LEAN Coach

Do you want to be part of driving leadership development through change management? Do you want to be part of ensuring operational excellence at our manufacturing facilities by coaching Lean behaviour? 

If so, you might be one of the LEAN Coaches we are looking for. Apply now for a life-changing career!

The position
In the role as LEAN Coach, you will join a LEAN team focusing on ensuring a LEAN leadership behaviour across our site. Our facility is currently on a growth journey and LEAN leadership and systematic approach is essential on that journey to ensure an efficient manufacturing process of medicine for patients living with rare diseases. You contribute to that journey through a structured coaching approach by following our leaders on shopfloor and provide coaching and feedback. 

Our framework is the cLEAN Supply System. A Novo Nordisk production system that applies for Product Supply across NovoNordisk. It includes principles, systems and expected behaviours for leaders and production areas.

Additionally, you will be part of a LEAN network across the different manufacturing facilities in Aseptic Manufacturing where you will have the opportunity to share knowledge and gain inspiration from others. 

Qualifications
You will be a great asset to our team because you have:

•    A relevant academic degree and experience in driving leadership development through coaching and feedback methodologies – ideally you hold a coaching certification or can document this skill from previous positions.
•    Vast experience in driving change management as well as good stakeholder management skills.
•    Knowledge of LEAN principles and systems, such as performance management, systematic problem-solving tools, process confirmation, leader standard work/daily diary and continuous improvements
•    Ideally you have experience from a production site, from the pharmaceutical industry or other regulated industries. 
•    Full professional proficiency in English. Proficiency in Danish is a bonus.

On a personal level, you are passionate about solving challenges by looking at human behaviour. You enjoy being at shopfloor among key stakeholders, can work systematically and in a structured approach that enables you to keep track of progress and plan further actions. 

Your communication skills enable you to coach all types of stakeholders via feedback and reflection sessions. You enjoy and have a passion for finding new and smarter ways of doing things as well as challenge the current ways of working.

About the department
Our site Kalundborg is part of Aseptic Manufacturing. We are more than 675 colleagues responsible for transforming the API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) into the finished medicine for people living with serious chronic diseases. We work with advanced processes such as formulation, filling, freeze-drying in a sterile environment. We bring value to our patients by delivering high-quality products in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in a timely and cost-effective manner as we constantly optimise our processes and invest in the latest technology.

Working at Novo Nordisk
AM is part of Novo Nordisk Product Supply, which is a global production network at the forefront of technology and quality production of pharmaceutical products. In AM, we are not only supplying all Novo Nordisk products to people living with serious chronic diseases, but we also use our competences in biotech to support the growing efforts into completely new production platforms and therapy areas for Novo Nordisk. We are working at production sites in Denmark, the United States, China, France and Brazil. Here we cover the value chain where raw materials are formulated & filled. As more and more people need our products, we support Novo Nordisk's initiatives in new therapy areas. Every day, we work to streamline and expand our capacity through process innovation, automation, and the introduction of new technology. 

Contact
Should you wish to know more about these positions, please do not hesitate to call Thomas Klintøe (Associate Manager & CVP cLEAN Partner) on: +4530798318.

Deadline
15 September 2024. 

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.

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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.