Team Leader - People Manager of IES Procurement Center of Excellence (CoE)

Are you passionate about guiding and coaching individuals to unfold their full potential and individual development? Do you thrive in owning processes with the mindset of continuous improvements to drive efficiency and compliance? If so, you may be our new people manager for IES CoE Team.
 
 
The position
You will be the people manager for the Investment | Engineering & Sourcing (IES) Center of Excellence (CoE) team which consists of 4 dedicated employees with various backgrounds and competence levels as well as dotted line reporting to our support team in Global Business Support (GBS) in India that consists of 8 employees and our corporate legal colleagues (2 employees). 

The team is newly established and is a key enabler for our overall function in securing continued growth in an efficient matter. The key responsibility for the team is to develop, improve and maintain best practices and processes for our core IES processes. The use of relevant data insights and digitalization tools is considered being an integrated part of this scope. The key processes include procurement management, strategic supplier management and contract management. By having a clear anchor for our processes and best practices, we enable our overall function in effectively driving our procurement activities within capex project which have been and continue to grow significantly. 

As part of this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Lead and develop the team to ensure optimal employee development, planning, and resource utilization
• Supervise and develop the team to ensure an engaging and motivating atmosphere, promoting team spirit and collaboration.
• Clarify direction and strategy for the team. As part of this, a key shorter term focus will be to co-create with the team the purpose, frame and buy-in from the entire function (e.g. our direct customers).
• Drive day-to-day activities and follow up on actions

 
Qualifications 
Our ideal candidate possesses: 

• A master’s degree in supply chain, business, finance, economics, or related fields
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in driving complex processes, process improvements, offshoring activities or other related fields
• You have shown creating followship in an informal leader role and aspire to transition into a leadership role. If you have previous leadership experience, you are also very welcome to apply. 
• Proficiency in building relationships with internal and external stakeholders across all organizational levels
• Full proficiency in English

As a person, you should embody inclusivity, open-mindedness, and a positive can-do attitude. you are ambitious, innovative, and result oriented. You must be highly adaptable to change and thrive in a dynamic environment. You have a flair for collaborating with a broad range of stakeholders and thrive within a complex, global environment.  
Studies show that members of underrepresented communities do not apply unless they are 100% “qualified”. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we ask you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think. 

About the department
Investment | Engineering & Sourcing is part of the Product Supply organization. Product Supply is a modern technology organization that proactively drives the purpose of Novo Nordisk and delivers the highest quality of products to patients in a sustainable and efficient way.

In IES, we play a key role in ensuring that there is sufficient capacity to treat our patients worldwide. We are doing so by supporting our global capex projects succeeding in their projects through engineering and sourcing activities. When we talk about capex projects, we are referring to maintenance and expansion of production facilities.
As a function we sit in the sweet spot between our global supplier base and our colleagues in the projects who are considered our customers.

Due to the large growth in the overall company, we have also a significant increase in capex spend and related projects that we are supporting. This situation gives a fantastic opportunity to strengthen the contributions we are delivering even more as well as driving change through the capex projects in line with the company aspirations.

Today, our team consists of around 70 employees with diverse backgrounds, and we prioritize teamwork, collaboration, and a people-focused culture. Regardless of your experience level, you will have the opportunity to learn and grow within our supportive and inclusive environment.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact
For any role related questions, please contact Bianca Jonas via email BFJO@novonordisk.com

Deadline
Please apply no later than 13th March 2024
Please note that applications will be assessed on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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.