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Sourcing Specialist / Senior Sourcing Specialist

Sourcing Specialist / Senior Sourcing Specialist

Novo Nordisk A / SBangalore, India
17 days ago
Job description

Novo Nordisk Global Business Services (GBS), India

Department - S2C – Corporate Procurement

Are you passionate about driving sourcing activities and ensuring high customer satisfaction? Do you have a knack for bringing new ideas to the table to improve existing processes? If so, we invite you to join our dynamic team as a Sourcing Professional at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

About the department

In Corporate Procurement at Novo Nordisk, we develop strategies and execute improvement projects to optimize global indirect spend. The Sourcing Team in Bangalore is newly created to support the growth in our sourcing pipeline and is responsible for supporting category managers on various sourcing activities and execution of end-to-end sourcing projects across indirect categories like digital, IT Software or R&D & Lab Services. Our ambition is to become a key enabler of sourcing activities execution worldwide. By joining our team, you will embark on a career journey offering opportunities to grow as a professional.

The position

As a Sourcing Specialist / Senior Sourcing Specialist, you will be driving sourcing activities related to indirect categories. You will potentially have the opportunity to work across categories, depending on the needs, and ensure high customer satisfaction from our stakeholders. You will be working hand-in-hand with our category managers in HQ (Denmark) to execute on sourcing activities and ensure that a correct sourcing process is followed. We value diverse and new perspectives, so we expect you to bring new ideas to the table to continuously improve our existing ways of working.

Your main responsibilities will be :

Manage end-to-end sourcing activities (from requisition to award) e.g., RFI / RFP / RFQ with close coordination with procurement stakeholders and business.

Conduct detailed bid analysis to assess the factors driving the price variations. Ensure compliance with the procurement guidelines and procedures.

Contribute to the success of the category strategies through interaction with category managers in Denmark and other internal stakeholders.

Negotiate optimal pricing and commercial terms with the suppliers with a focus on the quality of the services delivered.

Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify and develop new suppliers based on business needs, as and when required.

Drive digital excellence by using our eProcurement tool (Coupa).

Qualifications

We are looking for candidates who possess the following qualifications :

  • Bachelor’s degree from a reputed university. MSc / MBA preferred.

8+ years’ experience in source-to-contract including end to end sourcing execution.

Experience working with indirect procurement software (Cloud, Saas) or R&D Lab categories.

Experience working with global stakeholders.

Strong understanding of the sourcing process and ability to drive it independently.

Proactivity and solution-oriented mindset when it comes to solving tasks.

Ability to work independently and take ownership. Ability to synthesize and communicate effectively.

Experience with eProcurement tools, preferably Coupa.

Experience with eAuction, contract drafting, and market research.

Pharma domain will be added advantage.

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