We organize the types of goods and services we purchase into categories which helps us to provide better service to our vendors and our employees.

Our category management system is core in all our sourcing processes, and we have sourcing specialists within each category with in-depth market knowledge.

We have a global sourcing process and adjust it to the individual projects, but when we work with our suppliers directly, we use a regional approach.

 

  • Qualification
  • Tendering
  • Negotiations
  • Workshops
  • Awarding the contract
  • On-boarding & implementation
  • Supplier relationship management

To ensure a transparent and comprehensive sourcing process, we use e-Sourcing solutions to provide faster tendering, set out clearly defined requirements and is user-friendly for participants. These tools support fair and equal treatment of all our suppliers as they get access to the same information during the entire tender process.

We also use of e-Auctions to ensure a transparent process of conducting negotiations. During an e-Auction, suppliers can adjust their offers based on live market feedback.

Before the start of an e-Sourcing or e-Auction event, the contact person in your organisation will receive a welcome e-mail containing a link to the event as well as a brief description of the event and its duration.

We use Coupa as our digital procurement platform. Coupa allows us to use digital signatures for signing contracts and agreements.

If a contract is set up for e-signatures, you will receive a signing link that you can follow through to electronically add your signature, using DocuSign.

Why e-signatures?

  • You never have to wait for physical documents to arrive.
  • You can sign anywhere from any device.
  • It is more secure than paper copies as documents are encrypted and a complete audit trail is maintained.
  • It is easy and user-friendly.


Preferred suppliers

We work with preferred suppliers to help us build better medium and long-term relationships. Becoming a preferred supplier is dependent on many different factors among others:

  • total spend
  • volume
  • criticality
  • a strong working history with Novo Nordisk
  • willingness towards continuous improvements and innovation
  • demonstrating the delivery of quality products in a timely and favorable manner.


We are always open towards new players bringing healthy competition to the market.