Manager, Finance & Indirect Procurement

About the Department

At Novo Nordisk, we are helping to improve the quality of life for millions of people worldwide. For more than 100 years, we have led the way in diabetes care. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on life-changing careers, and the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

 

In NC, we operate three pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are responsible for fulfilling different steps in our injectable and oral treatment supply chains.  Our newer Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) facility in Clayton, NC sits on 825,000 square-feet of state-of-the-art equipment, and houses the Fermentation, Recovery and Purification in the production of ingredients for Novo Nordisk’s innovative oral products.  At API, you’ll join a global network of manufacturing professionals who are passionate about what they do.  

 

What we offer you:

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
• All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one
• Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
• Family Focused Benefits including 12 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
• Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
• Tuition Assistance 
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Employee Referral Awards

 

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career.  Are you ready to realize your potential?  Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.
 

 

The Position

Provide leadership & guidance to Finance and Indirect Procurement department. Maintain financial policies & procedures, financial reporting, budgeting, internal controls and audits. Define, lead & manage the indirect sourcing process at NNPILP. Manage efficient & reliable indirect procurement processes. Continuous improvement of standards to manage vendor performance, reduce risk, drive improvements & reduce overall costs for NNPILP.

 

Relationships

Director.

 

Essential Functions

• Provide leadership, guidance & development to the Finance & Indirect Procurement team in alignment with the NNWay
• Anchor all financial matters concerning analysis & reporting within the finance organization
• Stakeholder management within API M1-US, API-DK, Site Clayton, Corporate Procurement, GES, PS Finance & other corporate functions
• Ensure financial compliance including sufficient internal controls & adherence to Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
• Ensure accurate budgeting for API M1-US & compliance with internal & external financial audits
• Follow up on financial performance & financial KPIs
• Ad hoc reporting: Creating, developing, presenting & improving reports, as needed
• Responsible for NNPILP indirect sourcing strategies to ensure compliance with corporate requirements while improving cost, quality & delivery of goods & services purchased
• Create & drive processes for supplier selection, development, monitoring & overall supplier management in accordance with NN, PS, NNPILP, & generally accepted good practices (GAAP, SARBOX, etc.)
• Ensure contract coverage for all goods & services in compliance with best practice standards
• Ensure storage of contracts in the proper systems
• Direct & lead cross-functional teams in vari