CVP Health and Safety Partner

Are you passionate about Health and Safety and eager to set a direction towards zero accidents? Are you able to build strong relationships across a diverse area in an international environment?

We are hiring a Corporate Vice President Health & Safety Partner to join our dynamic team! The role offers the chance to drive HS initiatives, implement best practices, and uphold our company’s commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy work environment.

Harness your expertise to make a difference. Inspire change. Build a safer future with us. Don’t wait – apply today!

The position

As CVP Health & Safety you will be responsible for leading the Health and Safety (H&S) agenda across Device Components Manufacturing (DCM). You will work mainly on the management level and locally with engaged H&S representatives (OHRs) and strategically with other H&S Partners in the network. You will also act as an advisor to the Corporate Vice President of DMS on H&S topics.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Develop and implement the Health & Safety strategy in alignment with ISO14001, ISO45001, OHSAS 18001, and Novo Nordisk Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) procedures.
• Define, optimize, and execute processes that enhance Health & Safety performance while fostering a strong safety culture.
• Drive and support the EHS organization (OHRs) to ensure effective safety management.
• Oversee audits, reporting, risk assessments, and workplace evaluations to maintain high safety standards.
• Develop and strengthen the Health & Safety network, provide specialist support in areas like ergonomics and machine safety, and enhance the local EHS management system.

You will report to the Associate Manager of Facility & EHS placed in the Production Support department.

Qualifications

The job requires a very high degree of independence and makes influence matter across the organisation. This includes e.g. handling change management and setting direction for the local EHS organisation and challenging the Management team on priorities.

It needs that as a person, you are ambitious, structured, and have a passion for Health and Safety. You approach tasks with a positive attitude, consider multiple perspectives, and deliver high-quality results. You thrive with a mix of both strategic and hands-on tasks surrounded by colleagues that support each other and value a sustainable work-life balance.

To succeed in this position, you should:

• Hold a relevant master’s degree or other relevant education.
• Have a minimum of 3 years of professional experience in the field of Health and Safety from a production or laboratory environment. Experience from a people leadership role in a production or laboratory environment is also an advantage.
• Have knowledge about legislative requirements and standards like ISO14001 & ISO45001.

• Be able to influence business objectives and strategic projects to reflect health and safety priorities, with excellent communication, stakeholder management, and informal leadership skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written English, with a good understanding of Danish.

About the department

As a CVP H&S Partner, you will be part of the dynamic and evolving Device Components Manufacturing (DCM) unit placed in Hillerød.

Device Component Manufacturing (DCM) is the unit in Novo Nordisk’s Product Supply division, who is leading in component manufacturing of tomorrow’s devices for Novo Nordisk patients helping millions of people around the world to live with chronical diseases.  

We are approximately 600 employees dedicated to partner up with our colleagues within Novo Nordisk and setting the standards for today's and tomorrow's device component production. We always welcome talented people who values a collaborative environment and would like to grow with us. Like in the rest of Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to grow and build your career. 

About Site Hillerød
Site Hillerød is an innovative and fast-growing production site. With over 4,000 talented employees, we work together to drive change for people living with serious chronic diseases. The site is located in beautiful natural surroundings, and we offer a diverse array of career paths at all educational levels. Join our vibrant community at Site Hillerød and ramp up your career while we ramp up our production! Get to know us better - visit our Site Hillerød career page. <Add this link in SuccessFactors: www.novonordisk.com/site-hilleroed-careers>

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is not always easy. That is why we make room for different life situations and always put people first. We value our people for the unique skills they have, and we continuously work to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk means working towards something bigger than ourselves, and it is a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joined potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together we go further. Together we change lives.

Contact
For further information, please contact Associate Manager for Facility & EHS Katarzyna Holmbjerg at +45 307 75 137

Deadline
16 March 2025.

Interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo to 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.