Procurement Trainee

Location:

Istanbul – Turkey

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

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Other Industries & Skills: 

Education & Training Utilities & Services

Job ID:

130764690

Posted On: 

04 July 2024

Do you want to have the possibility to gain valuable work-life experience in a company that improves patient care?
Do you get energy from solving complex business challenges and strive for continuous improvement? Do you have a strong academic background, an analytical mindset and clear communication skills? Then you might be the right candidate to join our Procurement Department in Region SEEMEA (Sou
theast Europe, Middle East
& Africa)!

At Novo Nordisk, we share a passion for changing patients’ lives, and we are always looking for talented individuals who want to join us in this effort. This opening provides exciting learning opportunities and personal development for someone who wants to be part of our ambitious team and bring new ways of thinking to our company.

The Position

In this job, you are offered an exciting opportunity as Procurement Trainee to develop your professional competencies among experienced colleagues through challenging tasks, great degree of responsibility, and high level of sparring.
The position is 40 hours per week during normal working hours and based in Istanbul. The direct manager will be the Procurement Director of Region SEEMEA, who is though based in Copenhagen. As a
Procurement Trainee, you will support with the following activities:

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-Policies and Procurement processes reviews and optimisation.
-Preparation and launch of RfPs (Request for Proposals) in the system, follow up deadlines with internal and external stakeholders. Participate in the different steps of the sourcing process, working on analysis and presentations to support organisation decision making.
-Tasks related to Sustainability to help achieving our targets.
-Support handling contracts, Facilities, Fleet management, M&E and other category specific initiatives.
-Savings calculation, reporting and other Procurement KPIs tracking, as well as work with different sources of data to support strategic analysis such as affiliate spend, purchasing ratio, suppliers, categories, projects pipeline, budget allocation.
-Local guidelines and SharePoint pages update, enhance the digitalisation agenda.
-Internal stakeholders support with general Sourcing questions.
 

Qualifications

In order to be successful at this position:

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-You are freshly graduated with a bachelor’s degree within Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Supply Chain or similar.
-You have very strong Excel and analytical skills and a natural flair for IT systems and numbers.
-You are pro-active, curious to learn, willing to challenge status-quo and have good communication and presentation skills.
-You are a fast learner with previous work-life experience, such as an internship.  We expect candidates to be service minded, thrive in a dynamic environment and have a can-do attitude.
-You are fluent in both written and spoken English.
About the Department

Novo Nordisk SEEMEA is a diverse region of 94 countries, organised into 3 Business Areas and 7 larger stand-alone countries. Region SEEMEA employs more than 3,000 colleagues who are dedicated to making a remarkable difference to patient care in all the chronic conditions we help to treat. Procurement function is within the greater department of Finance & Operations encompassing Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement and Digital, Data & IT. We have our main Regional Office in Zurich, but with hubs in Istanbul, Warsaw

,
and Copenhagen. This position is based in Istanbul.

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 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact

If you have any questions, Procurement Director Fernanda Friedman Dana on ffrdnovonordisk
or +4530751904.

Deadline

Apply before 22nd of July 2024.
 

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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