Transport & Validation Specialist
Category:
Supply Chain
Ready to drive innovation in cold chain logistics and shape the future of pharma transport validation? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Transport & Validation Specialist at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.
The position
At Novo Nordisk, your work ensures that life-saving treatments are delivered safely and compliantly to patients worldwide. Join us in a high-impact role where precision meets purpose.
As our Transport & Validation Specialist, you will:
- Design and implement compliant transport solutions and processes in collaboration with global stakeholders.
- Define, author, and execute complex transport validation activities (URS, Protocols, reports) according to local regulatory requirements and adherence to GDP, GMP, and industry standards.
- Further develop and improve the transport validation strategy to ensure alignment with the overall Novo Nordisk Science- and Risk-based Validation.
- Support Regulatory Affairs in defining the product submission documentation strategy for transport validation to health authorities.
- Develop, define, and implement future strategies for transport solutions to support the Global Logistics and Distribution strategy.
- Participate in regulatory inspections and audits related to shipping validations.
- Coach and mentor colleagues and stakeholders to build competencies and accelerate achievements.
In this role, you’ll gain global exposure, influence strategic decisions, and contribute to shaping the future of compliant, efficient transport across the pharmaceutical supply chain.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should have:
- Master’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years’ experience in transport validation or cold chain logistics (pharma/biotech preferred) or validation of production lines.
- Strong knowledge of GDP and GMP requirements.
- Exposure to or participation in risk-based validation frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience in authoring, executing, and reporting validation/qualification documents.
- Understanding of Science- and Risk-Based Validation (SRV) approach in combination with executing transport validation activities.
- Experience working in a cross-functional environment with different cultures across the organisation.
- Hands-on experience with thermal mapping and transport qualification tools.
- Confidence in handling audits and interactions with regulatory bodies.
- Previous experience mentoring colleagues or leading training initiatives.
You speak and write English fluently and are excited by the opportunity to contribute to a mission that matters.
About the department
Global Logistics & Distribution (GL&D) is a central function in the Supply Chain and Business Development organisation in Product Supply, managing all cross-functional Supply Chain systems and processes. We are approximately 70+ employees in Bagsværd (DK) and 15 in Bangalore (India).The department is responsible for the global distribution of Novo Nordisk products between production sites and to our affiliates and regional offices across the globe, focusing on delivering high service while balancing the environmental footprint with the fiscal impact.
We oversee and comply with all regulatory and quality requirements related to the distribution of pharmaceuticals, manage distribution costs, and performance management of our warehouses and vendors.
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 72,000 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 and Deadline
For further information please contact Martin Westphal Hansen at MWHH@novonordisk.com
Deadline
5th of May 2025
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