Outsourcing Manager (specialist position) / Senior Outsourcing Professional (Denmark, Søborg)

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Søborg, Denmark

Jobkategori
Procurement

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Are you motivated by the opportunity of being part of an ambitious clinical outsourcing team? Do you understand the pharma business, have a strategic mind-set and strong communication skills as well as an interest in working with suppliers in the clinical drug development space?

Then you must be our new colleague!

Apply today and join us for a life-changing career!

The position
As an Outsourcing Manager / Senior Outsourcing Professional you will be responsible for driving the clinical outsourcing process from request for proposal to signed contract in close collaboration with our Global Trial Portfolio teams, Corporate Procurement, Legal and external suppliers.

The tasks also include to:

• Follow up on supplier deliverables globally, handle issues and escalations.
• Manage supplier relationships as well as supplier related risks.
• Take part in integrating the clinical outsourcing strategy in the development projects.

Day-to-day operation is a varied mix of above responsibilities and includes a high degree of interaction with both internal and external stakeholders.

As a part of Global Trial Portfolio your main office will be at our site located in Søborg, Denmark, but you might experience minor travel activity.

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you have:

• A degree in Science, Pharma, Engineering or another relevant field.
• Experience with supplier interaction from request to signed contract.
• Experience from sourcing, or a position closely related to outsourcing within the pharma or clinical research industry.
• Knowledge of clinical development disciplines is a plus but not a prerequisite.
• Fluency in English.

As a person, you have flair for details and an interest in improving or simplifying outsourcing processes. You are a team player and used to working in international and diverse professional groups and have a strong interest in business perspectives.

The complexity of the sourcing solutions often demands curiosity and an innovative mindset. Creative thinking and solution orientation is therefore key to success.

About the department
Clinical Outsourcing Management supports Novo Nordisk’s Global Trial Portfolio projects in driving and executing the clinical contracting process from request for information to signed contract, in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. We are responsible for contracting and supplier management within the clinical area and for securing a strong clinical sourcing infrastructure.

In Clinical Outsourcing Management we are 40 dedicated colleagues across three teams, with a fantastic team spirit, a high degree of individual responsibility in an engaging and professional environment.

Clinical Outsourcing Management is a part of Global Trial Portfolio in Development. Global Trial Portfolio is driving operational excellence and innovation in the execution of clinical development activities.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
For further information, please contact Director, COM Phase 1, EA & Contract Services, Kirsten Bang Rungby at +45 3079 3353.

Deadline
Interview will take place on an ongoing basis and the posting will be closed when we have found the right candidate to join our team.

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.