Join Xellia Pharmaceuticals and play a crucial role in advancing healthcare by fighting serious infections. At Xellia, every position directly contributes to improving and saving patient lives.
We’re transforming how procurement drives our business — and we’re looking for a leader who thrives on both strategy and execution. As our new Senior Manager, Direct Procurement, you’ll combine hands-on category management with team and stakeholder leadership, ensuring our supply of raw materials and direct services is secure, cost-effective, and future-ready.
If you’re energized by complexity, motivated by impact, and ready to be both a doer and a leader, this is your chance to make a difference.
As Senior Manager, you will take ownership of categories such as raw materials, solvents, reagents, gases, resins, manufacturing services, and lab testing. You’ll drive category strategies, manage critical supplier relationships, and ensure smooth operations across our supply chain — while also guiding and developing a team of procurement professionals. You will report to the Chief Procurement Officer.
Xellia is undergoing a company-wide transformation, and Direct Procurement is central to that journey. I’m looking for someone who thrives in change, combines leadership with hands-on drive, and wants to make a real impact.
At Xellia Pharmaceuticals, we are not just committed to combating infections; we are also dedicated to transforming our operations to meet the future needs of healthcare. We are on a journey to strengthen our procurement function — and we’re looking for proactive, collaborative professionals who are eager to drive that change.
You’ll join our Global Procurement organization during a period of exciting transformation. Based in Copenhagen, you will work closely with colleagues in both Copenhagn and Budapest and with stakeholders across other global sites. Expect some travel to meet stakeholders, suppliers, and your team.
This role combines strategic leadership with operational impact. Half of your time will be spent leading your team and influencing senior stakeholders, while the other half will be dedicated to category management and supplier negotiations.
Your responsibilities:
Every material you source and every partnership you strengthen has a direct impact on Xellia and our purpose to save patients’ lives. That’s what makes this role so meaningful.
You combine strong procurement expertise with the ability to lead and collaborate across borders and further we expect:
In short, this role is about securing supply today while shaping procurement for tomorrow. As manager for Direct Procurement, you’ll combine hands-on category management with leadership of people and stakeholders — making a real impact on both our supply chain and Xellia’s transformation journey. If you see yourself in this, we’d very much like to hear from you.
Please apply with your CV no later than October 5. We will be reviewing applications and interviewing candidates on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Chief Procurement Officer, Guillermo Gimeno, at guillermo.gimeno@xellia.com
Xellia Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharmaceutical company and a global leader in providing anti-infective treatments and other critical care therapies for serious and often life-threatening conditions. Xellia has an extensive history in developing, manufacturing, and commercializing anti-infective products, including Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) as well as Finished Dosage Forms, where the majority are injectable drug products.
Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Xellia has a global footprint with R&D, manufacturing and commercial operations across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. Xellia Pharmaceuticals is wholly owned by Novo Holdings A/S and employs a dedicated team of more than 1,200 people.
Further information about Xellia can be found at: www.xellia.com
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It means a great deal to me that what we produce can fight infections and potentially save lives. It creates a very special energy and atmosphere.
Louise, People & Organization
At Xellia, we love curiosity. We give you the freedom to take initiative, explore, and try new things. Often, we are few with the same profile, which means you’ll get plenty of opportunity to go beyond your job description, gain more responsibility and grow your expertise in more directions than one.
Focus, growth, creativity, influence, work-life balance… At Xellia, we have opportunities that match you no matter where you are in life.
You’ll be part of producing medical products designed to save lives.
We’ll be happy to give you more responsibility, further training or new challenges.
We respect and support you, no matter where in life you are.
You are the one who knows what you need to excel. We’ll be there to give you the right conditions.
Your individual journey can change. We’ll provide you with the training you need.
Here, there’s room to be who you are. Because what makes you different makes us better.
As a global market leader within anti-infectives, Xellia is ready when every second counts. Right in the middle of Copenhagen, you’ll get the freedom to take charge, go beyond your job description and contribute to products designed to save lives – every single day.
