Procurement Project Lead

Procurement Project Lead

Would you like to play a key role in supporting our R&D development activities with on-point procurement perspectives? Are you interested in project management and able to navigate the field between technical conversations and procurement practices? And do you want to be part of a global hearing healthcare organization and increase the quality of life of people with a hearing disability? If your answer is "yes", our new Procurement Project Lead is the job opportunity you have been looking for.

Join a global hearing healthcare organization

You will join a main supplier of premium diagnostic audiological equipment used every day in hearing clinics and hospitals around the world. We are looking for a procurement professional who will oversee the procurement part of product development projects from cradle to grave. The position is located at our modern Interacoustics HQ in Middelfart.

A versatile role within strategic procurement with a global outreach

As a Procurement Project Lead, you will represent Procurement in cross-functional product development projects and coordinate dedicated procurement initiatives such as business transfers, cost-down activities, and compliance projects.

Working closely together with our R&D department and category managers, your main tasks will be to:

• Act as the Procurement representative in cross-functional product development projects.
• Work closely with R&D and align with the broader Supply Chain organization.
• Coordinate with Category Management teams in Poland and Denmark.
• Conduct cost and spend analysis.
• Coordinate procurement-related ad hoc projects.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and development of global procurement processes and tools.

The position offers the opportunity to take long-term ownership of key procurement activities and contribute to the development of state-of-the-art medical equipment across DGS Diagnostics’ brands and businesses. This has a positive impact on millions of people’s lives worldwide.

A few days of traveling activity per year is to be expected, e.g. to the product sites in Poland or Italy.

Get to know your new team

Our Procurement Project Lead will be reporting to the Strategic Procurement Manager and joining the Global Diagnostics Procurement team consisting of 3 professional and visionary team-members whose seamless collaboration, and fun, informal atmosphere is only matched by the motivation and commitment to making strategic procurement improvements.

Your Background

You have solid business acumen, a strategic mindset, and work well with stakeholders at all levels and from various business areas. You have a commercial/engineering degree e.g., within supply chain, procurement, or similar combined with 1-2 years of experience as a sourcing professional from a technical environment. Furthermore, experience with project coordination and cross-functional collaboration is a plus, but the willingness to learn is more important.

We imagine that you:

• Can engage in technical discussions or have a keen interest in technology and willingness to learn about technical specifications and requirements.
• Possess effective communication and coordination skills.
• Are a team player and work well with stakeholders at all levels and from various business areas.
• Deploy a proactive, analytical, and result oriented approach.
• Can adjust plans, deadlines, and strategies as needed to accommodate changes and unexpected challenges.
• Ability to communicate based on facts.
• You utilize your strategic mindset and solid business acumen when collaborating across the business.
• You take the initiative to advance your projects effectively.
• Fluency in English is required, as this is our corporate language.

There is room to shape the role to some extent based on your profile.

Ready to join the team?

Then send your application and CV as soon as possible as we review applications on a rolling basis. The application deadline is Friday 13th of June 2025. Applications can be submitted in Danish or English.

• The first round of interviews is being conducted in week 25.
• The second round of interviews is being conducted in week 26.

If you would like to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Anette Hegelund by phone +45 51143511.

Anette Hegelund about the position:

"We cannot wait to welcome our new colleague, who has an engaging personality, an appreciation for adventure, a keen business mind, and someone who enjoys a team-culture where close collaboration and humor puts a smile on our faces every day”.

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from alle qualified candidates regardless of ethnic background, personality, age, gender, and education. Diversity is part of our cultural DNA. Women in STEM areas are particularly encouraged to apply, as Demant supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality.