Senior Sourcing Professional

Do you consider yourself a strategic implementer with a passion for resolving complex challenges in a dynamic environment through strong partnerships internally and externally?

Join us and play a pivotal role in enabling the inbound supply organization to succeed with product launches, and new solutions for existing products, as well as being a wizard of SAP user functionalities. If you excel in independent decision-making, project management, sourcing and want to bring your experience to an international level in a GMP environment, this is an exceptional opportunity to make an indirect impact on 600 million lives of patients around the world. Apply today and embark with us on our growth journey!

The position

As we are ramping up, creating a solid Supply Chain department with international and local suppliers, as well as CMOs, you will have significant influence on our sourcing agenda and strategic development. You will work closely with various stakeholders to ensure successful strategy implementation. Although no people leadership is involved, your proactive approach and strategic drive will propel our organization forward.

You can look forward to:

• Driving implementation of new suppliers, raw materials, and packaging materials.
• Acting as a key liaison between the organization and sourcing, optimizing Supply Chain processes, and resolving supplier-related terms and obstacles.
• Ensuring adherence to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards and regulatory requirements as well as documenting qualification and validation of suppliers and products.
• Providing SAP super user guidance and support to colleagues regarding system interfaces and process optimization.
• Highlighting challenges and pitfalls and navigating the organization to overcome beforehand.

You will work broadly and closely with a variety of stakeholders such as Manufacturing Development, Warehousing, Production, Process Support, QC and QA to ensure the successful implementation of our strategies while fostering a collaborative and productive environment. 

The job is located in the northern part of Køge, just 20 min. drive south of Greater Copenhagen area with the flexibility to work from home 1-2 days per week, on average. You will be expected to travel less than 1 week per year.

Qualifications
We imagine that a successful candidate will have:

• An academic degree in a relevant field (e.g. Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Life Sciences). Candidates with no academic degree but long experience will also be considered.
• Prior experience in either supply chain management, vendor management, supply and demand management, and/or inventory optimization.
• Familiarity working in a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) environment, including experience documenting GMP qualification of suppliers and/or products, handling change management, and deviations.
• Fluency in English.

As a person, you are capable of managing uncertainty and changing demands by identifying and challenging stakeholders, hence organizing, and creating clarity through project management and meeting/workshop facilitation. You can act and think tactically and strategically as well as excel in communication and collaboration skills to effectively engage with internal stakeholders and suppliers. You are able to deliver good results timely and handle complex decision-making processes with unclear responsibility and uncertain risks. Last but not least, you are proactive, innovative and a good team player.

Working at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech

Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S has 400+ employees and is 100% owned by Novo Nordisk A/S. We improve biopharmaceutical manufacturing – and make biopharmaceuticals cheaper to produce, thereby enabling better access to medicine for patients. Biopharmaceuticals are medicines based on biological molecules, such as insulin, growth hormone and blood coagulation factors, that are purchased by Novo Nordisk and many other global pharmaceutical companies.

Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S is a fast-growing company, which is generating many exciting projects and excellent development opportunities. Even though we keep growing at a fast speed, we nurture the ‘family’ culture for instance by greeting each other and respecting each other’s unique competences and contributions, to foster a welcoming, inclusive and enabling work environment.

About the Department

You will become part of a team of 14 Inbound Supply colleagues, who are responsible for vendor management of all raw materials (chemicals and packaging) and process aids for production and CMOs. The team is likewise responsible for supply and qualification of new materials and/or suppliers in relation to product launches. The Inbound Supply team is part of the Supply Chain and Procurement department covering Warehousing, Indirect Procurement and Production Planning. 

Contact

For further information please contact Manager of Inbound Supply, Helle Breinholt at +45-31995983.

Deadline

7 May 2024.

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. 

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.