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Are you passionate about resolving complex sourcing challenges in a dynamic environment ensuring robust and timely supplies?

Can you operationally drive and tactically assist in implementation of solutions to sourcing strategies and launch of new life cycle management products?

If you see yourself getting energized by being responsible for the above at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech - for the indirect benefit of 600 million of lives worldwide - then apply now.

The position

Your role is essential as you support compliant and efficient vendor management along with successful transfer from project to operations,

while ensuring reliability of the inbound flow, collaboration with internal stakeholders including Manufacturing Development, Warehousing, QC, QA, Process Support and Project Managers e.g.:

  • Participate in product development projects or product upgrades across the organisation.
  • Gather documentation from suppliers and internally to qualify new products and suppliers according to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
  • Handle multiple parallel initiatives of supplier and product documentation along with process optimization.
  • Initiate, scope and support less complex change notifications, change requests and deviations.
  • Continuously develop and enhance the vendor management governance ensuring an efficient, flexible, yet robust incoming flow at the lowest possible cost, not jeopardizing existing supply flows.
  • Assist to negotiate contractual terms e.g. forecast, order sizes, lead times, documentation, price.
  • Assist the Category Manager in driving the setup via analysis, documentation, communication, KPIs, processes, SAP settings etc.

You will become part of the Inbound Supply team of 14 Inbound Supply colleagues, who are responsible for vendor management of raw materials, process aids and managing CMOs.

The team is responsible for supply and qualification of new materials and/or suppliers in relation to product launches, and a part of the Supply Chain and Procurement department covering likewise Warehousing, Indirect Procurement, and Production Planning.

The job is located in the northern part of Køge, just 20 min. drive south of Greater Copenhagen area.

Very little or no travel expected.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we imagine you have:

  • Preferably master’s degree – alternative bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain management, business administration, science, manufacturing, or a related field
  • Minimum of 2-3 years of pertinent work experience in supplier management, supply chain management and/or production.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assist driving compliance and process improvement initiatives.
  • Good communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work efficiently in a team environment.
  • Respectful communication aiming at finding consensus in case of colliding points of view.
  • Strong drive as well as being capable of prioritizing tasks and planning ahead.
  • Interest in applying LEAN tools.
  • Good at describing cases, flows and actions in a short and clear way.
  • Fluent in both written and spoken English.

Contact

For further information or questions, please contact Helle Breinholt, Manager of Inbound Supply at +45 31 99 59 83 or HBIT@novonordisk.com.

Deadline

8 April 2024.

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.

Working at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech

Novo Nordisk Pharmatech improves biopharmaceutical manufacturing by developing and supplying innovative products used in the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals.

Biopharmaceuticals are medicines based on biological molecules, such as insulin, growth hormone and blood coagulation factors, that are purchased by Novo Nordisk and many other global pharmaceutical companies.

Novo Nordisk Pharmatech improves biopharmaceutical manufacturing – and makes biopharmaceuticals cheaper to produce, thereby enabling better access to medicine for patients.

In total approx. 420 employees work at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech, and even though we keep growing at a fast speed, we nurture the ‘family’ culture,

for instance by greeting each other and respecting each other’s unique competences and contributions, to foster a welcoming, inclusive and enabling work environment.

Novo Nordisk Pharmatech is likewise unique in the way that the entire supply chain is located in one place.

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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