QA Area Specialist within Logistics

Are you ambitious and seeking new challenges for your career? You are ready to support a new complex and exciting Manufacturing Development area within logistic and warehouse, and would you like to be a part of a high performing Quality Assurance (QA) Department? Then you would be a perfect match for this position.
The position
In a recent organizational change, Device Manufacturing Development will also include Manufacturing Development for Internal logistics “Intralogistics department” (IL-ManDev). The main objective of IL-ManDev is to develop and implement advanced standard solutions to optimize the goods movement and streamline deliveries across Novo Nordisk factories, internal warehouses, and to our stakeholders. In DMD Operations QA we are therefore on a lookout for an experienced person within logistics and preferably automation competencies, and with a high quality mindset, to support this exciting new area.
As our new QA Area Specialist within Intralogistics, you will take up the responsibility for our new established Intralogistics team. The team has been working with an Intralogistics 4.0 Innovation Track for the past 1,5 years with the focus of optimizing automation and digitalization, successfully laying the foundation for a global standard approach to warehouse and intralogistics in Novo Nordisk. The team is now ready formally being a part of a Manufacturing Development area.
Key responsibilities
• Supporting this new and interesting area you will be a part of setting the requirements for Warehouse and logistics effecting Novo Nordisk globally.
• Support departments in Line of Business with regulatory requirements and compliance discussions to ensure that tasks proceed as smooth and LEAN as possible.
• You will handle documentation and be handling deviations, Change Control and Validation Activities, possibly also new suppliers.
Qualifications
As the ideal candidate you have a profound understanding of the important aspects of regulations, requirements and guidelines for Logistics and Warehouse.
To be successful in this role, we envision you as someone who:
• An academic degree in a relevant field e.g. Science in Transport and Logistics, Pharmacy, Life Science or other similar educational backgrounds
• 3 to 10 years’ experience from a pharmaceutical company, preferable within quality assurance, and even better Quality Assurance in a logistical or warehouse area.
• IT would be an advantage to have knowledge of device manufacturing, cGMP, validation, Lean and programming.
Moreover, we will consider you a strong candidate for the position if you have outstanding stakeholder management skills and are well-structured in your approach to tasks, thorough and efficient in execution of responsibilities. Your colleagues in QA, much like in the rest of Novo Nordisk, are diverse in gender, nationalities, and levels of experience, so an inclusive, respectful mindset is a must-have. We share an informal tone, great work morale and tall ambitions to be the best at what we do. With a healthy sense of humor and a can-do attitude, you will fit right in.
We also welcome applicants from other branches, as long as you share our passion for quality, GMP and problem-solving and are keen to acquire professional competencies to become what we describe as an “ideal candidate”. Also, if you are in the fall of your professional career and would enjoy requiring new competencies you are also welcomed to apply.
About the department
In Device Manufacturing Development Quality Assurance, we are app. 25 highly engaged colleagues. We are responsible for assuring quality and compliance of all processes in DMD. This includes product maintenance, design control, testing, manufacturing development and manufacturing processes, ranging from developing and transferring components for new devices for our patients with diabetes and rare deceases, to process ownership of packaging materials, assembly, and packaging lines to product maintenance of devices. We are constantly improving our competences and our way of working by focusing on simplicity, agility, and collaboration for us to be able to deliver the best possible support to the business. The team is a diverse team and thrive with the great variety of tasks, and we value and prioritize teamwork with a high degree of individual accountability and flexibility.
Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That is why we make room for diverse career aspirations and always put people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it is a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 47,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we are life changing.
Contact
If you have any questions about the position, please reach out to Mikkel Mølvig Dalsø at +45 30775001
Deadline
August 8th 2023
Applications will be evaluated continuously, and candidates may be called for an interview before the deadline, so please apply as soon as you can. You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few lines about your motivation in your resume or CV. Additionally, please avoid the use of photos in your CV. This provides a better and more fair process.
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.