QA Manager (Denmark, Kalundborg)

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Kalundborg, Denmark

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Quality

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Are you passionate about working with people and making them succeed in a complex environment with diverse stakeholder groups?

If yes, then you may be our new Manager in API (Product Supply, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) QA, Purification Plants (QA PP) in Kalundborg. Our current manager has been promoted, and we need a new manager to be close to our employees and stakeholders, apply now!

The position
You will assume a key role in leading and developing your team and influence the way we work with quality assurance.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead a team of approximately 12 QA colleagues, fostering close collaboration with production stakeholders

• Maintain a focus on simplicity in all processes and continuously improve departmental operations

• Develop your team members to ensure high performance and engagement in your team

• Ensure team skills and competences align with Novo Nordisk Quality demands and authority expectations

In this role, you will report directly to the Director of the unit, and you will be part of a dynamic management group with two other managers and four principal scientists.

Qualifications
We are looking for a colleague with a strong business perspective with a strategic ability to balance quality, delivery, and cost.

To succeed in this role, you:

• Hold a bachelor or master’s degree within natural science, engineering or similar

• Have some years of people management experience

• Have worked in QA or production related roles

• Have experience within the pharmaceutical or medical devices industry

• Are fluent in English

On a personal level, you have the ability to provide leadership, coaching, and motivation to the team to achieve optimal performance but are also comfortable being challenged by senior stakeholders on quality issues, exhibiting high personal integrity and robustness.

You are well-organized with a proven ability to engage employees to achieve objectives, coupled with strong communication and collaboration skills.

About the department
Product Supply API QA is responsible for assuring safe active pharmaceutical ingredients for our patients. The departments have highly dedicated and qualified employees led by an engaged and experienced leadership team. We perform a wide range of quality assurance activities, ranging from handling deviations, change requests and validation to quality support to optimization projects. You will be heading up a team where behavioural targets are leading the culture, and where setting direction for quality is driven through quality oversight and our ability to support and simplify our way of working.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact
For further information, please contact Director Kathrine Holm Juliussen (QA PP) on +45 3075 2599

Deadline
25 October 2024

Interviews will be held on a ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply sooner rather than later.

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.