Senior Supervisor, Supply Chain - Logistics - Weekend Days Shift

About the Department

At Novo Nordisk, we want to make a difference. For more than 100 years, we have led the way in diabetes care. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on life-changing careers, and the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

Our Bloomington, Indiana site is a state-of-the-art facility where we have an integrated model from process and formulation to clinical and commercial biomanufacturing and drug product fill/finish and packaging. The Bloomington campus is a recognized facility where talented teams work with innovators to help develop, manufacture and supply products to patients around the world.  

What we offer you:

1. Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
2. All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
3. Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one
4. Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
5. Family Focused Benefits including 14 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
6. Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
7. Tuition Assistance 
8. Life & Disability Insurance
9. Employee Referral Awards

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career.  Are you ready to realize your potential?  Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

The Position

This position oversees the processes, procedures, and personnel performing a variety of duties which may include incoming receipts, preparing shipments both domestic and international, scheduling with any vendors, production scheduling, capacity planning and purchasing of materials.

The work schedule for this role will be 6:00am - 6:30pm every Friday through Sunday and alternating Thursdays. 

Relationships

Reports to Manager, Supply Chain

Essential Functions

• Displays ownership of all responsibilities and directs staff and day-to-day activities to support the material management and warehousing organization, interacting regularly with every department in the organization
• Hires, trains, motivates, leads, develops, and evaluates staff. Takes corrective action as necessary on a timely basis and in accordance with company policy. Ensures compliance with current federal, state, and local regulations. Consults with Human Resources Department as appropriate
• Informs personnel of communications, decisions, policies, and all matters that affect their performance, attitudes, and results
• Assists with writing and implementing all policies and training for the department to support the company quality system and safety policies
• Manages all incoming receipts, including initiating the material release process and working closely with QA related to material release
• Supports Vendor Managed Inventories (VMI)
• Performs inventory control through a computerized system, including receipts, inventory transactions, cycle counts, including managing all finished goods inventory
• Leads/participates in ongoing departmental communication regarding materials needs to coordinate timely internal delivery
• Displays ownership of work order management, including puling materials, maintaining a report on work order status and work order closure
• Manages all Preventative Maintenance for the department
• Conducts timely scheduling of domestic and international shipments to support customer due dates
• Actively organizes and/or participates in team meetings
• Leads team members to improve and reinforce performance of others
• Takes responsibility for direct reports’ performance by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring constructive feedback, and addressing performance-related concerns and issues promptly
• Works with, coaches, and supports direct reports in developing knowledge, skills, and abilities in the interest of performance improvement and employee’s career development
• Follow all safety and environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Requirements

Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reading of written documents and use of computer monitor screen, reaching with hands and arms, talking, writing, listening. Occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, bending, carrying, grasping. Frequent lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds and occasional lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds. Must comply with EHS responsibilities for the position. Working conditions will be Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioned controlled. Working in a lab environment will require working with skin irritants, lung irritants, electrical equipment, sharp instruments, toxic materials, and hazardous waste. Safety procedures will be followed to minimize exposure, including clean room gowning.

Development Of People

Supervisory.

Qualifications

• High School/GED, required
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferred
• 1+ years of leadership experience, required
• Experience operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting materials management equipment
• 3 years Prior cGMP and Good Documentation Practices (GDP) experience highly preferred
• Experience writing standard operating procedures
• Technical Requirements
  • Ability to use Excel, Word, and other Office systems
  • Ability to attend training and apply learning on routine operation, maintenance and theory or laboratory instrumentation, SOPs, and regulatory guidelines
  • Ability to peer review data to ensure data is well organized with complete documentation
  • Ability to write and review quality documents in Trackwise (or Quality System)
  • Proficient in operation and troubleshooting of a wide variety of instrumentation and data systems
  • Ability to work with and lead other groups to develop, qualify and transfer methods accordingly
  • Ability to provide ideas, introduce new technology, and drive process improvements

• Behavioral Requirements
  • Ability to see and hear, read, and write clear English
  • Requires adaptability, analyzing, assessing, calculating, decision making, dependability, good judgment, reading, memorizing, social skills, speaking, stress control, writing
  • Ability to communicate effectively and follow/retain detailed written and verbal instruction in an accurate, timely, safe, and professional manner with supervisor, group members, and other departments as necessary, in a professional and accurate manner
  • Ability to manage time effectively to complete assignments in expected time frame and independently seek out additional work when tasks are completed ahead of time
  • Ability to cooperate with coworkers within an organized team environment or work alone
  • Detail oriented with ability to work effectively under high pressure with multiple deadlines
  • Strong ability to multi-task in a fast pace environment
  • Positive attitude and ability to work with others
  • Ability to process a large volume of work
  • Ability to effectively carry out and implement change
  • Ability to put aside personal opinions and focus on business needs, department needs, or group needs
  • Ability to make decisions which have significant impact on the department’s credibility, operations, and services
  • Ability to understand opposing points of view on highly complex issues and to negotiate and integrate different viewpoints
  • Ability to transfer knowledge to others via training or mentoring of staff; demonstrated ability to guide others through communication and learning
• Leadership Requirements
  • Monitors quality of others’ work within group and mentors others regarding project or task requirements
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work schedules of others, including integrating timelines and meeting milestones for successful project completion
  • Review and provide feedback on the completeness of documents written by junior staff
  • Demonstrated ability to lead by influence and drive results through others not under direct supervision
  • Establishes an effective, professional, and positive relationship with employees
  • Clarifies responsibilities and expectations and holds employees accountable
  • Participates in and conducts timely HR-related processes
  • Provides timely constructive feedback that is clear and direct
  • Provides guidance on how to strengthen knowledge, skills, and abilities to improve personal and organizational performance
  • Uses appropriate methods and flexible interpersonal style and coaching to develop others’ capabilities
  • Recognizes and reinforces developmental efforts, progress, and improvements
  • Collaboratively works with direct reports to set meaningful performance objectives

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.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.