Senior Manager

Are you an inspiring people leader, passionate about empowering your team to excel in a dynamic environment? Do you want to make a meaningful impact, shaping and driving the growth and transformation of a unique acquisition area?  

If you are excited about M&A and integrating acquired Brown Fields and NN products into a dynamic an expanding External Supply organization - join us in the Alliance, Acquisitions & Product Portfolio Management CoE within External Supply (ES)! Apply now!

The position
As Senior Manager, you will lead a high-performing team, fostering a strong department culture and ensuring alignment with the ES vision. You will collaborate with stakeholders across ES and Product Supply, Quality, & IT (PSQIT) to set the direction and drive future growth.

You will be responsible for all Brownfield Acquisitions requiring ES involvement, ensuring seamless integration of externally acquired sites into relevant ES areas while standardizing processes.

These projects will be led by a team of Project Managers working closely with internal stakeholders, the acquired company, and Suppliers/CMOs within the acquired Brownfield’s supply chain.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Setting a strategic direction for the team by clearly communicating vision, goals, and performance expectations, while fostering a supportive team culture
• Ensuring seamless integration of CMOs & Suppliers into the Supply Chain, standardising processes and driving continuous improvement
• Securing timely integration for smooth transitions and highest possible value creation from Brownfield Acquisitions, aligning with the overall strategy
• Establishing processes for ES to effectively manage brownfield acquisitions, supporting strategic ambitions and driving efficiencies
• Driving and continuously developing the CoE regarding Brownfield Acquisitions, leveraging the synergies across areas and functions
• Maintaining compliance with relevant SOPs and Quality Management Systems

Your role also involves ensuring excellent collaboration with various areas, including Chemistry, Manufacturing & Control, Business Development, PSQIT integration, Supply Chain and Manufacturing Development, and Business Support areas to enable running of cross-functional activities, allow pulling in resources on collaboration projects as well as individual development opportunities.

Given the role's complexity and the locations of the acquisitions, your role would require working across different time zones. Additionally, some travel is required to visit the various projects.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, we believe you:

• Hold a master’s degree in business, supply chain management, project management, or a related field
• Demonstrate experience in people management, ideally within cross-functional, tactical, and strategic international environments
• Bring strong experience in project or program management, preferably within production projects in regulated organisations
• Possess solid communication and stakeholder management skills, along with a high-quality mindset
• Display full proficiency in both spoken and written English

It would be considered as a strong advantage if you have M&A experience. 

On a personal level, you are an inspiring leader and a positive role model for your team and stakeholders. You have a solid business understanding and an analytical mindset, identifying the high-level purpose of functions and activities, setting goals, and making decisions at all levels of the organization through clear recommendations based on solid analyses. You are a natural manager and team-player who trusts and lifts your people, providing guidance and motivation to keep everyone engaged. 

About the Department
Alliance, Acquisition & Product Portfolio Management is a CoE that covers both Global Strategic Outsourcing & Devices and Strategic Sourcing Inbound Materials & Services units. We are responsible for securing that we have suppliers in place that can support Novo Nordisk’s worldwide pharmaceutical production. Through collaboration with our international stakeholders and supplier networks, we ensure the availability of the supply needed to develop and produce products that help millions of people around the world live with chronic diseases.

You will join the Acquisitions department and be surrounded by several experienced Category Managers, Negotiators, Sourcing professionals, and experienced leaders, allowing you to continue your development. We invest significant resources in developing our employees through coaching, frequent feedback, formal training, and challenging responsibilities. You will join a diverse group of people who are self-driven, open-minded, and have a strong drive to show that despite us being good at what we do, we can be even better.

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 further details about the role, please reach out to VP Kristine Sperrild Christensen at +45-34488909.

Deadline
2 March 2025.

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 to 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.