Finished Production Director

Are you ready to lead and optimise production operations? Do you have a passion for ensuring product quality and compliance? We are seeking a Director of Finished Product Department to join our team and make a significant impact on our production processes. If you are a strategic thinker with a knack for managing resources and driving improvements, read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

The position
As the Director of Department, you will lead a resilient and experienced team consisting of 6-8 direct reports, while overseeing a larger team of 100+ individuals. Your role will involve ensuring product quality and GMP compliance within the department, as well as strategizing, implementing, and enhancing packaging plans to drive operational efficiency and productivity. The focus will be split on strategy, daily business and culture.

Your main responsibilities will include:
Providing guidance to team leaders and staff, fostering a high performance, culture and ensuring efficient resource management to enable resilient and flexible teams.
Overseeing product quality and GMP compliance within the department.
Developing department strategies, setting goals, and ensuring alignment with OFP Production ambitions.
Emphasizing cLEAN leadership and prioritizing Health & Safety which will be integral to our approach and our success.
Building stakeholder relations and guiding stakeholder management for key customers.

Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications:

• Holding a Master of Science in life sciences, pharmaceutical, engineering or similar.
• Having at least 5 years of relevant experience as a people manager within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Possessing in-depth knowledge of regulatory and quality standards related to cGMP and medical production.
• Being proficient in English both written and spoken.

As an individual, you possess strong communication skills and demonstrate responsibility, with the ability to work independently. While you are ambitious, results-oriented, and committed with a high level of motivation, you are also capable of engaging people.

About the department

ET Finished Product is responsible for production activities in a manufacturing environment, optimising resource use, minimising costs, and maintaining quality standards. Our team is dedicated to ensuring the efficient and effective packaging of products, monitoring and adjusting equipment to maintain quality and maximise efficiency. We are committed to developing process improvement methods that enhance program quality, cost, and scheduling. Join us in our mission to package products efficiently, effectively, and in compliance with regulatory requirements, while continuously seeking ways to improve the production process.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we're working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we're life changing.

Contact 
For further information please contact Rita Rocha, Vice President at [email protected].

Deadline
16 February 2025.

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.