Associate Category Lead - Corporate Procurement

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Corporate Procurement

Bagsværd, Denmark

This is a unique opportunity to shape Novo Nordisk’s IT Consulting Services category direction at the intersection of business needs, stakeholder experience, and value creation. As Associate Category Lead, you will help set the strategic direction for a category that supports a truly global organisation – and deliver tangible impact as Corporate Procurement accelerates a strategic cost optimisation programme sponsored by our CFO.

You will be a key player in our value delivery journey: translating insights into crisp category choices, mobilising stakeholders, and building supplier partnerships that raise performance and unlock new opportunities. If you are energised by pace, complexity, and making things happen, this role gives you the platform to do it.

Your new role

You will join a team of 5 procurement professionals in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, as Associate Category Lead and report to the Associate Director of External Workforce Services. In IT Consulting Services you will work in a team, which set direction, build alignment, and drive execution together with stakeholders and GBS colleagues – fostering collaboration and an enterprise mindset grounded in well-defined category strategies.

Some of your responsibilities will be to:

• Assist on development and continuous maturing of the IT Consulting Services category strategy, ensuring it is aligned to business priorities and translated into clear opportunities, roadmaps and actions.
• Assist on driving implementation and execution of the category strategy in close collaboration with local stakeholders, sourcing managers, and GBS colleagues – ensuring speed, adoption, and measurable results.
• Build/develop KPIs to track category and supplier performance, drive SRM with key partners to improve service levels, resilience, innovation and cost efficiency.
• Act as a valuable procurement business partner for key stakeholders at senior levels, shaping decisions through insights and clear commercial recommendations.
• Drive complex sourcing projects to maximize value and impact to Line of Business.

About the Department

Corporate Procurement manages Novo Nordisk's global indirect spend of approximately 130 billion DKK. We define and drive the global procurement strategy with around 150 employees in Denmark and over 500 globally, acting as a strategic partner in executing the company’s strategy and enabling value at scale.

We work with a global mindset and a strong focus on business partnering and career development. We invest in our people and foster a high-performance culture built on trust, empowerment, and enjoyment. In our non-hierarchical set-up, great collaboration is what enables impact – for you and for Novo Nordisk.

Your skills & qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, IT or a related field.

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience within Category Management and/or Strategic Procurement.
• Proven ability in developing impactful category and procurement strategies.
• Strong analytical acumen and financial understanding of procurement decisions.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to align procurement activities with strategic goals.
• Significant track record of building long-term partnerships and influencing decision-making with senior stakeholders in a global set-up.

You are ambitious and impact-driven, with curiosity to spot opportunities and possess structure to turn them into results. You build trust quickly, navigate complexity with confidence, and enjoy working at pace with many stakeholders. You communicate with impact – adapting your style through influencing – and you negotiate effectively. Finally, you are confident working with data to generate insights, steer performance, and support decision-making, and you are fluent in both written and spoken English.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

At Novo Nordisk, you’ll join a global healthcare company with a unique culture and strong results. We offer continuous learning, career development, and benefits tailored to your life and career stage.

Salary:  For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 651,000.00 to 956,900.00 DKK, corresponding to the level of the position.

The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level,  location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.

Contact

For further information, please contact Morten Olesen, Ass. Director, External Workforce Services at MXUO@novonordisk.com.

Deadline

12 May 2026.

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're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.