Production Support Manager

Do you have the skills and the experience to set a clear direction and inspire your colleagues to produce great results? Do you always strive for process improvements and high quality?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career and help us make a change for millions of people living with diabetes worldwide? Then this might be the right opportunity for you, apply today and join us!

The Position
Your team consist of highly skilled engineers and technicians that support our pre-assembly production in Hillerød. They handle systematic problem solving, improvements, upgrades, life cycle management, and other production related projects.

As a production support manager, you will work closely with your people to keep a high level of professional passion and engagement to drive performance by maintaining the team spirit. Your team will ensure support to our inhouse production, as well as collaborating closely with our global network of assembly lines. A constant focus on improving the technical performance requires frequent interaction with all relevant stake holders, such as local/global production sites, our equipment supplier, Quality experts etc.

You will create a culture ready to ensure ongoing optimizations by being a highly visible manager who provides sparring and coaching to your employees. A high amount of focus will be placed on Lean methodologies such as systematic problem solving, continuous improvements and standardization.

As manager of the support team, you will be part of Device Component Production department, where you will become part of a highly engaged management team. Here you will be able to impact the strategic direction of the department and help forming the future.

In this job we offer you the opportunity to grow personally and professionally by developing your leadership competencies and increasing your business insight.

Qualifications

To succeed in this position, we expect you to have:

• A bachelor’s degree within Technical, Mechanical or Production Engineering, Life sciences or similar.
• 2+ years of management experience preferably within advanced production.
• Experience from the pharmaceutical industry together with GxP and production knowledge is a plus.
• Strong communication skills in spoken and written English and at least the ability to communicate and understand Danish.
  
  
  
  

On a professional level, your quality mind-set and business sense are well developed, you have a systematic approach to problems, and you are a team player who achieves specified goals.

You know how to listen, show respect, and evaluate problems in a concrete manner that creates solutions, which enables you to build trust in your relationships and get commitment from internal and external stakeholders. You show engagement and authenticity while working in a production atmosphere with bold targets, a high work pace and many daily decisions.

About The Department

You will join Device Component Production (DCP) in Hillerød, Denmark. We are approximately 330 colleagues, working across two production units: Moulding Production and Pre-Assembly, where this team is located. In Pre-Assembly we produce the mechanical motor module in Novo Nordisk’s newest prefilled devices.

Being a part of Novo Nordisk’s Device Component Production, means working with a global focus at one of the world’s largest and most successful pharmaceutical companies. Our organization is a vital part of Novo Nordisk’s delivery to our patients, and we always welcome talented people who would like to grow with us.

We are dedicated to deliver strong results that add to the success of Novo Nordisk in crucial ways by ensuring high quality components at a competitive cost for our customers within prefilled devices. We share a relaxed tone and tall ambitions, and we are proud to never compromise on quality or safety.

Contact
To know more about the position please reach out to Jannick Groth +45 3077 6799.

Deadline
21 November 2024

Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

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.