Senior Material Purchasing Professional

Do you have experience with sourcing raw materials in the Pharma industry, and are you passionate about materials and legislation? Do you have excellent communication skills and a proactive mindset? We are looking for a Senior Material Purchasing Specialist to join our team at NN Pharmatech A/S. If you are ready to make a significant impact, read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

The position
As our new Senior Material Purchasing Specialist, you will be joining our team responsible for purchasing of materials for the production. 

This position will support the team with specialist inputs and know-how from former experience, regarding purchasing of materials in Pharma. With mindset on legislation, documentation and best practices. 

You daily tasks will include:

• Supporting GMP documentation in the team, mainly with focus on supplier regulations on materials
• Drive and participate process improvement projects across organization or locally in the team, primarily with the purchasing focus of raw materials
• Supporting Manager in strategy and continuous improvements in the team
• Providing ad-hoc purchasing help
• To set a visible local example for others in the area to follow through role modelling and leadership

Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications:

• An academic degree within natural science or Engineering (purchasing, chemical or similar)
• + 3 years of experience from a similar position
• Solid understanding of materials, and knowledge in purchasing legislation from pharma
• Experience with SOP, deviations, process executions and change request
• Experience with driving and executing in projects

You have ideally worked in similar position, or as a purchaser or in sourcing of raw materials for the medicinal industry. You have worked with documenting deviations and change requests, and preferably you are familiar with a regulated environment.

As a person, you are positive and outgoing, and like new challenges where you have “go-getter” mentality, and you are comfortable with interacting with many different stakeholders. 

About the department
We are responsible for multiple areas within Supply Chain. We are a diverse department responsible for purchasing of raw materials for our manufacturing, GMP documentation for our suppliers, and implementation of new materials and project management.  We collaborate closely with other areas/departments to implement manufacturing processes, and maintaining GMP and legislations demands towards our suppliers. Our goal is to keep our standard high with ensuring new materials for product launches and making sure we have materials at the right time in the right amount, with the right amount of qualifications on materials.

Working at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech
Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S (NNPR) is located in Køge, Denmark, and is 100% owned by Novo Nordisk. The company has close to 550 employees and the core task of the business is to enable better medicines through biopharmaceutical manufacturing for Novo Nordisk as well as for the global industry. NNPR is in the coming years expanding an already wide product portfolio within Enzymes, Synthetic Molecules, and Resins. The company has the full value chain with both R&D laboratories, production facilities, and a commercial organisation, plus a wide range of support departments on top.
 

Contact 
For further information please contact Manager, Matilde Kjær-Madsen, on +45 31970360

Deadline
30 January, 2025.
 

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.