Travel Manager

Are you motivated by supporting others and working in a team with great teamwork sprit, where fun is an essential part of the workday? Do you want to be part of our journey to deliver a world class support? Would you like to join Novo Nordisk Travel department and have opportunities for learning and career development?

Then you might be our new Travel Manager to join the inhouse Travel department. Apply now! 

The position 

As a Travel Manager in Global Solutions, you will be responsible for leading, guiding, developing, and motivating a team of 7 highly skilled travel specialists on a daily basis, as well as being hands-on in driving projects by yourself. The team is responsible for supporting the inhouse VIP travel function servicing our senior Executives and other key stakeholders in the Novo Nordisk organisation.

In addition, you will be responsible for:

• Setting the direction for the team and taking part in the agenda for Travel
• Supporting our digital journey by leading or taking part in strategic digital projects for Travel
• Interacting with stakeholders and supporting them with learnings, trends, and best practices 
• Managing senior stakeholders across functions and at different levels inside and outside the company
• Delivering monthly KPI reporting and support with ad-hoc CO2 related analysis
• Leading and securing compliance to corporate agreements and related policies

We offer a position where we promote a global mindset and a relentless focus on creating rewarding career and a fun working environment for our people. We invest significant resources in developing our employees and focus on high performance and have a substantial trust in our people to make them thrive in their job every day. 

Qualifications 

To succeed in this position, you hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Travel, Hospitality, Business Administration or similar, and have at least 5 years of experience working in business travel industry and building travel communities.

In addition, you bring the following experience:

• Proven leadership experience with Travel and/or Hospitality in an international company or similar
• Ability to lead and motivate a team of engaged and experienced talented specialists
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with internal and external stakeholders across different functions and seniority levels
• Agility to pick up new tasks and technologies, passionate about finding opportunities for innovation and efficiency
• Proficiency in English and solid IT user skills  
• Experience in Amadeus and Concur Travel and knowledge of the travel industry are an advantage

In addition to this, you thrive working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and demonstrate a strong sense of urgency, with the ability to easily pivot across different topics and activities. Furthermore, we expect you to be highly driven and curious professional, always on the outlook to improve or expand your knowledge, be result-oriented and focused on deliveries of high quality at the right time, value end-user experience highly and finally, be able to work independently as well as together with the Travel team.  

About the department 

Travel is a part of the Conference Centres & Travel department (CC&T), which consist of 40 employees based in Denmark. The Travel department is responsible for travel-related activities and driving the travel strategy for Novo Nordisk HQ & Nordics and we are service providers that values end-user experience highly. We promote a global mindset, dedication to business partnering, and a high focus on creating rewarding careers for our people; We work fact-based, are dedicated to collaborative problem solving and take active leadership for the initiatives we are involved in. In addition, we invest significant resources in developing our employees through frequent feedback, formal training and by giving challenging responsibility to individuals. 

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 Head of CC&T, Karoline Akerjordet at +45 3485024.  

Deadline 

15 May 2024.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few lines about your motivation 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.