Do you have a solid understanding of manufacturing operations and thrive in a high impact, diverse team? Are you excited about the prospect of networking with a wide range of stakeholders and suppliers on an international level?
If you are passionate about managing operations at suppliers and excited to contribute to a newly established area, we look forward to welcoming you in Global Contract Manufacturing Devices (GCMD). Apply today to create meaningful change together!
The position
As an Operations Manager, your primary responsibility is to ensure the reliable production of high-quality device components. This involves overseeing and managing operations with selected Contract Manufacturers (CMOs) and suppliers using the concept of a virtual plant. The virtual plant includes a team of internal Novo Nordisk Subject Matter Experts from functions such as supply chain planning, technical support, and quality assurance.
You will function as the informal leader of this team, ensuring capacity, compliance, quality, and manufacturing readiness to meet Novo Nordisk's demand. You will develop and maintain robust relationships with CMOs and suppliers, drive process improvements, and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality products.
Your key activities include:
Acting as the primary vendor responsible for selected CMOs and suppliers, leading operational and business reviews, along with performance evaluations Ensuring timely delivery of products by supporting daily operations in close collaboration with Logistics and QA stakeholders Developing and following up on joint KPIs with CMOs and suppliers to monitor and enhance performance Identifying, sharing, and implementing changes and process improvements to foster growth, ensuring smooth transitions from project phases to operations
Qualifications
To succeed in this role, we believe you to:
A good understanding of devices manufacturing processes and quality assurance is an advantage, along with indirect management.
On a personal level, you bring a strong quality mind-set and solid analytical skills, able to identify best practices and create improvements in processes, methods, and approaches. You can build relationships through trust and transparency and are able to communicate across cultures. You enjoy working proactively in a dynamic environment, with many tasks to coordinate and execute, with changing priorities and strict deadlines. Finally, you possess good communication skills and a structured approach which allow you to gain engagement from both internal and external stakeholders.
About the department
You will join the Operations Management department, which is part of the GCMD area, comprising a team of approx. 250 colleagues located in Hillerød and in Hjørring. We ensure the supply of a large number of components produced by our worldwide suppliers as well as internal production to our global footprint of Novo Nordisk factories.
We are responsible for deliveries to world-wide customers in Finished Product Manufacturing sites where assembly of devices is conducted. Our priorities are to run efficient operations at our suppliers, meet our customer demands every day, while diligently working to drive costs down and being agile.
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 details, please reach out to Senior Manager Anita Marie Gnistrup at +45-30752606 or Manager Pamela Lomholdt at +45 30798419.
Kindly be aware that Anita Marie Gnistrup will be on vacation until 27 February, with limited availability via phone.
Deadline
2 March 2025.
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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.