Department Assistant to Global Strategic Outsourcing & Devices (GSOD)

Do you have a strong passion for administrative tasks and facilitating processes while supporting managers and keeping things in order? Do you have hands-on experience from working in an administrative support role? Then you might be our new Department Assistant to contribute to our growing team and our ongoing efforts to run an effective sourcing unit.

Apply today and join us for a life-changing career!

The position

As our new department assistant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring administrative processes are running smoothly and effectively across the area and providing support to our management team on various tasks. This support is a much valued part of ensuring that we can prioritise our time and gain synergies in our journey of growth.

Your main tasks will be:

You will be the only department assistant in the area so you should enjoy taking ownership on tasks and working independently. You will be reporting to the head of Business Support, but you will be working closely with all managers in GSOD and our sister-CVP area Strategic Sourcing Inbound Materials and Services. Hence you should expect to connect with a broad range of people and activities at the same time.

Qualifications

We're seeking candidates who fulfil the following prerequisites:

As a person you are proactive and enjoy working independently with high attention for details and excellent coordination skills. You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and have a keen eye for opportunities of development and improvement of processes. Having many ongoing tasks with varying deadlines is natural to you and you thrive with many varied actions. You pride yourself in your collaborative and service-minded approach and enjoys building strong relationships with your colleagues, actively contributing to a positive work environment.

About the department

Global Strategic Outsourcing & Devices (GSOD) is one of two direct sourcing units in Product Supply. We support Novo Nordisk growth by working strategically with Product Supply’s direct spend. Through collaboration with our international CMO and supplier networks, we ensure availability of the capacity needed to develop and manufacture products that helps millions of people around the world to live with chronical diseases.

We are currently located in Novo Nordisk Headquarter in Bagsværd but expect to move to Novo Nordisk’s new site in Taastrup at the end of 2024.

The new role is anchored in the newly established Business Support team in GSOD, which is a staff function that secures progress on cross-unit organizational strategies and initiatives as well as responds to requests and direction set by surrounding functions with respect to strategy, compliance, communication, process optimizations, budgets, and the like.

You will become part of a fast-paced, varied and forward-thinking environment, that offers a diverse culture of professionals and nationalities. We invest significant resources in developing our employees through coaching, frequent feedback, formal training and by giving challenging responsibilities.