Are you an experienced leader with a strong passion for making a difference and with GMP knowledge? Do you want to be a part of an expanding production facility where you produce medicine for patients worldwide? If you are motivated by standardizing and continuously improving in a highly regulated environment, we have the perfect opportunity for you.
The Position
As an Associate Manager for our Warehouse and Facility & Utility Support team anchored in Business Support Kirke Værløse (KV), you will build a support team expected around 8 people in site KV. You will be part of a leadership team in the local business support consisting of 2 team leaders for Warehouse, Facility & Utility respectively and the Senior Manager for Business Support KV.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
Ensure compliance with GMP and handling of deviations.
Support the Warehouse and Facility & Utility teams with projects, continuous improvement and securing stable delivery of high-quality products in a very regulated production environment.
Build and maintain stakeholder relationships, ensuring high level of support.
Coach your team and develop new solutions to enhance performance.
Drive and role model lean mindset.
You will have the opportunity to establish, serve and lead your team into an exciting future where we are looking into expansion of the site. You will be responsible for developing essential skills in your team to tackle any business challenge that comes your way. This also includes recruiting talents, onboarding new team members, providing comprehensive training, and building a high-performing team that's ready to take on our future opportunities and challenges in our production in KV.
The team members are primarily situated locally near our stakeholders to understand what adds value and makes a difference, so you will spend most of your time on the shop floor, leading and coaching your team. We also work closely across the support teams on site, and therefore a strong collaboration with the other local support team leaders is necessary to succeed in this role.
Qualifications
The most important qualification is your passion for people and drive to develop a great team with high engagement and performance.
To succeed in this position, you have:
A BSc or MSc degree related to Life Science or Engineering
2-3 years of a leadership experience preferably within production, support or QA.
Strong experience with GMP, competence development and LEAN.
Professional proficiency in English and Danish.
Solid experience in change management, as well as excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills are essential to this position as well.
On a personal level, you have a leadership style based on trust, and mutual respect and value a fun and inclusive working environment. You have a natural talent for building a supportive environment where everyone works well together, motivates each other, and fosters personal and professional growth.
About the Department
In FPM DK-2 we are around 350 people at sites in Kalundborg, Kirke Værløse, Gentofte and in the future Tietgen. We are working together to ensure that our finished products are assembled and packed to the highest standards before distributed to people living with serious chronic diseases.
You will be a part of our local Business Support department in KV. This is a new department that supports production and the development that the site is going through. The department consists of two teams: Warehouse and Facility & Utility. We also have the overall responsibility for Environment, Health & Safety at site KV. This role is the team leader for a new team we are establishing; Warehouse and Facility/Utility Support.
Business Support KV is part of the overall Business Support department for Finished Product Manufacturing in KV, Kalundborg and Tietgen. As Business Support we support our manufacturing areas across the sites. The other teams in the overall department are responsible for Investment Projects, Project Portfolio Management, LEAN & Operational Excellence, Business Intelligence, Planning & Capacity and Training & Onboarding.
In the department, we are ambitious and strive to deliver the best possible service to production. To help you do this, we will guarantee you a lot of sparring and development feedback. And we make sure to have fun while we drive the business forward.
Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.
Contact
For further information, please contact Business Support KV Senior Manager, Charlotte Nørgaard Christoffersen at [email protected], note that due to holidays there might be a slight delay in responding.
Deadline
Apply before July 28th, 2024.
Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.
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