Senior Category Manager

6 days ago

Taastrup, Høje-Taastrup Kommune, Denmark Novo Nordisk AS Full time

Do you have a strong passion for sourcing and the ability to transform strategic thinking into specific decisions? Are you looking to use your expertise in procurement, your natural curiosity of learning new solutions, and your drive to make a difference? Then you might be the new Category Manager for primary packaging materials we are looking for. Apply today if you want to contribute to our ongoing efforts to secure the ability of the Product Supply division of Novo Nordisk to deliver the products needed by millions of people living with serious chronic diseases.

The Position
As Senior Category Manager for primary packaging materials (glass, rubber, caps), you will be responsible for developing category strategies, driving sourcing activities, and driving the contracting process. You will collaborate with our global external partners and together with the Novo Nordisk teams worldwide secure that we deliver on all ambitions related to packaging materials.

The job entails that you:

  • Actively interact with relevant parts of the organisation (our customers), understand the business needs and translate our customer's strategy and ambitions into solutions taking a wide range of sourcing criteria into account, (sustainability, costs, timelines, technology, robustness, risks, responsible sourcing, for example).
  • Develop category strategies, identify trends and dynamics and ensure that relevant sourcing opportunities and risks are identified and acted upon.
  • Ensure that category fundamentals, such as contracting, and supplier collaboration structures and risk assessments are all managed timely and according to internal procedures.
  • Thrive with stakeholder management and understand the complexity of working in a large and global organisation.

You will be working with suppliers and networks both in and outside Europe, hence you should expect 10 to 20 days of travel activities per year. This position holds ample opportunities for personal and professional development and will quickly establish you as the go-to person within your area.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, we imagine you:

  • Hold a master's degree or equivalent in supply chain, business, engineering or any other relevant field coupled with a minimum of 4 years of experience in the procurement or sourcing area.
  • Possess a solid sourcing toolbox, a strong commercial drive and the ability to drive projects forward leveraging from a broad range of input, e.g. commercial, technical, legal, supply-chain, etc.
  • Have experience within packaging materials obtained either from working in a position related to this area or already in procurement/strategic sourcing.
  • Experience within pharmaceutical or medical devices industry is preferred but not necessary.
  • Preferably are familiar with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
  • Have fluency in English, both spoken and written.

As a person, you have a strategic mind-set and an ability to quickly understand different business models, the supply chain and the industry. Preferably, you have a keen interest and understanding of packaging materials. You can put strategy into action by breaking the bigger picture down into sourcing related decisions. Additionally, you are a skilled project manager, with strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of numbers. Lastly, you enjoy working in a multicultural and high-pace environment and bring a 'can-do attitude', and a healthy sense of humour to your work even when under pressure.

About the department
Strategic Sourcing Inbound Materials & Services is the central sourcing unit in Novo Nordisk's Product Supply division. 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 supplier networks, we ensure availability of the supply needed to develop and produce products that help millions of people around the world to live with chronic diseases.

Joining our team, you will be surrounded by several experienced category managers, allowing you to continue your development within the sourcing domain. In Strategic Sourcing Inbound Materials & Services, we invest significant resources in developing our employees through coaching, frequent feedback, formal training and by giving 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
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 energise 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

If you have questions regarding the position, you are welcome to call Simon Lund, Director, Packaging Materials, at +45-30798906.

Deadline
14 April 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 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.

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