Procurement Specialist

Are you passionate about procurement and strategic sourcing? Do you want to enhance procurement operations and drive value in a dynamic global environment? Novo Nordisk is looking for a Procurement Specialist to join our team in Singapore. If you're ready to make an impact, read more and apply today for a career that changes lives.

About the department
The Finance & Operations (F&O) team plays a critical role in supporting the growth and efficiency of Novo Nordisk across the region. Procurement is a key function within this team, ensuring high-quality acquisition of goods and services at the best possible terms while maintaining compliance and sustainability.

This role reports to the Finance & Operations Partner, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to optimize procurement operations and drive value across the organization.

The position
As a Procurement Specialist, you will lead indirect sourcing activities for the Singapore affiliate, supporting the APAC regional office in executing sourcing activities, category strategies, and supplier relationship management. You will collaborate with stakeholders across APAC and Corporate Procurement to drive efficiency, cost savings, and compliance in procurement processes.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead strategic sourcing and supplier management by executing sourcing activities, negotiating contracts, and maintaining procurement SOPs to maximize value for the Singapore affiliate and APAC regional office. 
• Drive procurement initiatives and compliance by aligning sourcing activities with APAC Procurement Group and Corporate Procurement, ensuring adherence to policies, and enhancing the Source-to-Pay (Coupa) system utilization. 
• Support procurement projects by managing category strategy initiatives, setting savings targets, and contributing to sustainability goals such as CO2 emissions tracking. 
• Engage stakeholders across all levels, including admin, managers, directors, and VPs, providing procurement expertise, conducting training, and ensuring transparent communication of procurement strategies. 
• Optimize procurement processes by continuously improving sourcing efficiency, supplier performance evaluations, and risk management strategies while ensuring responsible and ethical sourcing practices.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should have:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Procurement, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of procurement experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, with expertise in sourcing, negotiations, and category management.
• Strong analytical and project management skills, with a data-driven approach (Total Cost of Ownership) and experience in procurement systems like Coupa.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders at various levels and manage multiple projects independently.
• A proactive, solution-oriented mindset, with the ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives, ensure compliance, and contribute to regional/global procurement strategies.

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
27 March 2025

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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