Assembly & Packaging Area Process Manager

Are you motivated by challenges and working in a dynamic and diverse environment? Do you have the interpersonal skills to navigate in a complex stakeholder landscape? Do you get motivated by challenges and are you looking for an exciting opportunity to lead critical projects and develop cross-functional solutions?
Then we’d like to hear from you. Apply today and join us for a life-changing career!
The position
As our new Assembly & Packaging Area Process Manager you manage cross-functional projects across several sites and with different complexity levels. The main drivers for the projects you lead are to simplify, standardise, digitalise, and keep our processes in compliance.
The projects will be in Assembly and Packaging production. In general, it will not be investment projects, but projects that require heavy stakeholder engagement and a solid understanding of the impact on our production sites.
Your main responsibilities and roles will be:
• Project management responsibility of multiple projects/tasks and lead the projects from idea phase to implement phase. This will include collaboration with various stakeholders in all Novo Nordisk, on many organisational levels • Area Process Manager for our Assembly, Packaging and Serialization processes. You will facilitate the local process group network across BRD FP sites, driving projects within one or more process groups. The process group consists of members from all our production sites (Gentofte, Kalundborg and Kirke Værløse), QA and a Subject Matter Expert. You should not be the specialist of the process however you should have knowledge and be interested to learn the process further • Successfully deliver solutions to key challenges across BRD Assembly and Packaging by excellent project execution. In the work with the projects, you will always collaborate with one or more subject matter expert and QA • Make decisions regarding development of process standards in both department and corporate level. Thus, you will interact with internal and external stakeholders at high level
Overall, you identify and establish improvement opportunities in project execution, thereby deliver successful results of development and deployment of standards.
The usual workplace is Gentofte; however, you will be required to be physically present at different worksites in Denmark throughout the month. This job is performed in an international environment and hence flexibility to travel is to some extent required.
Qualifications
To succeed in this role, we expect you to have:
• A master’s degree in Engineering/Chemistry/Pharmacy/Biology or similar
• +3 years of experience within Project Management
• Experience with GMP and Finished Product manufacturing
• Multiple of relevant business experience such as cLEAN®, Six Sigma in Business strategy implementation, Communication and presentation skills for top management or cross organisational network
• Fluency in spoken and written English
As a person, you are excellent at interacting with stakeholders from different cultures and organisational levels and have competencies like strong planning skills, ability to take charge of a group, and collaborate with people across boundaries.
You are inspiring and motivating, a strong innovator, that shrives for continuous improvement, and you have a proven stakeholder and project management track record that excels. You enjoy leading projects and take up responsibility as well as being able to succeed when working both with a team and independently. About the department
Our team is part of the Biotech & Rare Disease (BRD) Manufacturing Development & Quality Control area that has its base in Denmark. What other companies call Manufacturing Science & Analytical Technology (MSAT) we call Manufacturing Development. We are app. 650 colleagues who are the end-to-end station for product and process development for all BRD production facilities, driving innovation both when it comes to industry 4.0 technology and expansion of the product portfolio. Our area also includes the Quality Control unit for all BRD’s products. Together we drive change by always looking for improvements within our processes and in the way we work to make our products reach as many patients as possible.
Working at BRD, Novo Nordisk
BRD is part of Novo Nordisk Product Supply, which is a global production network at the forefront of technology and in quality production of pharmaceutical products. In BRD we are not only supplying all Novo Nordisk products for Rare Diseases, but also using our competences in Biotech to support the growing efforts into completely new production platforms and therapy areas for Novo Nordisk. We are app. 3000 colleagues committed to drive change for people with serious chronic diseases.
We produce our life-saving medicines out of five state-of-the-art production sites in Denmark and United States - covering the entire production value chain where raw materials are cultivated, purified, formulated, filled, assembled in devices, packed, and distributed across the globe. Not only are we making a difference for patients – we are also stiving to make a difference for our employees by promoting a learning culture with high level of trust, innovation, and development for everyone. Are you ready for a life-changing career?
Contact
For further information, please contact Gitte Rølle at +45 3075 1495 or Rasmus Herschend at +45 3079 7717.
Deadline
3 December 2023. We are screening candidates and conduct interviews 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 for this position in your resume in the 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.