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: 

Qualifications 

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: 

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

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.