Associate Manager, Facilities Management

Are you interested to lead a team of approximately 12 dedicated professionals and specialists, to oversee an exceptional set of facilities at Novo Nordisk? Do you want to be part of a leadership team in a department of approximately 80 employees and about 60 external consultants? Are you passionate about driving strategic change and fostering continuous improvement through innovative technology and LEAN concept? If your answer is yes, then we are looking for someone like you to be our associate manager for the Facility Management team at Novo Nordisk. You don’t have to have experience in pharma industry to apply this position, join us and make an impact today!

As an Associate Manager, you'll lead a dynamic team of approximately 12 skilled employees, all dedicated to delivering top-tier facilities to our production. Your role is to lead the team to oversee a complete set of facilities including HVAC systems, temperature monitoring & control, purified water, building maintenance, security, cleaning, pest control, gowning, as well as compliance and quality-related tasks and various ad-hoc responsibilities - within the highly regulated GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) production environment. Together with your team, you'll play a pivotal role in maintaining our facilities while spearheading upgrades for future production needs.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading a highly skilled Facility Management team of approximately 12 skilled employees, ensuring facilities for smooth daily operations while setting and executing long-term objectives.

• Providing ongoing production support to internal and external stakeholders.

• Enhancing team performance and fostering individual development of your team members.

• Utilizing your expertise across various platforms and collaborating with our global production sites.

You'll report to the Senior Director, IFP KA Production Support, and become an integral part of our inclusive leadership team.

Qualifications

To excel in this role, you possess:

• An established and successful history of managing teams or departments.

• A profound passion and comprehension of facility management, coupled with hands-on involvement in mid to large-sized facilities, preferably within a regulated industry.

• Exceptional analytical abilities, including a track record of simplifying complex data and effectively presenting to top management.

• Proficiency in both written and verbal English and Danish.

As a leader, you exhibit empathy and compassion, drawing from your experience and inquisitive nature to skillfully set direction. You also bring a sense of humor, calmness and positive energy to the day to day collaboration in the team and across departments.

About the department

You will be a part of the global IFP organization that spans across 7 production sites in 5 countries. We are the ultimate phase in the supply chain, where we assemble and pack our products before they are being shipped to patients worldwide. In IFP Kalundborg, we are approximately 500 employees.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve, and the communities we operate in. We offer an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements, depending on the role and subject to business needs.

Contact

For further information about the position, please contact Cathy Suo at +45 3448 2003.

Deadline

Apply before May 13th, 2024.

Interviews will be taking place throughout the period, and we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about your motivation behind applying for this position, in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV. People from other industry (than Pharma) are welcome to apply!

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.