Supply Chain/Business Support Graduate

Are you ready to kickstart your career in supply chain management? Do you have a passion for project support and business operations? Join us as a Supply Chain/Business Support Graduate and embark on a 24-month journey across Ireland and Denmark. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

The Position

The objective of this position is to give the holder the diversity of opportunity in a dynamic pharmaceutical organisation. It aims to provide the candidate with a multi-disciplinary appreciation of careers within Supply chain & Business support and experience of the pharmaceutical sector. The opportunity will be temporary (24 months) in duration and will consist of a role within our Supply Chain Department with rotations across group in relation to SC and Business support.

Among your main responsibilities will be:

    • Developing a holistic understanding of supply chain operations and inventory management 
    • Co-ordinating and liaising with all elements in the Value Stream (Purchasing, Stores, Manufacturing, Development, Quality, Warehouse, etc.) to ensure delivery of site customer service metrics.
    • Undertaking and partaking in Continuous Improvement projects, to achieve pre-determined project objectives in line with project timelines.
    • Upskilling and assisting with the rollout of Supply Chain and Operations support system infrastructure 

Qualifications

    • Degree level in supply chain, business qualifications or related discipline to Honours level (if completing degree May/June 2025 results to date should reflect working towards honours grade). MBA would be a plus. 
    • Previous contact with the pharmaceutical sector will be a plus 
    • Previous experience from a multinational environment would be a plus.
    • Strong organisational and planning skills.
    • Great communicator, comfortable with leading others with influence and with collaboration.
    • Excellent communications skills both written and verbal.

About the Department

The Business Support team at Novo Nordisk plays a crucial role in driving operational excellence and ensuring seamless business processes across the organization in area such as Finance, PMO, Training and IT.
We are a dynamic and collaborative group that partners with various departments to deliver innovative solutions and support Novo Nordisk's mission of improving the lives of patients worldwide.

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 and to upload a CV log onto and click all available roles and Athlone Graduate Opportunities. Alternatively, please contact Kenneth Gaynor - KHGY@novonordisk.com or get to know us better by visiting www.novonordisk.com/careers

Deadline 

Apply before February 14th 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.