Senior Procurement Manager

Do you have demonstrated experience in procurement and a passion for driving value for a patient-centric company? Are you an experienced Senior Procurement Manager who’s looking to make a true impact as a cross-functional business partner for a high-performing and growing organization? If yes, then this job suits you! Apply now and become part of our mission to improve patient lives through life-changing careers at Novo Nordisk!
About the department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with 100 years of innovation and focuses on patients and our own people. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, hemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases.
Novo Nordisk Oceania covers Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, with our brand-new modern head office located in North Sydney. We employ a team of approximately 250 people within Sales, Marketing, Clinical, Medical, Market Access & Public Affairs, Finance & Operations, Legal, Compliance and Quality, Customer Engagement, and People & Organisation.
Reporting to the Senior Finance & Operations Director, you'll join a passionate and very high-performing team with a strong culture of business partnering focused on improving the lives of patients living with diabetes, obesity, and other serious chronic diseases.
The position
As a Senior Procurement Manager, you will oversee the indirect sourcing across our Pacific sub-region affiliates by managing sourcing activities, category strategies and supplier relationship management aimed to help the acquisition of high-quality goods/services at the best possible terms and pricing and with a clear focus on sustainability. You are expected to manage category sourcing across our region in collaboration with the Regional Procurement Director, as well as:

• Lead a high performing procurement function in Oceania. Work closely with Line of Business (LOB) with responsibility for leading and advising on the sourcing and negotiation processes.
• Ongoingly analyse the current procurement landscape and develop and present recommendations for improvements to key stakeholders, and drive implementation locally of initiatives.
• Take ownership of the local procurement policy and process, procurement systems, monitoring of adherence, and training of the organization.
• Manage stakeholders across all levels of the organization from Admin to VP level. Ensuring fulfillment of procurement KPIs set for Oceania.
• Take part in the APAC Procurement Management group for the region, as well as the Oceania Finance & Operations Management Team. Align and drive relevant sourcing activities and share best practices with the Regional and Corporate Procurement Groups, and implement them locally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a relevant field and a minimum of 5 years of procurement experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry and within 3PL/4PL distribution/logistics providers.
• Strong business acumen and ability to pursue value-adding procurement solutions while maintaining compliance.
• Solid experience with sourcing processes, including end-to-end RFP, negotiations, and category strategies, and a proven track record of being the LoB’s procurement business partner.
• Excellent direction and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across functions and as an individual contributor with a can-do attitude.
• Exceptional negotiation and communication/presentation skills, along with demonstrated project management skills and proficiency in relevant IT skills (preferably in Coupa), SAP, and the MS Office suite (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) and Power BI. Must be an Australian citizen or have a current residency Visa to live and work in Australia.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.
Contact
Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).
Deadline
We will review your applications as you apply!
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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