Senior Manager for Global Logistics Supplier Management

Do you want to bring your supply chain experience and continuous improvement mind-set to help us optimize our supply chain and warehouse operations? Do you thrive in a diverse, dynamic, and changing environment where you will interact with stakeholders across the world and have a keen interest in optimizing processes? Are you motivated by leading a team of strong contributors striving for excellence? 

Then you might be the Senior Manager for Global Logistics Supplier Management we are looking for!

What’s in it for you?
The Senior Manager, Global Logistics Supplier Management is a member of the Global Logistics management team and reports to the Director of Global Logistics and has close collaboration with both in-ternal and external stakeholders globally. In addition, the sen-ior manager will work closely with the remaining management team of Global Logistics & Distribution (GL&D)

In this role, you will play a key role in balancing both the short-term business challenges and long-term investments to support the global growth of Novo Nordisk while optimiz-ing daily operations.

You will set a clear direction for managing our outsourced warehouses in accordance with our Global Supply Chain 2023 strategy. 

The team of 6 is well-functioning with a high degree of motivation and desire to grow new skills and realize our ambition of becoming center of excellence.

Your main responsibilities will be to Lead:

• The deployment of Global Supply Chain 2030 strategy for external 
• warehouses
• The global warehouse automation and digitalization 
• The global vendor responsibility for warehouse suppliers
• A team of 6 dedicated colleagues and further develop the team
• Development and implementation of global standards for supplier manage-ment operations

We also want you to build strong relationships with cross-functional teams, senior execu-tives, and external partners and drive organizational change, ensuring smooth adoption of new processes and systems within Novo Nordisk.

Candidate profile

For you to be successful in this position, we expect you to have:

• A degree within Supply Chain Management or similar with minimum of 2-5 years’ experience in a leadership or senior management role, ideally leading cross-functional teams
• Strong background in global supply chains, network planning, and opera-tional execution in a complex, regulated environment
   

About the department
Global Logistics & Distribution (GL&D) is overall responsible for the global distribution of Novo Nordisk products between production sites and to our affiliates and regional offices across the globe, focusing on delivering a high service while balancing environmental footprint with financial impact. Furthermore, we are responsible for the storage of GxP products, including inbound and outbound distribution. 

We are a department of more than 70 employees, divided in Global Logistics, Global Dis-tribution, Global L&D Development & Sustainability and Global GDP Compliance & Transport Control. 

Joining Novo Nordisk
Founded in Denmark in 1923, Novo Nordisk has become one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. At Novo Nordisk, we are committed to driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases. To fulfil this purpose, we pioneer scientific breakthroughs, expand access to our medicines, and work to prevent and ultimately cure disease. That said, we are anything but linear.

With us, your skills, commitment, and ambition help us change patients’ lives worldwide. In exchange, we offer you a rewarding and purpose-driven culture with talented and diverse co-workers. Therefore, your professional and personal development is essential for us, and in Novo Nordisk, the sky is the limit for career opportunities.

Any questions?
If you want to know more, please get in touch with our Department Manager via: TCHB@novonordisk.com

Deadline
6th of April, 2025

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
 

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.