Manager Quality Support

Are you an authentic and empathetic people leader with a proven ability to inspire and guide both teams and stakeholders? Can you seamlessly balance day-to-day operations while advancing the department’s vision and managing change? 

If you have a strong quality mindset, then apply today and join us in Sourcing Warehouse within Global Inbound Warehousing!

The position

As a Manager, you will lead a team of approximately 10 employees, fostering a culture of continuous improvement through strong leadership while ensuring consistent high-quality standards within the department. In addition to your leadership responsibilities, you will oversee the smooth operation and compliance of Quality Management Systems (QMS).

Your role will encompass supporting deviation management, conducting quality risk assessments, overseeing inspections, and maintaining general quality assurance activities. Furthermore, you will manage the integration of new materials entering the warehouse, ensure inspection readiness, and update procedures as necessary.

Your key activities include:

• Ensuring the organisation is audit and inspection-ready, with compliant, fully operational QMS
• Managing compliance changes and deviations, measuring overall compliance performance and taking proactive steps to address any issues
• Overseeing the integration of new raw materials and APIs into the supply chain from a quality support perspectiveManaging documentation for authorities, ensuring both internal and external compliance with GMP standards and legal requirements
• Promoting a continuous improvement mindset, coaching and developing the team through clear direction and effective leadership

You will also play a key role in growing the team by recruiting new talent.

The position requires a close stakeholder management element, where continuously alignment with other Sourcing Warehousing Associate Managers and peers across Novo Nordisk supply chain is key to success.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we believe you:

• Hold a master’s degree in production operations, engineering, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, or another relevant field
• Bring solid leadership experience, with extensive expertise in maintaining quality compliance and managing inspections within a GMP environment
• Possess robust stakeholder management skills, with proven capabilities in change management and a proactive, solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving
• Display proficiency in both spoken and written English

It would be considered as a strong advantage if you are proficient in Danish. 

On a personal level, you thrive in dynamic environments, adeptly navigating complexities and addressing challenging with a logical, solution-oriented mindset. You proactively measure deliverables, taking prompt action and resolving issues. You collaborate effectively across teams, identifying and solving problems early, while ensuring alignment with business goals. You take initiative, driving continuous improvement through a deep business understanding and a flexible approach. Lastly, you set clear direction for your team, coaching, motivating, and fostering their growth and potential.

About the department

The Sourcing Warehouse Hillerød department is a pivotal and ambitious department with approx. 110 employees organized into 9 teams. The site is operating in a Lean environment and utilizing just-in-time delivery methodologies, the department relies on highly dedicated employees and robust support systems. The Sourcing Warehouse Hillerød is responsible for the receipt of all raw materials, sampling, and the dispatching of orders to all Novo Nordisk sites globally.

You will join a team consisting of +30 employees that daily ensures the Quality Support, Operational Support and Facility & Validation teams. The department is in Hillerød, with many close colleagues in Kalundborg. We expect high performance and the ambition to make your mark on our business. In exchange, we offer a wide range of opportunities for professional and personal development.

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 to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

If you want to know more about the position, please contact Director Lauge Navntoft Pedersen at +45 30757166.

Deadline

5 January 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.