LEAN Professional

Are you passionate about LEAN and eager to develop your own LEAN skill set to contribute to the daily work on reaching our business goals within the pharmaceutical industry? Do you thrive on building relationships and helping others work with LEAN systems and standards?

If so, this could be your opportunity! We are looking for a new LEAN Professional for our production site, Device Component Manufacturing (DCM), who can help us continue to develop our overall LEAN maturity.

The Position
As LEAN Professional, your role is to contribute to our continuous LEAN maturity at the site by helping our production and support organizations to always operate with a LEAN mindset. We engage with managers, operators, and supporters at all levels to keep focus on delivering  what creates value for the site, but most importantly for our patients. 
 
Your key responsibilities will include:

• Providing input to LEAN solutions to address business challenges and focus areas for process improvements.
• Developing new systems for our current LEAN tools and supporting implementation with guidance from senior colleagues (e.g., Performance board, Process Confirmation, etc.)
• Supporting the implementation of the LEAN Supply System.
• Driving/Facilitating systematic problem-solving workshops.
• Delivering training on LEAN systems and tools as part of our Novo Nordisk cLEAN® Academy (you will be trained at Novo Nordisk's cLEAN Academy).

 
Qualifications
To be considered for this position, we expect you to have:

• An academic degree in engineering, production, business management, project management, or any other relevant field.
• 1-3 years of working experience.
• Basic knowledge of LEAN principles and tools (A3, VSM, 5S, etc.)
• It is not a prerequisite to have experience working with LEAN Manufacturing concepts, but it would be an advantage.
• Fluency in both spoken and written Danish and English.

As a person, you have excellent relationship building skills and a positive attitude. You are curious and interested in understanding complex processes and consider multiple perspectives. You flourish in an environment with numerous stakeholders, you actively immerse yourself in the dynamics of the line of business, as well as finding fulfilment in being a part of a team where sparring and collaboration is high on the agenda.

About the Department
DCM is a dynamic and constantly evolving production site located in Hillerød. Responsible for the manufacturing of plastic components and devices for all Novo Nordisk production sites, we are currently employing approximately 600 employees and continuously growing. You will be an integral part of our NPI & Operational Excellence department, which is responsible for New Product Introduction (NPI),  LEAN and Digitalization & Automation support.
Joining the LEAN team, you will connect with a network of skilled professionals from across the organization, where you share knowledge about best practices and receive support to implement, anchor, and maintain these practices in our area. We offer a thorough onboarding and training in the Novo Nordisk standards to help you get started.
 
Working at Novo Nordisk 
Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact 
If you would like to know more about this opportunity, please contact Kristine Bruhn at [email protected]  

Deadline 
22 December, 2024.

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.