Job Description

About the Department

The Finance & Operations department brings insights and intelligence to inform decision making & drives digitalization and business solutions to attain NNI goals. Finance & Operations works closely across the organization to guide enterprise-wide resource allocations, investment choices, drive core operations and develop insights to drive growth and operational excellence across the value chain while innovating for future capabilities. Our focus on innovation ensures we're constantly building future capabilities. We're responsible for regulating accounting, upholding workplace safety, managing our supply chain and sampling, supporting technological and data innovation, maintaining our facilities and assuring the integrity and completeness of all business transactions. At Novo Nordisk, you will have the opportunity to build a career in a global business environment. We encourage our employees to make the most of their talent, and we reward hard work and dedication with opportunities for continuous learning and personal development. Are you ready to maximize your potential with us?

The Position

This key role contributes to the execution of enterprise distribution operations with trade partners by informing design of distribution agreements, ensuring ongoing compliance, and monitoring performance of the downstream supply chain.

Relationships

Reports to the Director, Wholesaler Strategy & Channel Operations and is in direct contact with trade partners. This role partners closely with Finance, Market Access, and Supply Chain.

Essential Functions

• Manage relationships with trade partners while serving as an escalation point both internally and externally
• Lead programs to enable timely product launches and discontinuations, including but not limited to collecting, and assembling product data, activating / deactivating associated data & reporting
• Own fiscal activity related to wholesale partners including forecasting anticipated spend, then lead assessments and validation of wholesaler fees earned
• Ensure optimal supply of product to the market, timely communication of any developments to trade partners, and lead resolution of product availability issues
• Deliver analyses and insights to inform supply chain operations, including alternate models, collaborate with a cross-functional team to bring strategy to life by operationalizing agreements
• Manage projects and tasks related to alternative model execution
• Coordinates with supply chain specialists, leaders and alternative model execution team to ensure timely solution design updates while maintaining steady operations
• Building and maintaining good relations with alternative distribution model partners and service providers

Physical Requirements

0-10% overnight travel required.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree is required
• A minimum of 8 years’ relevant experience. Advanced degree may be substituted for 2 years' experience
• Experience within the healthcare industry and/or channel operations preferred
• Proven track record of collaboration across multiple disciplines within organization to deliver results
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills required
• Strong financial acumen and analytical skills
• Proven experience of extensive contact with internal and external customers for Business Partnering is required
• MS Office skills required with an advanced understanding of Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with data analytics tools preferred

The base compensation range for this position is $120,300 to $222,600. Base compensation is determined based on a number of factors. This position is also eligible for a company bonus based on individual and company performance.

Novo Nordisk offers long-term incentive compensation and or company vehicles depending on the position's level or other company factors.

Employees are also eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs including medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts; employee assistance program; tuition reimbursement program; and voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance and auto/home insurance. The Company also offers time off pursuant to its sick time policy, flex-able vacation policy, and parental leave policy.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and defeating diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.