Senior Global Sales and Operations Execution Partner

Are you passionate about Supply Chain management? Do you aspire to a fulfilling role where your contributions will directly impact the lives of patients? We are looking for a Senior Sales and Operations Execution Partner to join our team at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career!

The position

As a Senior Global Sales and Operations Execution Partner, you will:

• Proactively identify major supply and demand imbalances within a 6-month horizon, leveraging your End to End Supply Chain and systems knowledge, and lead resolutions across the Global S&OE platform partner, Global Planning, and Supply Chain Commercial organization.
• Collaborate with the S&OE Process Manager and partners to design the future of the Global S&OE process, ensuring it serves its purpose in collaboration with global and commercial supply chain functions.
• Drive the S&OE maturity roadmap for tools, reporting, and KPIs to enable proactive identification and resolution of supply gaps and business opportunities.
• Lead ad-hoc supply chain task forces to establish scenario planning, considering various unknown parameters (Demand, Supply, Inventory, Regulatory constraints, etc.) with our S&OE partners to enable leadership decision-making.
• Represent the Global S&OE functions in different Supply Chain projects where our influence and contribution are needed.

Qualifications

We are looking for a candidate with:

• A degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Supply Chain Management, or other related logistics fields. APICS / CIPM framework is appreciated.
• Minimum 8 years of experience within a Supply Chain department/Planning Department, working in vertically integrated supply chains.
• Solid senior stakeholder management skills, demonstrating the ability to effectively engage and influence.
• Strong analytical and innovative problem-solving skills. Experience in handling complex decision-making processes within multi-market/multi-region impact and complex product value streams.
• Strong system knowledge (SAP, OMP, Office, PowerBI).
• Change management experience.

The successful candidate will possess effective, factual communication, self-driven leadership, flexibility, a can-do attitude, and the ability to collaborate to achieve desired solutions, along with excellent English communication and coordination skills (oral and written).

About the department

The Global Sales and Operation Execution team is a vital part of our Global Supply Chain and Planning department. Our mission is to ensure that every patient receives the right medication at the right time. Located at our headquarters, the team consists of 15 people dedicated professionals who work closely with Production, Planning and Commercial supply chain. We set the direction for the organisation’s production planning and ensure seamless deliveries of our affiliates, even when things don’t go according to plan. Fast paced and dynamic, our department is growing to prepare for the future.

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 72,000 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

For further information, please contact Sandra Perfetto on [email protected]

Deadline

12th March 2025

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. Applications will be handled as they are received, so please do not hesitate to apply.

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.