Manager - Global Sourcing

Job Description

Department – Procurement GBS

Are you an experienced Manager - Global Sourcing ? Do you thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment? We are looking for a talented individual to join our team as a Manager - Global Sourcing in Procurement GBS. If you are ready for a new challenge and want to make a difference, read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

About the department

In Corporate Procurement at Novo Nordisk, we manage the global indirect spend related to categories such as Marketing Services, Professional Services, Travel, IT, R&D. The Sourcing Team in Bangalore has been newly created to support the growth in our sourcing pipeline and is responsible for supporting the Category Managers in the execution of sourcing projects across indirect categories.

The Position

As a Manager - Global Sourcing at Novo Nordisk, you will have the opportunity to:

• Manage a team of 5-10 experienced Global Sourcing Analysts, executing sourcing activities across indirect categories (i.e., professional services, marketing). Manage team workload with category teams and ensure skill and competency development of the team across all the category management disciplines.
• Continuously align the team with business and stakeholders’ priorities through goal setting, performance tracking, and people development. Design, implement, and continuously improve the right operating model to deliver strategic sourcing benefits for the assigned spend categories while catering to stakeholder needs in collaboration with Category Management teams in Corporate Procurement in Denmark.
• Lead the team to have a quality and innovative mindset. Ensure and drive compliant procurement processes and training.
• Ensure a strong work ethic and healthy work culture in the team. Ensure high stakeholder satisfaction through streamlined processes, high-quality deliverables, and strong communication.
• Drive strategy and priorities within the team and across Source to Contract (S2C) function, ensuring operational excellence and best practice setup.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or MBA from a reputed university in Engineering, Business administration, Supply chain or Economics. Global Professional certifications in Supply Management/Procurement from CIPS/ISM would be an added advantage.
• 10+ years of experience in sourcing, category management, supplier management, and contracting for indirect spend, working with international stakeholders, with at least 5 years of people management experience.
• Extensive experience developing sourcing skills and competencies across E2E disciplines (project management, negotiation/advanced negotiation, e-sourcing, contracting including legal understanding, stakeholder management, training in core sourcing tools and templates) and categories.
• Extensive international exposure, intercultural competences, and international stakeholders’ capabilities preferably from a Nordic work culture and/or pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience working with eProcurement tools preferably Coupa.
• Curiosity and ability to understand how your area’s work is connected to other parts of the value chain to continuously improve processes and collaboration.
• Strong interpersonal skills and motivation to develop team members.
• Proactivity and solution-oriented mindset to support stakeholders and the team.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English. 
• Comfortable driving multiple projects in parallel.

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 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize 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.

Contact

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Deadline

30th June 2024.

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.