QA Professional in Sourcing of Raw Materials

Do you have a passion for Quality Assurance and are eager to ensure top-notch material standards? Are you ready to tackle diverse challenges and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment?

If this sounds like you, we are looking forward to welcoming you in our motivated Sourcing QA team within Material & Supplier Raw QA! Apply today!

The position

As QA Professional, you will together with dedicated colleagues, be responsible for Quality Assurance of materials within a variety of categories and suppliers.

The tasks are diverse as we have a lot of exciting projects in Novo Nordisk. This gives us a variety of challenges, and strong collaboration with all stakeholders is an essential key to success.

Your key activities include:

• Evaluating, selecting, and approving new suppliers for raw materials, process aids, single use systems and excipients in a project environment
• Defining and setting the correct requirements for suppliers, ensuring adherence to regulatory and industry standards
• Negotiating and maintaining quality agreements with suppliers
• Participating in quality audit at suppliers worldwide, ensuring compliance to GMP and other regulations
• Approving change requests and supplier related deviations

You will be working closely with global colleagues in quality control, regulatory affairs, purchasing/logistics, warehouse, consuming departments, and suppliers.

The role is currently located in Bagsværd, but please note that our department will be relocating to new office buildings in Taastrup by the beginning of 2026.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you:

• Hold a master’s degree within pharmaceutical sciences, engineering, or a related field
• Demonstrate hands-on QA experience from either the pharmaceutical or food production industry, ideally in a project environment
• Showcase a strong quality mindset, along with excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Display fluency in both written and spoken English

It would be considered as a strong advantage if you have experience in a project-oriented setting, as well as expertise in supplier management, participation in audit/ handling of audits, and knowledge of chemistry, microbiology, materials, or relevant production processes.

On a personal level, you are known for your energetic and positive mindset, flexibility, and persistence. You enjoy working in a dynamic environment with changing priorities, where you confidently make clear decisions and take ownership for customer requirements, even when faced with complexities or situations when the solution is not immediately clear. Your independence and proactive approach allow you to seamlessly engage with cross-functional stakeholders and global suppliers.

About the department

Sourcing QA is responsible for Quality Assurance of Raw Materials and Packaging Materials going into all of Novo Nordisk’s marketed products. We are responsible for Quality Assurance of our suppliers who are located all over the world. Ensuring a high standard of incoming materials and involvement in investigations into quality issues using LEAN tools is part of our daily work.

In total, we are 75 dedicated employees divided into 6 teams working closely together. We collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation and global suppliers.

At Novo Nordisk, your skills, dedication and ambition help us change lives for the better. In exchange, we offer you an opportunity to work with extraordinary talent and benefit from a range of possibilities 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, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

For further information, please contact Per Tømming Larsen on +45 34441471 or Sine Holm Andersen on +45 30791828

Deadline

2 October 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.