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Novonesis

Global Category Manager - Logistics category

August 16, 2024

Location: Denmark : Hoersholm
Country: Denmark

Our purpose points the way
In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless.
We’re here to better our world with biology.


Join us as Global Category Manager
As our new Global Category Manager, you will join a growing global procurement organization committed to advancing strategic procurement to the next level. In this role, you will oversee the Logistics category—a well-established category positioned for further development as it merges from two legacy companies. Success in this role will require a blend of innovative thinking, extensive experience, and deep knowledge to drive its next phase of growth.

This role is ideal for those passionate about sustainability and global accountable category management, offering the opportunity to lead proactive stakeholder and vendor engagement on a global scale.

Welcome to Novonesis Procurement
You will join a team of highly engaged and experienced procurement professionals responsible for driving the global strategies and optimizations through the Global category management. Executing strategic procurement is linked through our colleagues located at key production sites in all regions of the world including Europe, India, Asia Pacific, and Americas. Our License to operate is to defend Novonesis profit margin and thereby enabler of company growth via better value creating procurement by balancing cost, risk and sustainability.

In this role you’ll make an impact by:
Being responsible for Global Category Management and constructively challenge the business regarding identification and co-development of new value generating opportunities.

  • Responsibility for category management and supplier relationship management for the assigned categories
  • Develop and implement a sustainable global category strategy aligned with Business needs
  • Negotiate contracts, terms, and conditions to achieve value creation, cost savings and mitigate risks
  • Conduct relevant change management activities to ensure that your results are anchored in the organization
  • Drive and foster strong collaboration with internal stakeholders, including operations, quality, sustainability, finance, and legal teams
  • Identify and mitigate potential risks within the supply chain, such as geopolitical, economic, and environmental factors
  • Delivering on global business targets and KPIs supporting the overall strategy and roadmap of Global Logistic Procurement
  • Deliver on future synergy opportunities

To succeed you must hold:
Be an experienced Global Category Manager with minimum 3 years of strategic Procurement experience, combined with relevant education at master level within Business, Supply Chain, or relevant.

  • Proven experience as a Global Category Manager with a track record of successful strategic Procurement
  • Categories include, but are not limited to, Ocean, Road and Airfreight as well as warehousing
  • Have knowledge from the logistic industry with a holistic, commercial, and strategic mind-set
  • Be passionate about category team Procurement skill development
  • Strategic and analytical thinking, excellent negotiation skills and good knowledge of commercial agreements
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Experience within Biotech, Food, Life Science or similar regulated industries is seen as an advantage
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills with internal- & external stakeholders
  • Comfortable working in a complex, changing, and global environment


Could our purpose be yours? Then apply today!

Application deadline: September 4th 2024. We will screen in-coming applications and invite for interviews continuously during the application period, so please apply as soon as possible.


Contact details: Jesper Deela Nielsen, Procurement Director for Global Logistics & Packaging, JESNI@Novonesis.com, +45 53392363

At Novonesis we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We recommend you not to attach a cover letter to your application. Instead, please include a few sentences in your resume/CV about why you are applying. To ensure a fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your resume/CV.

Novonesis is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, disability, or veteran status.

Want to learn more?
Learn more about Novonesis, our purpose, and your career opportunities at novonesis.com

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