Associate Manager for Production Operators
Category:
Manufacturing
Are you the strong people manager we are looking for? Do you want to contribute to a part of Novo Nordisk future history? Can you balance focus on your team’s wellbeing and development and at the same time keep the overview and focus on deliverables, collaboration and quality?Our cultivation team is looking for a calm and respectful front person, who can support togetherness in a busy production environment in our API production facility in Hillerød. If this sounds like you, then apply today.
The position
As Associate Manager for the cultivation team in our API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) production facility in Hillerød you will lead the team consists of 30+ dedicated operators being responsible for the operational part of the cultivation in two facilities producing for three different products.The team works day and evening shifts. Moreover, you will play a key part in managing the daily routine as well as developing your team to be able to navigate in a very agile environment.
Key responsibilities:
- Oversee daily production tasks in facilities and planning with team and area planning functions
- Unite the team around common goals
- Promote a strong can-do culture without sacrificing quality
- Drive strategic direction for present and future benefits
- Serve as a compliance role model and integrate it into daily work
- Inspire team optimization of systems and procedures
- Set and take responsibility for team objectives and the overall goal for the area
Qualifications
To succeed in this position, you have:
- Minimum 2-3 years of leadership experience from a production environment
- Technical experience in production within the pharmaceutical industry.
- Familiarity with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standards.
- Strong communication skills, both written and spoken, in Danish and English.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders across the organization.
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Biotech and/or Engineering will be an advantageous but not a requirement.
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.
About Site Hillerød
Site Hillerød is an innovative and fast-growing production site. With over 4,000 talented employees, we work together to drive change for people living with serious chronic diseases. The site is located in beautiful natural surroundings, and we offer a diverse array of career paths at all educational levels.Join our vibrant community at Site Hillerød and ramp up your career while we ramp up our production! Get to know us better - visit our Site Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk Hillerød
About the department
You will be part of a business area which produce Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) for patients across the world. Our purpose is to help patients living with other chronic diseases. We are on an exciting journey to include additional new products into our facility, thus being a multi-product facility and keeping true to our purpose to help patients all over the world.We always welcome talented people who would like to grow with us and who understand that the efforts made in our workplace is translated to helping patients.
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 contact Vice President Jakob Rune Høgh Nielsen +45-3075 9013.
Deadline
21 April 2025
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.