Category Manager

2 days ago

Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Novo Nordisk AS Full time

Are you skilled in strategic leadership and supplier relationship management? Do you have a knack for driving category initiatives and aligning them with business objectives? If so, you could be our new Category Manager

Join us at Novo Nordisk and play a pivotal role in shaping our procurement strategies. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

The position

The Category Manager position at Novo Nordisk plays a crucial role in optimizing category strategies at both local and regional levels. This role involves ongoing interaction with various stakeholders to ensure that category initiatives align properly with business objectives. A Category Manager not only facilitates collaboration but also analyses market trends and spending patterns to identify areas for improvement, all aimed at maximizing performance and efficiency within the organization. The Category Manager will be supporting our global laboratories.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate and drive category council, engaging with key stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration.
  • Lead regular meetings and workshops to advance category initiatives and strategic goals.
  • Define and implement category strategies that align with business objectives.
  • Conduct market and spend analysis to inform strategy development and identify opportunities for cost savings and quality improvements.
  • Manage relationships with relevant local and regional suppliers, fostering strong partnerships and enhancing supplier performance.

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
  • 3-5 years of relevant experience within Category Management or Procurement in a global organization.
  • Proven ability to assess supplier performance with KPIs and proactively resolve issues while collaborating on improvements.
  • Experience in developing tailored category strategies and identifying cost-saving opportunities aligned with organizational goals.
  • Advanced research skills to analyse market trends and provide actionable insights to inform procurement strategies.

As a person, you are an effective communicator and a skilled negotiator, adept at building strong relationships with stakeholders. Your ability to present ideas clearly allows you to engage diverse audiences confidently. You excel in project management, ensuring that projects are executed on time and meet objectives. With strong data management and analytics skills, you can extract valuable insights to inform your decisions. Additionally, your fluency in English enhances collaboration with international teams.

About the Department

Corporate Procurement is anchored within Global Solutions area which reports to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Novo Nordisk. In addition, we build strategies and execute improvement projects to optimize the global indirect spend of DKK +50 billion related to, e.g., Facility Management, R&D activities, Marketing services, Travel, Professional Advisory Services, and IT.

We work fact-based and take engaged leadership for the initiatives we are involved in. We are aspiring, curious, and constantly strive for excellence. We promote a global mindset, collaboration, teamwork, innovation, dedication to business partnering, and a relentless focus on creating rewarding careers for our people.

Contact

For further information, please contact Hans-Henrik Stensaker, at

Deadline

Please apply before 21st April.

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.

Please note that only applications in English will be considered.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 72,000 employees around the world.

We recognise the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we're working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Join us Together, we go further. Together, we're life changing.

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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