Senior Manager Operational Readiness

Are you an experienced leader with an eye for the long-term goal and a passion for operational excellence? Have you mastered building and guiding diverse teams as well as programme and project management? Novo Nordisk is seeking an analytical Senior Manager within Operational Readiness for our largest expansion project to date. We are expanding the team in Kalundborg, where we are investing DKK 42 billion to enhance our manufacturing facilities for chronic disease treatments. This is your chance to become a trusted advisor and business partner, leading pivotal projects in a world-renowned company. Apply today and embark on a life-changing career with Novo Nordisk.

The position

As a Senior Manager within Operational Readiness, you will have the opportunity to build an organisation while you drive the leadership of our operational readiness programme. “Operational Readiness” means preparing the organisation for operations by having developed standards, systems and well-defined processes. All deliverables should support our ambition to be excellent at operating and ramping-up our new facilities. Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead Associate Managers by whom you build up the operational organisation for our fermentation and recovery facilities
• Develop your organisation to be well-prepared to operate our newly established manufacturing facilities
• Together with the project management team, define our strategy for operational readiness
• Drive execution and deployment of the strategy through track leads
• Monitor and drive progress according to agreed deliverables and deadlines

You will be involved in a broad range of tasks, including reporting to senior management, leading problem-solving, and adjusting strategies to a changing environment.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who:

• Holds an academic degree within Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain or another similar field
• Has a leadership background preferably within the pharmaceutical or technical supply industry. However, other relevant highly regulated industries will also be considered
• Has a data-based approach to decision-making
• Is fluent in both spoken and written English. Fluency in Danish would be an advantage

As a person, you have excellent relationship-building skills and a positive attitude. You are acknowledged for solving complex business challenges to everyone’s satisfaction with the long term in mind. You understand that you can only succeed by empowering your team to find solutions to challenges. You provide clear direction and follow-up to ensure agreements are kept and deadlines are met.

About the department

The Senior Manager Operational Readiness is part of the M3 project, Novo Nordisk’s largest investment project to date. The project is located in Kalundborg, Denmark, where we design and build future API facilities as multi-product facilities. The M3 team is a diverse group of approximately 300 talented colleagues from over 30 different national backgrounds. Joining this fast-growing organization, you will connect with a network of skilled professionals from across the organization, sharing knowledge about best practices and receiving input for future plans and solutions. We offer thorough onboarding and training in the Novo Nordisk standards to help you get started.

Working at Novo Nordisk

You will be joining PS API Expansions. The area is anchored in Novo Nordisk Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employs approximately 30,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 64,000 employees. 

PS API Expansions is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan and build all major API Expansions projects across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients.

We build and design our future API facilities as multi-product facilities with the flexibility to accommodate future processes and display state-of-the-art technology and working environment. We focus on delivering the highest quality to patients globally in an efficient and environmentally sustainable way. We are setting the standards for the future, designing facilities we will still be proud of many decades from now. We drive world-class execution of capacity projects, and together we are building the future of Novo Nordisk.

Contact

For further information, please contact Corporate Project Vice President, Derrik Lenzner on +45 3075 6898.

Deadline

17 November 2024

Please note that applications will be reviewed continuously, and interviews will be planned as soon as a suitable candidate is identified.

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.