Associate Manager, API & New Materials Sampling Team

Are you a natural leader with a passion for developing people? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders? Are you ready to play a key role in shaping a growing team? We’re expanding our Sampling Team and looking for an Associate Man-ager, so if you’re motivated by helping others unlock their full potential and you’re ready to take on a dynamic leadership role, this could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

The Position

As an Associate Manager in the Sourcing Warehouse, Hillerød, you'll lead a team of around 14 dedicated Quality Technicians and 1 Coordinator, driving operational excellence, con-tinuous improvement, and employee development.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and motivate the team to achieve operational goals

• Ensure timely and efficient sampling execution (e.g., sampling requisitions, campaigns, environmental monitoring, and material integration)

• Drive process optimization and performance improvements

• Ensure quality, compliance, and health & safety standards are met

• Develop team competencies and foster a culture of engagement and motivation

• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver high-quality support to the business

You'll join a supportive and inclusive management group, working together to drive stra-tegic direction, operational excellence, and daily prioritization. This role offers the chance to gain deep insight into Novo Nordisk's production processes, broaden your business ac-umen, and further develop your leadership skills.

Qualifications

To succeed in this position, you:

· Have an academic background in Supply Chain, Production Management, Business

· Have Some years of management experience, preferably with a sampling team

· Speak fluently Danish and English

· Are analytical, solution-oriented, and capable of working independently.

· Possess excellent communication skills and thrive in collaborative relationships with various stakeholders.

This position offers a great opportunity for professional development and responsibility, allowing you to learn and grow. As our Associate Manager, you possess excellent commu-nication and collaboration skills, as you will be prioritizing, motivating, and setting goals for the team. As a person, you are empathetic and respectful of others, demonstrating an open and visible leadership style focused on employee development. You are systematic, ambitious, and demonstrate a high degree of quality awareness in your work.

About the department

The department of 100+ employees that daily ensures the execution of reception, sampling, order handling and global dispatching of raw materials excipients & API. The department is in Hillerød, with many close colleagues in Kalundbord. We currently have six teams in the department but will soon expand with three more teams. Therefore, we will also welcome new managers and employees to the department shortly.  

Together We Drive Change

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 recognize that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will ensure our future success. We embrace the spirit of experimen-tation and strive for excellence without being fixated on perfection. We seize every oppor-tunity to develop. 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 Director Lauge Navntoft Pedersen +4530757166.

Deadline

Please apply before January 5, 2025. Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

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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.