Director for Assembly & Packaging

Do you want to set the direction and lead the way for the future of assembly and packaging production in one of our facilities? Are you passionate about ensuring operational excellence? If so, apply now and join us as our new Director for Assembly and Packaging!

The position
You will be heading up our site at Kirke Værløse responsible for assembly and packaging of products for patients living with rare diseases. Your management team consists of six associate managers, and you will have the overall responsibility of 100 colleagues working as engineers, process supporters, operators, specialists, and technicians.

Your main responsibilities will be:
• Maintain an efficient and safe delivery of quality products
• Coordinate and align with the Corporate Vice President (CVP) and logistics department about production planning to meet the strategic expectations and ever-changing market demands
• Secure that financial resources, capacity expenses, personnel and technical investments are allocated to solve the operational tasks and challenges required to reach our ambitious goals
• Making budget forecasts and ensuring the adherence to both financial targets and production targets to ensure timely delivery. The current production platform consist of 3 assembly lines and 3 packaging lines, new assembly and packaging line will be installed in the coming year introducing a new product
• Ensure the adherence to GMP, safety and quality standards while continuously developing an organisation that is always ready for an exciting future with implementation of new technologies, MI automatization, equipment maintenance, capacity expansions and the many ongoing efforts to truly make us an industry 4.0 facility

As a people leader your most important tasks will be to ensure a high level of engagement in the management team, evaluate and develop the skills of your managers and drive the LEAN journey forward. You will report to the CVP of Biotech & Rare Disease (BRD) Finished Products (FP) Gentofte and Værløse (GEVA) and be part of the CVP management team.

Qualifications
You will be a great asset to our management team because you have:
• Extensive managerial experience including experience in managing leaders.
• Experience with AP/FP processes and equipment combined with a strong knowledge of an aseptic manufacturing setup.
• A proven track record in developing your employees and department through ambitious goals and strong followship.
• An ability to install LEAN culture around you by enabling and empowering your organisation, and with proven LEAN results.
• A relevant academic degree as a foundation for your solid experience with automation and pharmaceutical manufacturing as well as full professional proficiency in Danish and English.

On a personal level, you feel empowered by the autonomy of being the one who is responsible for driving the development agenda at site Kirke Værløse. You value close collaboration and with your key stakeholders in our facilities at Gentofte. You are strong at prioritizing and creating engagement in your organisation to take the necessary steps to succeed with our strategic agenda.

About the department
BRD FP GEVA is a Corporate Vice President area with production sites situated close to Copenhagen. Here we are app. 700 colleagues who take responsibility for transforming Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients into the finished product that patients can use all over the world. We are producing at full speed on existing lines while building and ramping up new state of the art facilities.
Our complex processes require a high level of expertise, commitment, and engagement from our employees and include formulation, filling, freeze-drying, product inspection, assembly, and pack. We bring value to patients by delivering high-quality GMP compliant products in a timely and cost-efficient manner. We drive change by working actively with LEAN and always looking for improvements within our processes, but also in the way we work together 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. 2500 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 Sune Mohr (Corporate Vice President) on +45 30 79 98 91.

Deadline
2 January 2023.

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.

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.

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