Warehouse QA specialist

Are you a highly motivated, solution oriented and self-confident individual with a passion for working with Quality Assurance in a large organization? Can you transform requirements from the authorities into simple and compliant solutions that are understandable for our stakeholders globally? 

Do you have experience with supplier management or audits, and are curious how to link Novo Nordisk’s quality processes with Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP) and Good Distribution Processes (GDP) in a multi-cultural environment with stakeholders across the globe? Then the role as Warehouse QA specialist within Supply Chain QA, is possible the next exciting job opportunity for you, read more and apply!

The position 
As Warehouse QA specialist within Supply Chain QA, you will be responsible for ensuring the right quality level at Novo Nordisk external warehouses and setting direction in relation to requirement mapping. Further, you will be responsible for implementing new external warehouses and ensure continuous improvements. In the role, you will have to gain deep insight into the processes at NN external warehouses, ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements and be able to communicate with a vast variety of people with different cultures across the globe.

 This position may occasionally involve international travel.

Your key responsibilities will be but are not limited to:

• Drive the Quality agenda and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and Novo Nordisk QMS during implementation of new external warehouses. 
• Ensure Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) & Good Distribution Practise (GDP) compliance at Novo Nordisk external warehouses. 
• Continuously secure that NN external warehouses operate with the right and optimal quality level. This includes their Quality Management system, licenses/certificates, warehouse validation, etc.  
• Write, review, and approve quality related documents, such as Quality Agreements, etc. 
• Perform on-site QA present at NN external warehouses. 
• Participate in relevant audits with external suppliers and internally in Novo Nordisk.

Further, you will help with improvements both between NN and the external WH, and in their own processes. 

Qualifications 
To succeed in this role, you must:

• Hold an academic degree in e.g., supply chain, logistics, chemistry, biology, engineering, pharmacy, or similar. 
• Have several years of relevant experience within quality assurance and have a good knowledge of both GMP and GDP.
• Have experience with audits, preferably with auditing suppliers and have worked with quality processes in relation to supplier handling. 
• Be fluent in English both written and spoken. 
• Preferably have knowledge within facility validation.

On a personal level you are ambitious, curious, proactive and have a great interest in developing yourself and people in your network. Your attitude is service minded, independent with an eye for simplicity and take responsibility for your tasks.

Finally, you demonstrate great communication skills, this includes being able to communicate and collaborate with different nationalities and cultures. 

About the department 
Supply Chain QA is responsible for Quality Assurance of and support to Supply Chain activities, including cold chain distribution of Novo Nordisk products worldwide, production planning across the entire Novo Nordisk supply chain, and data management and governance across Novo Nordisk. The department has 26 employees and is expected to grow in the coming years.
In our daily work we work closely together with Supply Chain – our Line of Business, whom we support in quality matters, are involved in high impact projects, and set quality direction for. You will become part of a team focusing on ensuring the quality level at our external warehouses, operated by external suppliers. It is a team which have a high level of self-governance, good working relations, are informal and value professional sparring and good humour highly.

Please note that our office will soon be relocating to a new location in Høje Taastrup.

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 develop, 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 hiring manager Maria Ósk Valdemarsdóttir via e-mail: [email protected]
 
Deadline 
2 February 2025

Please note that applications will be reviewed continuously, and interviews will be planned as soon as suitable candidates have been identified.  

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.