Senior Strategic NPD Sourcing Lead

Ambu; Ballerup Kommune; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambu’s global procurement transformation seeks a Senior Project Sourcing Manager to lead sourcing in the key NPD initiative, ensuring the right materials, technologies, and suppliers align with innovation, quality, sustainability, and strong financial outcomes.

You will collaborate with category managers and R&D, Quality, Global Supply Chain, Operations and Finance, serving as procurement’s commercial and sourcing partner throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, or similar.
• 5–7 years of procurement experience with exposure to project sourcing/NPD.
• Cross-functional experience with R&D and product development is preferred.
• Strong skills in supplier selection, cost modeling, negotiations, and contract execution.
• Experience running RFI/RFQ/RFP processes, cost breakdowns, and supplier comparisons.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end Procurement activities in a key strategic NPD initiative from concept through ramp‑up.
• Drive supplier and material selection, make/buy decisions, and sourcing strategies aligned with milestones.
• Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP activities for project‑specific sourcing and negotiate agreements.
• Enable early supplier involvement to support design‑to‑cost and innovation access.
• Own and validate procurement inputs to business cases, questioning assumptions for best value.
• Identify and mitigate supply risks and ensure compliance with quality and sustainability requirements.
• Support category initiatives by aiding supplier strategy execution and project handover to category sourcing.

Skills

Project sourcing

NPD experience

Negotiations

RFI/RFQ/RFP

Cost modeling

Contract execution

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s/Master degree

Job description

Ambu’s global procurement transformation seeks a Senior Project Sourcing Manager to lead sourcing in the key NPD initiative, ensuring the right materials, technologies, and suppliers align with innovation, quality, sustainability, and strong financial outcomes.

You will collaborate with category managers and R&D, Quality, Global Supply Chain, Operations and Finance, serving as procurement’s commercial and sourcing partner throughout the product lifecycle.