Are you passionate about procurement and sourcing, with a talent for turning strategic ideas into impactful decisions? Do you want to grow your career while sharing your knowledge with the team and interacting with global stakeholders?

If you have a natural curiosity about finding new solutions and are driven to make a difference, apply today and join our Drug Substance Outsourcing team!

The position
As Senior Category Manager within Drug Substance Outsourcing, you will be co-responsible for defining the strategy and securing supply primarily within the chemically produced Small Molecules category, as well one other in our portfolio.
Your key responsibilities will include:

• Developing category related market insights to identify trends and dynamics, ensuring sourcing opportunities and risks are identified and acted upon
• Owning and developing sourcing strategies that secure supply to Novo Nordisk in the short and long term
• Sourcing and contracting items within your category to enable availability for manufacturing, ensuring they meet defined requirements in terms of quality, timing, and competitive terms
• Providing sourcing advice to support innovation and decision making with a time horizon of up to 10 years
• Collaborating strategically with internal stakeholders and key suppliers

You will be working with global Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMOs), hence you should expect up to 20 days of travel activities per year.

This position holds ample opportunities for personal and professional development and will quickly establish you as the go-to person within your area, giving you exposure to management.

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, we imagine you to:

• Hold a master’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or any other relevant field
• Possess a strong experience within procurement/strategic sourcing from a large international organization
• Have a good understanding of chemical processes
• Demonstrate strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Be fluent in English, both written and spoken

It would be considered as an advantage if you have experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
On a personal level, you are a collaborative team-player who thrives on building relationships and working closely with stakeholders. With an open-minded attitude, you enjoy breaking down complex challenges into smart sourcing decisions while keeping an eye on the bigger picture. You are eager to build strong partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders, navigating diverse perspectives and driving meaningful outcomes. Lastly, you enjoy working in a multicultural and fast-paced environment, embracing new ideas, sharing knowledge, and growing alongside your team while making an impact and shaping the future of procurement.

About the department
You will be joining the Drug Substance Outsourcing department, which is part of Global Strategic Outsourcing & Devices function located in Høje Taastrup, Denmark. We have the global direct spend responsibility of managing a network of outsourced partnerships for Product Supply.

Our Drug Substance Outsourcing department is a dynamic and diverse team of Category Managers with different levels of experience, nationalities and backgrounds. The department has direct impact for Novo Nordisk ability to supply to patients.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear, and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 60,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact
If you have any questions regarding the position, you are welcome to call Juliano Cunico Schwab, Senior Manager of Drug Substance Outsourcing, at +45 34 44 66 53.

Deadline
16 February 2025.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application. 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.