Procurement Professional

Are you passionate about procurement processes? Do you have a knack for strategic negotiation and supplier management? If so, we invite you to join our Business Support Department at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

Novo Nordisk has been globally recognized as the Best Place to Work, topping the ranks for two consecutive years in 2022 and 2023. It is an exciting time to join Novo Nordisk and be part of a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, helping us achieve our aspirations to establish a global presence in the industry.

About the department

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with 100 years of innovation in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 63,000 people in 80 countries, and markets its products in more than 170 countries.

The Business Support Department at Koriyama Factory (KFA) is responsible for obtaining goods and services for various business processes within the organisation. Our activities include supplier selection, pricing/terms negotiation, order processing, contract administration, and supplier performance management. We ensure high levels of compliance with all internal and external regulations/requirements in all activities for facility expansion.

The Position

As a Procurement Professional, you will play a crucial role in managing vendor registrations, contract agreements and purchase orders. Your main tasks will include:

• Process new vendor registration applications in the system, and handle contract agreement paperwork, both paper-based and in the system.

• Manage purchase orders and invoices in collaboration with project engineers and follow up on payments.

• Support cash flow in collaboration with the cost controller.

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert during audits or inspections.

• Strive ‘Circular for Zero’ strategy for procurement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.

• More than 2 years of experience as a procurement professional.

• Strong communication and social skills.

• Analytical, logical, and accountable.

• Intermediate level of English proficiency (TOEIC ≥ 500 at minimum).

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline
Until the completion of recruitment.
Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

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.

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