Procurement & Events Specialist (Fixed Term)

3 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Novo Nordisk Full time

Procurement & Events Specialist (Fixed Term)

**Category**:Supply Chain and Procurement**Location**:Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA- Do you have a strong passion for procurement, sourcing, category management, and Event Management? Do you thrive in challenging the status quo and building effective relations with stakeholders and suppliers? Then read on, as you may be our next Procurement Specialist and contribute to our efforts to build a sustainable base to serve patients and people with diabetes, obesity, and rare diseases.- **The Position**
- Your main accountabilities:
- Support Procurement on both strategic and Tactical projects and ensure documentation of all RFQ and RFP activities
- Provide support on all Facilities activities and inquiries
- Support Events on the execution of planned activities
- Assist with tracking milestones of all active events and facilitate next steps.
- Provide support in driving Due Diligence and monitoring compliance, and support projects, substitution, or value-adding activities that generate benefits and savings for the organization.

**Qualifications**
- To be successful in this role, you need to hold a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Economics, Law, Supply Chain Management, or related fields.- To be effective in this role, we expect you to have:
- Fluency in English is a necessity.
- Demonstrated excellent relationship, networking, and negotiation abilities. Data-driven, confident, influential, and persuasive, Business Ethics mindset with a strong sourcing toolbox and excellent stakeholder management.
- It will be considered as an advantage if you have experience working in Indirect Spend Procurement with exposure to the Meeting and Events Category.

**About the department**
- The Department consists of procurement professionals, Facilities, and Service desk agents for sourcing and purchasing in a dynamic business environment with a high level of top-line and cost-base growth integrated into our finance and operations department.**Working at Novo Nordisk**
- At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive change. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize 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 55,000 employees to change the lives for the better for millions of patients living with diabetes and other chronic diseases. Together, we go further.**Contact**Deadline**- 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.

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