HEAD OF PROCUREMENT EXCELLENCE, CORPORATE PROCUREMENT

We are seeking a Head of Procurement Excellence to spearhead the development and implementation of Lundbeck’s global procurement strategy, focusing on value generation through transformative sourcing efforts, simple/lean operations, compliance, and sustainability as well as procurement capability building. In this key role, you will manage key global processes, from system optimization and digitalization to strategic procurement tools and sustainability programs, ensuring procurement excellence throughout the organization.

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If you have questions or want to hear more, please feel free to contact Katrine Hammer, Chief Procurement Officer, mail: KTHM@lundbeck.com. Applications must be received by 31 October 2024.
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YOUR NEW ROLE – WHY IS THIS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY?

As the Head of Procurement Excellence, you deliver critical initiatives that will take Corporate Procurement to the next level. You will play a crucial role in integrating sustainability into our procurement and supply chain operations, promoting collaboration across teams, and delivering tools and data that empower the entire procurement organization. Additionally, you will anchor the corporate procurement strategy, ensuring it aligns with our business goals and promotes digital transformation, spend and savings transparency, and procurement excellence measurement and compliance. You will own our cross-functional enablers in the Corporate Procurement organization ensuring relevant sourcing infrastructure, supply chain sustainability, contract repository and our procurement toolbox is in place. Furthermore, you will work with the Management team on building up procurement capabilities through our Procurement Academy ensuring that we develop capabilities within and beyond procurement.
You will be an essential part of the Corporate Procurement Management Group and together with this team, develop Corporate Procurement in becoming a strong strategic business partner to our business. You will be a key in the sparring with the global organization in terms of resolving challenges and ensuring that we make the right data driven decisions for the business and our capital re-allocation ambition.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

This is a great opportunity to become a key driver to the further success of our Corporate Procurement team. You will have significant impact on our transformation and will be operating in a very dynamic environment.

• Procurement Strategy Leadership: Support implementation of Lundbeck’s Corporate Procurement Strategy, anchoring our organizational focus areas and delivering on transformation initiatives.
• System and Processes: Define strategy for Source to Contract (S2C) and Procure to Pay (P2P) consolidating purchasing workflows into a single, automated interface for end users, in the end-to-end procurement processes (S2P).
• Business Intelligence & Dashboards: Create and maintain procurement dashboards, ensuring transparency and tracking of KPIs for business partnering, compliance, and process improvement.
• Market Analysis and Trends: Conduct regular market analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and threats in the procurement landscape. Leverage insights to inform strategic sourcing decisions and enhance competitive advantage.
• Performance Metrics and Reporting: Establish and monitor performance metrics for procurement activities. Provide regular reports to senior management on procurement performance, savings achievements, and strategic initiatives.
• Savings and Budgeting: Develop and ensure adherence to defined savings methodologies and collaborate with Finance to ensure savings are linked to organizational budgets, integrating Corporate Procurement into budget processes.
• Category Management Framework Development: Collaborate with category managers and sourcing Directors to develop a comprehensive category management framework that aligns with Lundbeck’s strategic goals.
• Sustainability: Develop and develop Lundbeck’s procurement sustainability strategy, working closely with the business to integrate sustainability practices into procurement and supplier relationships.
• Digitalization and Compliance: Be owner of procurement policies and lead efforts in digitalizing procurement operations, ensuring full compliance and developing tools to facilitate professional procurement practices across the organization.

The position is based in Copenhagen/Valby, Denmark.