Senior Manager - Digital Procurement Delivery 328742

Department Source to Contract

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for digital procurement Do you have a strong service mentality and thrive in a fastpaced environment We are looking for a Senior Manager to lead our Digital Procurement Delivery team in Bangalore. If youre ready to drive digital sourcing activities and collaborate with global stakeholders read more and apply today for a lifechanging career !

About the department
In Corporate Procurement at Novo Nordisk we build strategies innovate and execute improvement projects to optimize the global indirect spend related to categories such as marketing services professional services travel IT and R&D. The Digital Procurement Delivery team in Bangalore is a newly established team created to support the growth in our sourcing pipeline and is responsible for executing digital sourcing activities in our advanced digital sourcing tool across multiple categories. The team works closely with our Source to Contract(S2C) Excellence team in Denmark. By joining the team you will embark on a career journey offering opportunities to shape and elevate a new team while also allowing for personal growth with the teams success.

The position:

As a Senior Manager in Digital Procurement Delivery you will be building and leading a team of experienced esourcing experts driving digital sourcing activities in our advanced esourcing tool (Coupa Sourcing Optimization CSO). We are seeking a leader with a strong service mentality and you will need to ensure cross category collaboration and service delivery to the organization with high stakeholder satisfaction. You will be working handinhand with our S2C Excellence team in Denmark for opportunity identification and value creation to deliver digital procurement services to across the globe.

You will lead the team towards the ambition of leading digital procurement delivery and expanding from digital sourcing delivery to a broader digital procurement scope. You need to help identify possibilities within the digital delivery sphere; new areas to be supported and then work in close collaboration with the team in Denmark work on realizing those.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Lead and mentor a dedicated team focused on executing digital procurement activities particularly in esourcing (Coupa Sourcing Optimization).
• Ensure compliance with the procurement guidelines and procedures. Partner closely with Source to Contract Excellence and other global stakeholders.
• Monitoring and analyzing performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and implement effective solutions.
• Drive best in class digital procurement practices. Providing training coaching and development opportunities for team members to enhance their skills and performance.
• Build and develop a team that possesses expertise in category sourcing digital strategies and bid analytics.
• Identify digital trends within area of responsibility and ensure what we offer is best in class and in alignment with the overall strategy.

Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate with:

• A masters degree in business administration Supply Chain Management International Business IT Administration or a related field from a top university with excellent results.
• A minimum of 10 years of successful leadership experience in a global organisation.
• Over 15 years of experience in sourcetocontract .
• Indepth knowledge of eProcurement tools preferably Coupa.
• Extensive experience across various procurement categories and a solid understanding of procurement processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and exceptional communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fastpaced environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Prior experience in sourcing process automation using various digital tools.
• Proven experience in building a new organisation and driving successful change initiatives.
• Prior experience working in a large multinational organisation in a crosscultural environment collaborating with global stakeholders.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100year 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 72000 employees around the world. We recognise 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 were working toward something bigger than ourselves and its a collective effort. Join us! Together we go further. Together were life changing.

Contact

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Deadline

28th April 2025.

Disclaimer

It has been brought to our attention that there have recently been instances of fraudulent job offers purporting to be from Novo Nordisk and/or its affiliate companies. The individuals or organizations sending these false employment offers may pose as a Novo Nordisk recruiter or representative and request personal information purchasing of equipment or funds to further the recruitment process or offer paid trainings. Be advised that Novo Nordisk does not extend unsolicited employment offers. Furthermore Novo Nordisk does not charge prospective employees with fees or make requests for funding as a part of the recruitment process.

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 were life changing.