Senior Contract Manager

Are you looking for a leading position where you can apply your expertise in contract management? Does the idea of being involved in a new capacity expansion project where you can influence and impact future active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) production sound of interest?

If so, read on to find out more about our new Senior Contract Manager opportunity!

The position As Senior Contract Manager you will be a part of the project team leadership team who manages a new capacity expansion project! In this role, you will be managing major contracts with key engineering partners to Novo Nordisk in a strategic investment project. The aim is to keep the overall contract overview of supplier performance across all disciplines based on input from other contract managers and engineering partners. This includes an aggregated overview of key milestone status from each Work Package and from key vendors with multiple Work Packages. Among your tasks – under guidance of the Lead Procurement Manager – you will:
• Establish basic monitoring and reporting structures for the project in regard to time, quality and costs
• Support Project Controls and Business Support with cashflow forecasts, claims management and continued development of invoicing and approval processes
• Lead regular contract performance status meetings with internal and external stakeholders to monitor contract performance
• Ensure that Change Orders are managed efficiently across the project and in consistency with agreed contracting processes Finally, you will set up appropriate escalation procedures to involve Procurement Managers, Category managers, Project and Engineering Management for dispute resolution or risk management and support best practice sharing initiatives with other projects across Novo Nordisk.
All of this will be performed while ensuring adherence to Novo Nordisk contracting standards, policies and project specific guidelines. Qualifications To succeed in this role, you hold:
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Law, Engineering, Finance, Technical, Economics or business sciences
• Minimum of five years of experience within Contract/Claim Management and/or Project Management
• Strong ability to read and interpret contractual documents, including terms and conditions
• A sound understanding of project finance and the impact of contract/claim management on project budgets
• Full proficiency in English both written and spoken Previous experience in the pharmaceutical industry will be seen as an advantage, as well as having basic leadership qualities and experience in working with engineering partners – internally and externally and the ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in writing, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
On a personal level, you have the ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in different situations and a strong affinity for details, structure and process development. You are a genuine team player with ability to keep a level head in a high-pace project landscape! About The Department
Biotech Rare Diseases (BRD) API Denmark is in Gentofte, Hillerød and Kalundborg. This is where the active ingredients, going into all our life-saving biotech products, are made by app. 500 committed colleagues. We manufacture through complex chemical and biotechnological processes requiring a high level of expertise, commitment, and engagement from our employees and including cultivation, recovery, purification, and freeze-drying. We are producing at full speed in existing facilities, while building and ramping up new state of the art additions to keep up with demand and new Novo Nordisk products. We bring value to patients by delivering the purest possible high-quality API made in compliance with GMP. We drive change by always looking for improvements within our processes, but also in the way we work together to make our products reach as many patients as possible. Working at Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 50,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing. Contact For further information, please contact Project Director Esben Hvidtfeldt Munck at +45 34 48 11 28 or Director Søren Roed Christensen +45 30 79 01 41 Deadline 12 March 2023 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.
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.