Lead Brand Partner

Are you a highly skilled professional with exceptional interpersonal skills and a strong understanding of supply chain processes? Are you ready to contribute to driving continuous process improvement? We are looking for a Lead Brand Partner to join our team and make a significant impact on our brands. If you are ready for a new challenge, read on and apply today for a life-changing career.
 
The position
As a Lead Brand Partner at Novo Nordisk, you will have the following responsibilities:
 

• Act as the main partner to senior management commercial and finance teams, assisting in developing brand strategy and annual volume allocations.
• Proactively translate Commercial strategies into relevant supply chain actions with the ambition to make the best decisions for Novo Nordisk this entails driving a holistic approach in identifying risks and opportunities across different processes such as API, filling, assembly, and pack.
• Ensure optimum resource utilization and continuous process improvement along the value chain.
• Identify and flag inventory risks, and drive inventory level discussions across manufacturing steps, highlighting trade-offs.

 
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, we are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications:
 

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to lead with influence.
• Strong resilience to drive change and adapt to new challenges.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Entrepreneurial mindset to build and shape the role.

 
In addition to the above qualifications, we require a minimum of 5 years of experience within either management consulting, large pharmaceutical companies or fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). We particularly value candidates with significant supply chain experience.
 
About the department
We are on a journey to take the S&OP process to the next level. Our ambition is to become a trusted supply chain business partner that optimizes the end-to-end supply chain with reliable data and transparent trade-off decisions. We have already taken a number of actions to put weight behind our execution, and early next year we will start rolling out our new Integrated Business Planning solution that will accelerate the Sales & Operations Planning process.

The department is part of the Supply Chain unit within Product Supply. We are responsible for several key processes including the launch of new products, and tactical/strategic sales & operations planning where we ensure supply chain resilience & network optimization. We are a diverse group of around 30 colleagues from seven different nationalities with various educational backgrounds. 
 
Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year 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 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize 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, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
 
Contact and Deadline
For further information, please contact Andreas Bjaaland Gersel, +45 3448 2559.
 
Apply by the 20th of October, 2024.
 

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.