Heading up Procurement Category Management of Direct Materials at NKT.

Responsible for category management and strategic procurement of all direct materials, production related materials, facility management and energy at NKT.

Heading up a team of Procurement Category Leads servicing the NKT project business with project specific sourcing solutions. Also responsible for global sourcing of PE for cable production.

Globally responsible for the strategic procurement of all plastic materials/resins/compounds within NKT.

Headed up a team of strategic procurement professionals/category managers as overall responsible for the strategic sourcing of all Injection Molded components, Injection molding tools, Extruded items, Accessories and Continence Care Finished Goods within Coloplast.Primary responsibilities and results: - New team established and performing - Stakeholder collaboration optimized through relevant structures and processes - Multi year sourcing strategy crafted and implemented. - Supplier portfolio consolidated and optimized - 5 year horizon savings/value pipeline established and execution as according to plan - Continuously developing and optimizing sourcing tools/methods/processes - TCO and Should Cost models crafted and implemented - Contract negotation - Defining and implementing Coloplast Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

Overall commercially and strategically responsible for OEM/CMO category sourcing Finished Goods within Continence Care at Coloplast, incl. total cost management and reduction, supplier selection, portfolio optimization, negotiations, etc.

Category Manager responsible for sourcing of raw materials to Diabetes API production to Novo Nordisk globally.Category is high spend and highly strategic with an increasing percentage of value add being sourced at suppliers and CMO's.Primary responsibilities and achievements: - Manage strategic and high spend category with an increasing percentage of value add being sourced at suppliers and CMO's.- Lead cross-functional sourcing category forum (manager level)- Dysfunctional category transformed into high performing category.- Stakeholder satisfaction and trust re-built- Major savings achieved, especially on bulk items- New category strategy defined and approved- Supply agreements successfully negotiated and closed with strategic suppliers.

Sourcing Project Manager for:1. Supplier Relationship Management concept and approach for Strategic suppliers- Define concepts and models- How to implement and operationalise SRM for selected suppliers- How to embedd such concepts in relevant processes2. Strategic Sourcing Project Governance- Defining and setting up Project Governance within Strategic Sourcing

Manager for "Sourcing Support & Supply Management" team.The team was a highly skilled team of 12 professionals and specialists. Team purpose was to support the operational sourcing whenever necessary (unsatisfactory supplier performance, supply issues etc.) and setup optimal supply chain of raw materials, excipients, process aids, primary packaging and printed packaging materials to Novo Nordisk.Primary responsibilities and results:- Successfully integrated what was previously four teams into one- Standard processes, visual management and relevant KPI's implemented- On-Time-In-Full performance significantly improved

Associate Manager for sourcing & subcontracting team of 10 employees in Novo Nordisk BioPharmaceuticals division.Primary responsibilities and results:- Transform team into a high performing team- Ensure flow of material to BioPharm factories - Representing department in cross-functional management sourcing forums- Improved OTIF (On Time In Full) performance score for flow of material to BioPharm factories 6 months after I started, my team was merged with 3 other sourcing teams, where I continued as associate manager for a larger and much more complex team.

Category Manager responsible for sourcing of plastic raw materials and plastic components for medical devices with a very significant two-digit million Euro spend. Primary responsibilities and results:- Manage strategic high spend category of injection moulded parts- Lead cross-functional sourcing category forum (manager level)- Supported Novo Nordisk expansion by identifying and implementing new strategic global suppliers, ensuring sufficient capacity in both Europe, China, Brazil and US - Total cost management and reduction - Primary driver behind development of Novo Nordisk segmentation model (SRM)

Strategic purchaser of plastic components for medical devices.

Novo Nordisk is a pharmaceutical company with a dominant/leading worldwide position within diabetes, haematology and growth hormone. This 2 year graduate program consists of 3 rotations of 8 months each. Each rotation covers a different area of the company, providing the graduate with a substantial cross-functional knowledge of the processes throughout the value chain.I have worked 8 months in each of the below three Novo Nordisk departments:- Insulin planning (HQ)- Moscow Marketing dept. (expatriation)- Flow & Planning (production)

Research assistant on project exploring purchasing practices of large Danish companies in a SCM context.

Traineeship included consultancy for Danish companies and market research in India and Sri lanka.