Senior Project Manager for Standardising the Warehouse Implementation Programme Worldwide

Are you an expert in supply chain management? Do you thrive in leading high-impact projects and driving standardisation? We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Project Manager to join our Projects & Analytics team within Logistics and Distribution at Novo Nordisk. If you are ready to take on this exciting challenge, read on and apply today for a life-changing career. 

The position 

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Project Manager to join our Projects & Analytics team within Logistics and Distribution. The ideal candidate should possess a strong background in supply chain management and will be responsible for leading and driving the standardisation of warehouse implementation in collaboration with key stakeholders in the department, across Novo Nordisk and our external warehouses. You will work closely with IT to ensure proper integrations. 

The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership skills to lead the process deliverables in high quality, and in the right time, while focusing on the stakeholder management.  You will also be highly involved in managing high complexity tasks and projects and take initiative to continuously improve supply chain processes and stakeholder relationships. Through your strong analytical skills and innovative nature, you will drive ongoing improvement initiatives in your project, exercise change management and systematic problem solving where there is a need. 

The position in anchored in Supply Chain, based in Bagsværd, and will be reporting to the Senior Manager of Projects & Analytics. 

Responsibilities: 

• Lead and drive the standardisation of warehouse implementation in collaboration with key stakeholders across the Novo Nordisk organisation, such as IT, and external warehouses. 
• Act as a bridge across the entire value chain, ensuring value chain optimisations. 
• Develop high-level business cases on benefits for management-level decision-making. 
• Drive standardisation of warehouse implementation in collaboration with other project managers in the Logistics and Distribution department. 
• Guiding and leading the Project & Analytics colleagues and potentially a clusters of project teams to help succeed in warehouse implementations.  
• Delegate tasks and oversee the portfolio of projects supporting standardisation of warehouse implementations. 
• Identify optimisation opportunities within Supply Chain, Logistics & Distribution 

Qualifications 

• Proven experience in supply chain management within a senior project management capacity. 
• Strong background in collaborating with stakeholders on an international level. 
• Demonstrated ability to harmonise products, optimise value chains, and address local considerations. 
• Proficiency in developing high-level business cases for management-level decisions. 
• Presenting decisions to all management levels of the organisation 

You will be working in a setup which provides great transparency in your projects. It requires that you can work with the planning of your projects in a high level of detail as well as being able to take a helicopter perspective when necessary. You should be able to present your projects professionally, concisely, and comprehensibly at all levels of the organisation, both in writing and verbally.  

 
Our ideal candidate has strong project management, communication, analytical and organisational skills. You are innovative and driven by performing your tasks in a way that adds value, and not necessarily in the way you are used to. You are willing to take responsibility for your own learning and ownership of your own tasks, and to work as a team player to the benefit of Logistics & Distribution department, as well as the entire Novo Nordisk Product Supply, Quality & IT (PSQIT) organisation and its patients. 

You have a proven ability to demonstrate stakeholder management skills enabling you to cooperate group-wide and to drive processes, and you are persistent in your quest to understand risks and regulations, while you at the same time can connect the dots considering the overall strategy and the direction of the company in close collaboration with the management. 

The position requires an innovative and open mindset, well-developed interpersonal skills and strong competences in communication, as you will work closely together with many different layers in the organisation. A sense for discretion and confidentiality is essential. 

We expect you to have: 

• A relevant master’s degree in e.g., Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering or the like 
• At least 8 years of experience with project management in a larger company with many stakeholders. 
• Abilities to communicate clearly, drive and move things forward. 
• A natural flair for business process optimisation and standardisation 

Furthermore, it is an advantage but not a requirement if you: 

• Have been driving Supply Chain projects and/or have an understanding of the processes in Supply Chain.  
• Have experience with a highly regulated environment.  
• Have experience and proven record with senior management communication - verbal and written. 

As a person, you are proactive and responsible and with a work structured mindset, are goal-oriented and focused on driving things forward. You are known for your high motivation & engagement. Completes to have an excellent cross-cultural collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills. 
  

About the department 
Logistics & Distribution (L&D) is a central function in the Supply Chain organisation in Product Supply, managing all cross-functional Supply Chain systems and processes. We are app. 70+ employees in Bagsværd (DK) and 15 in Bangalore (India) . 
  
The department is overall responsible for the global distribution of Novo Nordisk products between production sites and to our affiliates and regional offices across the globe, focusing on delivering a high service while balancing the environmental footprint with the fiscal impact. Furthermore, we have responsibility for in- and outbound warehouses in the Product Supply network.  
  
While taking the responsibility for global distribution, L&D is responsible for overseeing and complying with all regulatory and quality requirements related to distribution of pharmaceuticals, managing the distribution cost and performance management of our warehouses and vendors.  
 

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. 

 
Contact   

For any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Manager, Said Chayesteh, +45 3075 3895. 

 
Deadline 

Please apply no later than the 23rd of 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.  

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.