcing, and suppliers.

On top of this, you will handle change requests, update standard operating procedures, and implement improvements, both locally and at our suppliers. Thus, you need to always make sure that we operate in compliance.

You will be part of supply chain projects where we continually improve our supply chain processes or implement new suppliers to our portfolio. You will continuously focus on ensuring a robust and cost-efficient supply chain, and you will have the opportunity to influence our processes and affect the way we work with our stakeholders.

Depending on your profile, you may take up the role as SAP super user and master data responsible within purchasing.

Our suppliers are placed outside of Denmark; thus, you can look forward to international work experience. You should expect up to five travel days per year.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you:

• have an educational background or experience within procurement management, supply chain management or similar. Bachelor’s or master’s degree is an advantage.
• have years of experience within procurement, purchasing, vendor management or similar. Preferably from a company within medical device manufacturing.
• have an eye for data and IT systems, and preferably experience with SAP ECC.
• have a structured way of working with data and can transform it into business information for decision making.
• have knowledge of quality management systems within the medical device industry.
• communicate basic in Danish, both written and spoken.
• communicate fluently in English, both written and spoken.

On a personal level, you are known for your drive, positive mindset, and collaboration skills. We offer a very exciting job among highly competent colleagues in a positive working environment. This includes interactions with many people in Denmark and abroad.

About the department

The Supply Chain Management team is responsible for the suppliers of raw materials for our pen needle production site and our contract manufacture of pen needles. This being purchasing, subcontracting, tactical and strategic planning, and the responsibility of supplying products to patients in due time. We are 13 dedicated and skilled colleagues in the team that collaborate to make the most efficient and robust supply chain that delivers high-quality products to our customers around the world.

The team is part of Needle Manufacturing & Sourcing which is overall responsible for the global end-to-end supply chain of Novo Nordisk's pen needles including both internal and external production, quality assurance, and manufacturing development. We are organised in six departments and with approximately 400 employees dedicated to ensuring the pen needle supply to Novo Nordisk. We are driven by a quality mindset and pride ourselves on being a workplace where our can-do spirit and high ambitions come together to create great results for the benefit of our patients.

Working at Novo Nordisk

To work for Novo Nordisk, you will need the skills, dedication, and ambition to change lives for the better for millions of patients living with diabetes and other chronic diseases. In exchange, we offer the chance to be part of a truly global workplace, where passion and engagement are met with opportunities for professional and personal development.

Contact

For further information, please contact Associate Manager, Niels-Kristian Østergaard, at +45 3079 5801.

Deadline

January 16th, 2023. Job applications will be evaluated continuously.

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 recognise 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.

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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