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What if you could work for a cause, not just a company?

Novozymes is the global market leader in biological solutions. We help build better lives. Together with our customers, partners and the global community, we use our innovative thinking and passion for science to boost industries and make everyday products more sustainable for the good of the planet. As the world’s leading provider of industrial enzymes and microorganisms, our bio-innovation enables higher agricultural yields, low-temperature washing, energy-efficient production, renewable fuel and many, many other biological solutions that the world can benefit from today and in the future. We call it Rethink Tomorrow.

Join us as our new Commercial Lead, Novozymes OneHealth, Lyngby
Have you ever tried to build a completely new category in a company that has the potential to revolutionize it? This is your chance; we are building a business in oral health linking Novozymes unique technology position and culture to products and routines impacting most people on the planet lives. As a commercial lead you are the one to development the strategy and drive/support the execution of positioning our existing and new products in the right channels together with a great team of entrepreneurs.

Welcome to Novozymes OneHealth
At Novozymes OneHealth we are on a quest to help people live healthier and better lives, by rethinking tomorrow within human health, and finding the one-in-a-trillion verifiable solutions of probiotics and enzymes that can be proven to solve profound health challenges related to modern lifestyles. We have started rethinking tomorrow within human health; thinking outside the box, working in new ways, building different partnerships, pioneering data and digital, discovering ground-breaking science and much more – do you want to join us? OneHealth is a newly established Strategic Opportunity Area within Novozymes working as a corporate venture with a start-up mindset. We are a high-energy team with diverse backgrounds on a mission to develop solutions within gut and oral health aimed at the consumer care space. We focus on probiotic- and enzyme-based solutions and drive development based on strong scientific hypotheses and identified consumer demand.

In this role you’ll make an impact by:

Defining which and where our products will be generating value by developing and driving market gap analysis/dynamics, customer and consumer profiling of the oral health category

Showing value of our product by category segmentation, value chain insights, channel valuation, customer profiling, and pricing structure

Exciting customers by showing our product unique functionality and consumer positioning through product benchmarking, market claim substantiation e.g. technical and clinical data positioning and potential retail pricing

Daring to lead the establishment of new products within a large company getting buy-in and support across functions – R&D, IP, supply operations, quality, regulatory, and sales & marketing – to ensure success

To succeed you must hold:

An entrepreneurial spirit! In our world that means thrive without fixed work processes already in place, the ability to hit the ground running and fun while doing so, be open to give and receive feedback and the willingness to do what is required to make things move forward

Proven track record of strong project execution with a passion for delivering impact and tangible business results

> 10 years commercial experience (business development / sales / marketing / innovation) from a global B2B or B2C business within a human health related industry or experience from working with this industry as a consultant

Master’s degree within business with a flair for science or Master’s degree within biological / medical sciences combined with an MBA and/or relevant commercial experience

Excellent oral and written English skills

Location : The job is based in Kgs. Lyngby reporting to the Head of Oral health venture and requires up to 20% travel days per year.

Are you passionate about making a sustainable impact, and do you see yourself in this position? Then unlock your passion and apply today!

Application deadline : 2 March 2021.

Contact details : For more information, please contact Thomas Durhuus, Head of Oral health venture, OneHealth, tmd@novozymes.com.

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Want to learn more?
Did you know, that Novozymes was ranked #7 in Science magazine’s global Top Employers Survey 2019?

At Novozymes, we invite you to join us in finding biological solutions to the world’s problems. Being a pioneering company, we seek people, who are eager to try new things, motivated by challenge and not afraid to fail but driven to try again. And again. Original thinking happens when we’re given the flexibility to focus and the freedom to fully unfold our individual strengths. This is key to our innovation power and how we have become one of the top patent holders in the biotech industry. Learn more about Novozymes, our purpose, and your career opportunities at novozymes.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.