General Administration Manager

Are you an experienced or aspiring leader with passion for people and process development? Do you enjoy making tomorrow better than today in close cooperation with good colleagues? We are looking for a General Administration Manager to join our team and make a significant impact. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.
Novo Nordisk has been globally recognized as the Best Place to Work, topping the ranks for two consecutive years in 2022 and 2023. It is an exciting time to join Novo Nordisk and be part of a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, helping us achieve our aspirations to establish a global presence in the industry.

About the department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with 100 years of innovation in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, hemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 63,000 people in 80 countries, and markets its products in more than 170 countries.

You will join our Business Support Department as Manager for the General Administration Team. The team is responsible for a wide range of administrative and support functions. Our team is in-charge of ensuring the smooth operation of the organization by managing Current LEAN (cLEAN), Environmental, Health and Safety, site security including reception, issuing security cards and greeting guests in daily operation we also ensure that our canteen and cleaning services run smoothly as well as arrange for company events and trips. We have a close collaboration with our internal and external stakeholders in Japanese and English to ensure compliance, optimization and smooth daily operations. Our team is based in Koriyama City, Fukushima, where we foster a collaborative and inclusive atmosphere.

The position
As a General Administration Manager at Novo Nordisk, you will join the Business Support Management team together with three other managers and the Director. The management team focuses on sparring and development in close cooperation. Other role expectations are, but is not limited to:

• Provide team leadership and individual/team development in alignment with organizational goals and values, ensuring the team possesses the necessary competencies to meet future requirements.
• Ensure that internal and external deadlines are met.
• Team budgeting, expense monitoring, and financial reporting.
• Bring together cross-functional activities and support stakeholders in various tasks and processes.
• Ensure GxP compliance as well as compliance with health and safety regulations and standards, including developing and delivering training programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, management, psychology, HR or a related field, or relevant job experience.
• Management experience is an advantage, but not a prerequisite. Project Management or other leadership experience is an advantage.
• Strong leadership mindset as well as proactive 
• Advanced level of Japanese and advanced level of English in writing and speech.
• Effective communication and strong interpersonal skills for maintaining positive stakeholder relationships with strong problem-solving abilities and the capacity to prioritize tasks effectively, while adapting to changing circumstances and maintaining confidentiality.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).
 

Deadline
Until the completion of recruitment.
Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

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.
 
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