Do you have a passion for people leadership, negotiations and contract management and do you find it motivating to be part of shaping a strategic sourcing unit to meet the evolving needs of our growing business? Do you enjoy working with engaged stakeholders as you balance priorities in negotiations with suppliers and CMOs while also having a responsibility to ensure we continuously strive towards sourcing excellence? If yes, then you could be our new Senior Manager. We have an exciting opportunity to apply your competences at the highest level on a global scale. Apply today to join us for a life-changing career.

 

The position

As our business is growing, we are looking for an experienced manager to join our Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Strategy, Sourcing and Negotiations. You will be part of a team of 4 experienced leaders driving our efforts to execute on projects, optimise our processes and build capabilities throughout the two strategic sourcing units.  The contract management function has a primary focus to develop our global contract templates so they are constantly fit for purpose and efficiently support the contracting phase of sourcing projects in addition to updating and advising on processes. You will work closely with the Senior Manager of the Negotiation & Capability Building team and the two teams will share team meetings, learning sessions and team development. You will also have a joint responsibility to develop employees and processes across the two teams. You will:

Set the direction for a team of 6-10 negotiators and contract managers through a clearly communicated vision, goals and clear roles and responsibilities. Ensure that our negotiators and contract managers are set up for success and can utilise their competences to conduct efficient negotiation processes and deliver professional contract management. Foster a good working environment, ensuring high performance and people development. Develop and further professionalise our work with global contract templates addressing the changing needs of the business and compliance requirements together with Corporate Legal. Understand the commercial needs of the business and transform them into actionable processes and initiatives within contract management. Drive continuous improvement in negotiation and contract management processes. Provide oversight and being an escalation point in relation to negotiations with global suppliers, ensuring the best commercial outcomes and robust contracts for Novo Nordisk as well as work closely with Novo Nordisk’s corporate legal department and our contracting unit in Global Business Solutions in India.

 

Alongside with these, you will need to be a professional ambassador for Novo Nordisk ensuring that contract and commercial management is conducted with excellence and act as a role model for the Novo Nordisk Way and our key leadership competencies.

 

Qualifications

To be successful in this position you need to have:

A master’s degree in law/business administration/economics/supply chain or a similar field. A minimum of 10 years of experience from positions within industry and consulting, legal, business support, sourcing, supply chain or equivalent. A mix of these areas is an advantage. Minimum 5 years of international experience within people management, preferably in a cross-functional and strategic environment. Excellent people and collaboration skills, through being an active listener with a strong drive. Business partnering experience, within a matrix organisation, and excellent stakeholder management skills. Experience in project management as well as a proven ability to successfully drive commercial negotiations and contract drafting, with a strong understanding of business models and negotiations. Experience from the pharmaceutical, medical device or life science industry will be advantageous but we will also consider applications from other sectors. Experience in building up and developing a contract management function is preferred.

 

As a person, you are confident navigating complex and dynamic organisations and inspire and motivate people around you. You are an influential person with a strong individual drive and dedication and a performance driven mindset. You can make well-founded decisions within your area of responsibility and to drive decisions, which involve other parts of the organisation. You are collaborative by nature and enjoy achieving successes as a team. As this job requires you to work with internal stakeholders and global suppliers, we expect you to possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, allowing you to build and maintain fruitful work relationships. Additionally, you thrive in a busy environment and bring a ‘can-do attitude’ as well as a healthy sense of humour to work.

 

About the department

Our Strategy, Sourcing and Negotiation Centre of Excellence is a dedicated and fun group of more than 25 people with extensive experience in developing category strategies, running sourcing processes, negotiating high-profile supplier and outsourcing contracts. We are part of Global Strategic Outsourcing & Devices, however, our activities also span across Strategic Sourcing, Inbound Materials & Services. We drive projects across our global organisation for direct sourcing in relation to commercial production of Novo Nordisk products. Through collaboration with our global supplier network, we ensure the availability of production capacity, and the supplies needed to help millions of people around the world to better live with chronic diseases.

 

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve, and the communities we operate in. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 70.000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we are life changing.

 

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

 

Contact

For further information, please contact Director, Lærke Nielsen at +45 3444 0231.  

 

Deadline

11 May 2025

 

Please note that applications will be assessed on an ongoing basis and therefore the advert may close sooner if we have proceeded with candidates to the screening or interview phase.

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.

 

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.