Quality Assurance Professional in External Supply Sourcing

Do you have a passion for Quality Assurance and are eager to ensure top-notch supplier 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 Capacity expansion and supplier management 
Apply today for a life-changing career!
 
The position
As QA Professional, you will together with dedicated colleagues, be responsible for Quality Assurance of products sourced from a broad pallet of global suppliers within a variety of categories.

Your key activities include:

• Evaluating, selecting, and approving new suppliers for primary packaging materials.
• Defining and setting the correct requirements for suppliers, ensuring adherence to regulato-ry 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 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.

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.
• Have some experience from either the pharmaceutical or food production industry.
• Showcase a strong quality mindset, along with excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Display fluency in both written and spoken English. 

 
Experience in working in a project-oriented setting is an advantage, as well as experience with supplier management, auditing and knowledge of chemistry, microbiology, materials, or relevant production processes.

On a personal level, you are known for your positive mindset, flexibility, and persistence. You thrive in dynamic environments and are an excellent team player. You excel in situations with changing priorities, where you can effectively prioritize your tasks and take responsibility for customer requirements, even when the solution is not immediately obvious. You work in a structured way and can balance many tasks at once.

About the department
ES Sourcing QA is responsible for Quality Assurance of Raw Materials and Packaging Materials going into all of Novo Nordisk A/S marketed products worldwide. 

We are responsible for Quality Assurance of our suppliers who are located across the globe. A combi-nation of 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 80 dedicated employees divided into 5 teams working closely together. We collabo-rate with stakeholders across the organization and all over the world.

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 de-velop; 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 Senior Manager Emil Bendixen at +45 30777615 or Lisa Dhanalakshmi Roed at +45-30776292.

Deadline
7 April 2025.
To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo to your CV. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis before the deadline, so we encourage you to apply early. We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunities for all job appli-cants. A cover letter is not required; however, please include a few sentences in your resume or CV explaining why you are applying.
 

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.