Associate Programme Manager - kickstart your career in procurement

Humlebæk, DK

Job Family: Supply & Logistics

Country/Region: Denmark

Do you want to learn everything there is to know about global procurement in the medical device industry – and help shape our future global procurement strategy? Ultimately making a difference to people with intimate health care needs?

At Coloplast, we are looking for an analytical talent with great people skills who is keen to grab this opportunity.

Join a function with a global reach
At our headquarters in Humlebæk, you will work alongside a team of 25 great procurement colleagues in an informal culture. The entire Corporate Procurement division consists of 50 strategic procurement colleagues spread across 8 global Coloplast locations.

We are on an ambitious journey, striving for excellence and continuously improving our way of working. You will join our Programme Management Office (PMO) and contribute to this journey.

“This is a place with plenty of room to learn and bring your ideas to the table. We’re all very different people, which enables us to mix up inputs from all sides and boil it down to the best ideas and methods,” says Senior Director Marcus Hansen.

Enable company-wide changes
As our new Associate Programme Manager, you will work cross-geographically/functionally with our global teams. Your main focus will be to help facilitate the Programme Management Office and establish and maintain the reporting structure here.

Further, you will work on tasks related to the digitalisation of our processes to enable value-driven decisions while protecting our business and ensuring scalability. You will have an important role in bringing this ambition to life together with skilled colleagues.

More specifically, you will:

• Support procurement development activities within the global organisation
• Work on selected development projects
• Build a good stakeholder network and navigate through cross-functional stakeholder management
• Provide analytical insights and gather business requirements
• Contribute to strengthening the data foundation for qualified decision-making

An analytical mindset and great interpersonal skills
With your thirst for knowledge, solid personal drive and keen curiosity, you are ready to step into a world all procurement-related and absorb knowledge.

You are not afraid to ask questions and challenge the status quo, and you thrive when you get to contribute – both independently and in teamwork. Also, you have good people skills, enabling you to interact across teams and geography.

Furthermore, we imagine that you:

• Have recently finished (or soon will) an education within finance, supply chain, international trade, a technical area or similar
• Have great analytical skills
• Are fluent in English

Interested?
If you would like to know more about the position, please call Senior Director, Marcus Hansen on +45 4911 1321. We will take candidates into the recruitment process continuously, so do not hesitate to apply. This position will remain open until a suitable candidate has been found.

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.

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