Manager for Sustainability and Safety team

Are you ready to make a difference and join an area where the pioneering spirit still drives us forward? Do you want to set direction within our Sustainability agenda and build, improve, and maintain the Health & Safety set-up?

Would you like to cooperate and interact with stakeholders across Development Product Portfolio (DPP) & Emerging Technologies (ET) in Denmark, USA, Irland and the rest of Novo Nordisk? 

If so, there is a unique job opportunity waiting for you, apply now!
 
The position  
ET is now looking for a manager who is passionate about Sustainability and have a keen eye on Health & Safety (HS) while having excellent leadership skills. 

In this role as a manager, you will support the organisation in achieving and maintain-ing the “license to operate” by setting direction and executing on our Sustainability and health and safety strategy through effective coaching of your team, which will help us achieve ambitious targets.

Main responsibilities will include to:  

• Develop the team to enhance performance and engagement
• Ensure a positive working environment with psychological safety by being pre-sent, listening and involving  
• Support the implementation of strategic sustainability and health & safety pro-jects across ET  
• Help to maintain, update, and improve DPP & ET existing HS processes
• Assist identifying opportunities for innovation and improvement in sustainabil-ity and HS practices and driving their implementation

In this role, not only you will build a team but also make a clear mark across the or-ganization and it's a role that goes incredibly far across many stakeholders both in the organization engage with internal and external stakeholders to communicate sustain-ability and HS goals and initiatives, and to foster partnerships that drive sustainability efforts. 

Our department is highly motivated, and this position offers you a unique opportunity to use and strengthen your leadership skills in an exciting environment together with great employees and colleagues. You will experience an enthusiastic working climate where we take a personal responsibility for strategy, delivery, and each other. 
 
Qualifications  

The ideal candidate has the ability to think out of the box and can come up with solu-tions and suggestions that comply with quality requirements. 

To succeed in this role, you:

• Hold a master’s degree in business related subjects
• Have a minimum of 1-3-year work experience from a leadership position lead-ing specialist 
• Preferably have project management work experience 
• Preferably have experience with Environmental Social Governance and/or HS
• Are fluent in English

On a personal level you have a positive can-do attitude. You must have excellent communication skills and a passion for setting structure and standards in an ever-changing complex environment. Furthermore, you must be able to translate strategy into ambitious goals, prioritize and make bold decisions. 
 
About the department  
DPP & ET is anchored in Product Supply Quality and IT, which globally address 32,500 employees. 

In ET we are approximately 2,600 dedicated employees based primarily in Måløv (DK) & Taastrup (DK) but also in Durham (US), Athlone (IR), Petersburg (US) - and our sites are still growing. For the future we have many ambitions, and we are working hard to get our new tablet product on the market. Together we will succeed and still strive being at the forefront of the development of technology, systems, and processes etc. 

You will be leading the Sustainability & Safety team, part of the “Sustainability & Op-eration Excellence” department based in Taastrup. Our main responsibility to drive change towards zero environmental impact, ensuring that we execute according to the strategic direction and targets. We monitor progress towards 2030, identify gaps, and analyse implications and opportunities. The Safety part of the team is responsible for setting and driving the HS strategy, ensuring compliance with regulations, fostering a culture of safety, and overseeing the implementation of HS programs across the or-ganization.  
  
Working at Novo Nordisk 
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to move the nee-dle on patient care.  
   
Contact  
For further information, please contact Director of DPP & ET Sustainability and Opera-tional Excellence, Daniel Thulstrup at +45 30 75 42 98 
  
Deadline 
24 November 2024.

Please note that applications will be reviewed ongoing, and interviews will be sched-uled as soon as potential candidates will be individuated, so we encourage you to ap-ply sooner rather than later.

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.