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Novo Nordisk

Senior Manager

Gentofte

November 6, 2024

Senior Manager

Category: Manufacturing

Location:Gentofte, Capital Region of Denmark, DK

Are you passionate about leading teams to excellence in pharmaceutical production? Are you adept at driving continuous improvements and turning business goals and opportunities into high-quality results? Do you have the leadership experience to set direction for a committed team?

If so, we invite you to join our team as a Senior Manager in Aseptic Production at Novo Nordisk in Gentofte. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

The position
As a Senior Manager, you oversee four teams and report to the director, while also being part of the department management alongside other managers. Your team of operational and support leaders is responsible for the operational aspect and encompasses operators and academic support teams. Your duties include overseeing the production process, ensuring compliance with aseptic standards, and fostering a collaborative environment. You will guide your leadership team and engage with frontline staff to address concerns, provide training, and meet production targets with precision and quality. You will be responsible for both delivering through your team and for individual contributions of significant strategic and tactical importance.

The position is set in a complex business environment with many stakeholders. The department is currently running daily operation in two-shifts and is on top in a ramp-up phase, as we are preparing to include more isolator filling lines to the stakeholder landscape.

Key responsibilities will include:

People management of subordinates with direct referral, set direction and secure people management of indirect subordinates.
Manage production in cleanroom according to c GMP requirements and ISO-standards.
Ensure timely supply of deliverables for production/release of products.
Develop the organization, equipment and processes to continuously improve performance and support acc. strategic goals and objectives.
Capacity planning for current and future (approx. 1-3 years ahead) and improve throughput using lean tools.
Engaging actively with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring strong collaboration and driving change management initiative.
Balancing the complexity of running operation, license to operate activities and project execution through a bottle neck.

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you have:

An academic degree combined with 5-10 years of experience within pharmaceutical production, and preferably experience with aseptic production.
A minimum of 5 years of experience within leadership role.
Experience with operational LEAN leadership is an advantage (daily 5S, Process confirmation and, specially, knowledge of TPM Total Productive Maintenance).
Proven ability to set direction and drive performance within a department.
Have a good understanding of leadership processes along with expertise in change management.
Professional proficiency in English, knowledge of Danish is an advantage.

On a personal level, you are someone with strong cooperation and communication skills, capable of coaching, developing, and motivating leaders. You have the ability to thrive in an area of constant change and high complexity, ensuring that your team remains adaptable and focused on achieving operational excellence and at the same time balance a good work environment.

About the department
You will join the Product Supply Aseptic Manufacturing (PS AM) Gentofte HAC Aseptic Support department. We are responsible for cleanroom conditions, environmental monitoring, wash& sterilization and formulation for a conventional and two coming isolator filling lines preparing for, handover to start production after the summer next year. As the site ramps up, our focus is on integrating project activities into running production balancing not to compromise running production. The department are dedicated to achieving excellence in our processes and outcomes.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact
For further information please contact Denise Neumann Lauridsen (Director) at DLUR@novonordisk.com.

Deadline
20 November 2024

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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