Category Manager in Hørsholm

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Join us as our new Category Manager for our logistic category in Europe
Do you want to be part of a growing global organization on a mission to transform strategic procurement to the next level Are you passionate about sustainability and making a difference through accountable category management Do you want to be responsible for proactive stakeholder and vendor engagement with a regional responsibility to succeed Then you may be our new colleague!

Welcome to Global Logistics & Packaging Procurement
Global Procurement Logistic & Packaging is a well-established category that needs further development on our journey from two legacy companies into one company - new ways of thinking is needed combined with skills and knowledge.

We are a team of highly engaged and experienced procurement professionals responsible for driving the global strategies and optimizations through the Global Category Management. Executing strategic procurement is linked through our colleagues located in Supply Chain and at key production sites in all regions of the world including Europe India Asia Pacific and Americas. Our license to operate is to defend Novonesis profit margin and thereby enable of company growth via better value creating procurement by balancing cost risk and sustainability.

In this role you will make an impact by:
Being closely aligned with the category team and deploying our global strategic initiatives within the region Europe. You will work closely with our supply chain community and constructively challenge the business regarding identification and co-development of new value generating opportunities.

Your primary tasks:

• Responsible for category management and supplier relationship management for the assigned category scope.
• Develop and implement a sustainable global category strategy aligned with business needs.
• Negotiate contracts terms and conditions to achieve value creation mitigate risks and decoupling cost from growth.
• Conduct relevant change management activities to ensure that your results are anchored in the organization.
• Drive and foster strong collaboration with internal stakeholders including operations quality sustainability finance and legal teams.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks within the supply chain such as geopolitical economic and environmental factors.
• Deliver on global business targets and KPIs supporting the overall strategy and roadmap of Global Logistic Procurement.

To succeed you must hold:
Strategic Procurement and/or logistic experience within Category Management for minimum 3 years combined with relevant education at master level within Business Supply Chain or relevant. Categories include but are not limited to Ocean Road Courier and Airfreight as well as warehousing.

Further we look for:

• Knowledge from the logistic industry with a holistic commercial and strategic mind-set.
• Passion about category team Procurement skill development.
• Strategic and analytical thinking excellent negotiation skills and good knowledge of commercial agreements.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience within Biotech Food Life Science or similar regulated industries is seen as an advantage.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with internal- & external stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a complex changing and global environment.

Application deadline: October 22nd 2025. We will screen in-coming applications and invite for interviews continuously during the application period so please apply as soon as possible.

Contact details: Procurement Director for Global Logistics & Packaging Jesper Deela Nielsen at or Global Category Lead Kristoffer Fonseca Kvesel at

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