Are you looking for a challenging leadership role where you can apply your expertise in LEAN to drive change and inspire continuous improvement? As our new Director, SVP LEAN Partner, you will have the opportunity to optimize and apply the LEAN mindset, while coaching and supporting the business to achieve their goals. You will play a crucial role in expanding our ability to serve more patients than ever before.

Apply now for a life-changing career!

The position

As our Director, SVP LEAN Partner you will be responsible for continuously driving the LEAN strategy in PS API (Product Supply, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) while implementing and ensuring alignment of core LEAN concepts, systems and principles. You will work with the API SVP and across the SVP area with leaders and CVP LEAN partners. Moreover, you will act as a sparring partner for senior stakeholders and relevant management teams on LEAN related issues.

The key to success will be your ability to proactively seek out areas of improvement while integrating best practices and experiences from relevant networks outside API in Novo Nordisk. You will define project goals and deliverables, lead and engage a team of skilled professionals, and build lasting relationships and networks with relevant senior stakeholders across API.

You will be responsible for core functions, including running the SVP Board Meetings, LEAN training, project initiation and deliverables, senior stakeholder management, and managing a team. You will also be a part of a network that cuts across PSQIT.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Set the strategic direction for LEAN in API in accordance with the PS LEAN strategy and ensure consistent and uniform use of LEAN
• Act as a sparring partner for senior stakeholders and management teams in LEAN-related issues, as well as be part of the Business Support Management Team
• Drive shopfloor performance in collaboration with CVP LEAN Partners and leaders; oversee large-scale LEAN training projects and monitor LEAN competencies
• Lead a team of skilled and motivated people and drive progress across the SVP area
• Continually identify and improve the right behaviour and culture reflecting the LEAN strategy, concepts, and principles

These exciting challenges as well as the constant development of your LEAN-leadership capabilities will both contribute to your professional and personal growth. Our working environment is flexible, dynamic, and informal with a strong culture of cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

For this role, we are looking forward to connecting with candidates who have:

• Several years of experience working with LEAN, Project Management and People Management; extensive experience in working with – and driving – LEAN principles, systems, and tools for leaders and employees at all levels of an organization
• An academic degree in relevant subject matters (engineering, business management, manufacturing business, supply chain, economics, or project management)
• Excellent stakeholder management, coaching and change management skills
• Advanced analytical skills and practical experience in analysing complex business issues
• Great presentation and communication skills in English

On a personal level, you are proactive, engaging and adaptable. You are able to align with senior stakeholders across the organisation while also being goal-oriented. You possess the ability to be motivating, engaging and persistent. Being respectful, and highly efficient in managing change in a dynamic environment is integral to your success.

About the department
The position is placed in API Business Support area at production site in Kalundborg which is part of our global production division: Product Supply – counting close to 14.000 employees worldwide. The team is newly established and currently consists of a handful highly engaged employees. The API Business Support area consists of about 160 highly qualified employees with a multitude of professional backgrounds, all with the common purpose of supporting our production the best way possible. At the site Kalundborg, we produce diabetes and obesity products 24/7 distributed to patients worldwide.

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 Corporate Vice President for PS API Business Support, Kristian Touborg at +45 3448 0406, or HR Business Partner, Sune Stefansson, at +45 3079 9954.

Deadline

27 November 2023

Please note, we will review applications and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis. 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.