Competencies
Where Rune is strongest.
- Sourcing & ProcurementExpert
- Product & Category ManagementExpert
- Strategy & TransformationExpert
- Project ManagementExpert
- Effective leadershipExpert
- Manufacturing OutsourcingSubstantial experience
- Public tendersSubstantial experience
- PricingSubstantial experience
- Business intelligenceSome experience
- Due diligence, M&ASome experience
Clients
Flying Tiger CopenhagenNovo NordiskMediqMaersk Line
Relevant project highlights
- 01European MedTech company: Go-to-market strategy for a new medical device. Strategy and launch plan approved and initiated. PMO
- 02European MedTech company: PMO for a portfolio of large strategic public tenders, driving tender strategy, pricing, sourcing and bid execution. Improved win rate and long-term revenue growth. PMO
- 03International variety retail chain: Large cost-out project across the fixed product assortment. More than 15% cost price reduction. Director
- 04Global pharmaceutical company: Long-term strategy for outsourcing manufacturing to CMOs globally and identification of strategic partners. Strategy approved and implemented. Director
- 05Global pharmaceutical company: Tendering, negotiation and contracting of large manufacturing outsourcing projects in the US, Europe and China. Contracts successfully negotiated and implemented. Director
- 06Global pharmaceutical company: Procurement category management excellence programme, including design and implementation of global category strategies. New category strategy process; strategies covering 60% of global spend approved by executive management. Director
- 07Global pharmaceutical company: Category strategies and should-cost modelling for phase 1–3 clinical trials. Should-cost models developed and implemented. Sourcing manager
- 08International healthcare products distributor: Large-scale cost-out project across the product assortment. 10% cost reduction and supplier consolidation. Program manager
- 09International healthcare products distributor: Design and implementation of a new Nordic pricing practice. More than 20% bottom-line improvement in selected product segments. Director
- 10International healthcare products distributor: Design and implementation of a new operating model for public tender bidding. Improved win rates and profitability
- 11International healthcare products distributor: Go-to-market strategy and partner identification for COVID-19-related products in the Nordic market. New partners identified and products introduced to the European market. Director
- 12International variety retail chain: Organisational transformation and establishment of a product procurement function. New organisation recruited and implemented. Director
- 13International variety retail chain: Optimisation of product sourcing practices in China, including on-site supplier negotiations and establishment of a sample room. Supplier consolidation and more than 15% cost savings
- 14International variety retail chain: Supply chain optimisation, including contracting an outsourced warehouse solution in Eastern Europe. More than 20% improvement in unit costs
- 15Global shipping company: Supply chain optimisation of trucking in Italy. New network design approved and implemented. Operations efficiency manager
- 16Global shipping company: Contracting and negotiation of three new container terminals in Israel and Turkey. New contracts increased capacity in the region. Operations efficiency manager
Career
- 2020 – 2022Mediq, Director, Category Management & Sourcing
- 2025 –ZILLION Consulting Group
- 2023 – 2025Novo Nordisk, Director, Global Strategic Outsourcing, Devices & Needles
- 2022 – 2023Mediq, Cluster Commercial Officer, Nordics, Baltics and UK cluster
- 2016 – 2020Flying Tiger Copenhagen, Director, Procurement
- 2009 – 2016Novo Nordisk, Corporate Procurement - Director, Sourcing Development - Senior Manager, Category Management & Strategy - Senior Category Manager, Clinical Trials, Marketing
- 2001 – 2009A.P Moller - Maersk, - Cluster Operations Efficiency Manager, Maersk Line - Finance Manager, Maersk Procurement - Financial analyst, Maersk Oil and Gas
Education
- MSc in Economics, Cand. Polit, Copenhagen University
- Various development programs within Supply Chain, Project Management, Procurement, Problem Solving, Product/Category management
Skills
- Languages
- Danish, English, Swedish, Norwegian
- Systems
- SAP, IFS
- International
- Italy, Nordics, US, China, Japan, Israel, Turkey
