Associate Manager (Denmark, Kalundborg)

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Kalundborg, Denmark

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Manufacturing

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Are you a highly motivated leader, driven by complex challenges and broad area of responsibility? Do you have strong technical competences? Would you like to be part of a highly skilled production unit dedicated to making a difference for people living with Diabetes or Obesity? Then you may be Novo Nordisk new Associate Manager.

The position
As an associate manager you will lead a support team of specialized academics and technicians. Moreover, you will play a key part in developing your team and continuously improve performance as well as delivering excellent results. Apart from that, you will also have the responsibility for coordinating and prioritising resources and tasks in the team to ensure fulfilment of our ambition to obtain more capacity, higher yields and a stable production in the facility. In addition, you will be part of the management team and will work closely with your management colleagues on day-to-day operations and people management related matters.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Ensure production support and product release
• Set objectives and targets to realise productivity, cost optimizations and continuous improvements; this would include prioritization and portfolio management of multiple projects of varying size and complexity
• Lead the support team by developing competencies, coaching and training the employees to ensure the right composition of skills to address current and future needs
• Oversee and manage day-to-day operations and long-term planning of resources
• Secure quality and compliance of product and process
• Assist in further development of LEAN production

Qualifications

• You preferably hold a master’s in engineering, biotechnology or equivalent and have at least 3 years of leadership experience
• Experience with production and/or development of pharmaceutical products is crucial
• Ideally, you have experience from GMP regulated areas and possess LEAN knowledge

As you will be working closely with stakeholders across our organization, your written and spoken communication skills in English and Danish – or willingness to learn - must be excellent.

As a person, you have strong analytical skills with an interest in systematic problem solving. You are structured and proactive in your work and will never compromise on quality. To succeed you need to be able to keep a cool head and make decisions in a busy work environment, where the agenda changes frequently. As a leader you see and match your employees needs and ambitions, where you naturally adapt your leadership style, ask curious questions and are able to communicate on all levels of our organisation.

About the department
You will be part of a dynamic business area in a constant development which produce Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) for patients across the world. IM1 is located in JC, Kalundborg and the department consists of 196 employees split into 6 production teams and 3 Support teams and a staff function.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
For further information please feel free to contact Brian Bech Daugaard at +45 3075 2759.

Deadline
June 28th, 2024

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.