People Manager - High Voltage Operations

Would you like to join a team tasked with Operating our High Voltage Systems at 2 major production sites in Kalundborg and Odense? Then we have a unique opportunity for you to join a rapidly growing Operations organisation as a People Manager. 

Apply today and be part of a life-changing career! 

The position 

The operations team is responsible for commissioning and operating High Voltage Systems on production sites in Kalundborg and Odense. The connection to the external power network is established at 132 kV or 60 kV and the system should be operated in a way, so it delivers robust, scalable and high reliability Power Supply since it is a critical infrastructure for our production of medicine. The operations team also operates the internal high voltage system on our sites supplying power to all factories and other buildings. To help us operating this critical infrastructure we are looking for an experienced people managers preferably with experience within operations of complex infrastructure. Apply now for a life changing career! 

As our new People Manager, you will be responsible for:  

• Setting the direction of operations on 2 major Danish production sites. 
• Hiring more employees to our growing organisation. 
• Your team will offer support to the projects building high voltage infrastructure. 
• Develop our employees and produce talents. 
• Manage stakeholders across different seniority levels in Novo Nordisk all the way from factory responsible, equipment owners, project managers to senior management.   

Furthermore, this is a great opportunity to be an integral part of an organisation, ensuring that we implement tangible and significant steps towards achieving zero environmental impact.  

Qualifications 

Preferably you hold a master’s degree in engineering or similar with 5+ years of people management experience and can demonstrate solid results in developing an organisation. Furthermore, we expect you to have: 

• Great problem-solving skills with structured and skilled approach in navigating high complexity. 
• Experience with hiring and onboarding new employees. 
• Documented experience in developing a strong team 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and experience at all levels. 
• Ability to motivate yourself and your operations team.  
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Danish.   

As an individual with a can-do attitude, you work systematically, logically and proactively. You are self-driven, structured, robust and capable of handling a high-paced and complex work environment without losing oversight and motivation. 

About the department 

The job is anchored in the department “High Voltage Operations”, which is part of Corporate Facilities. We operate high voltage systems on 5 major production sites in Denmark. We are responsible for operations, maintenance and re-investment in the high voltage systems on the production sites. We collaborate across many business areas of Novo Nordisk and with external partners including consultants and contractors. Your office address will be our Kalundborg site with frequent visits to our Odense site. 

Working at Novo Nordisk 

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease. 

Contact 

For further information, please contact Director High Voltage Søren Støvring +45 2565 5900. 

Deadline 

10th of November 2024. 

Please note that we will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so we urge you to send your application as soon as possible. 

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.