Senior Automation Project Manager - Intralogistics

Are you an experienced project manager who believes in ‘teamwork makes dream work’? Do you have a craving to enable shopfloor value with new, scalable, and sustainable automation technologies and do you thrive in delivering automation projects in dynamic and diverse environments?  

If you are seeking a challenge that enable you to make a massive difference to Novo Nordisk, then read on! 

The position 

As our new Senior Intralogistics Project Manager, you will act as module lead in the Fill & Finish production Expansions program where you will be part of building our new global intralogistics & warehouse module for our future factories. Your main responsibility will be driving and accelerating implementation across our global sites. 

You will be working closely with different key stakeholders both in Novo Nordisk and suppliers to evaluate and enable IT, automation and architecture drawing a good balance between speed, simplicity and scalability. Your focus areas will be to: 

• Take ownership of the project management disciplines on behalf of IT & Automation. 
• Define the scope of standards implementation. 
• Drive and execute the project plan, manage stakeholders, challenge solutions and speed of implementation. 
• Ensure compliance and quality in all parts of the projects. 
• Involve with various technology partners (internal and external) and site work package owners. 

Beyond the execution and control of the project you will be responsible for shaping best practices and standards together with your colleagues in the Warehouse team and the extended IT & Automation team. 

Some travel activity is to be expected.  

Qualifications 

To succeed in this position, we imagine you have:

• A master, bachelor, or technician degree within automation, IT or another relevant field.
• 4+ years of experience within IT/OT implementation in Production Facility in pharmaceutical or other highly regulated industry, preferably within Warehousing and Intralogistics solutions.
• Experience with operating IT/OT Systems within GxP environment.
• Experience with implementation/deployment of Automated Warehouse/Intralogistics solutions.
• Great stakeholder management skills complimented by fluent communication in English.  

It is considered an advantage if you have experience from GMP regulated industry environment and implementation of SAP EWM or similar warehouse management systems.  Some vendor management experience is also expected.

You naturally get followership from a project team and can communicate at all levels in the organization. You work effectively, independently and with a natural respect based on your technical understanding. You thrive in an environment where new challenges and focus can change quickly, but always with the overall common goal in mind. 

About the department 

DD&IT PS – Fill & Finish Expansions is a program organization - built in a multi-dimensional matrix structure, that’s designed to foster cross-organizational and cross-functional collaboration to shape our future. 

Our goal is to design and build future-proof, global fill & finish production facilities, with a focus on establishing strong foundational IT and automation that will enable these facilities to digitally evolve.  

As a member of our department, you will work closely with colleagues responsible for processes and engineering, as well as various technology partners both internally and externally. 

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 60,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact 

If you have questions about the position, please contact Mikkel Boding Kaplan Kildetoft, People Leader for IT & Automation on +45 30 79 42 01. 

Deadline 

11 October 2024

Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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.