cLEAN Partner

Are you passionate about process optimization and lean manufacturing? Do you have a knack for driving change and influencing stakeholders? If so, you might be the cLEAN (Current LEAN) Partner we are looking for at our Koriyama Factory. 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 the Business Support Department at our Koriyama Factory (KFA) reporting to the Business Support Director. Our department is expected to work independently during both strategic and operational initiatives and make judgement calls on what is needed to best ensure local site progress on the cLEAN Journey. We maintain a high level of maturity, change management ability, and initiative in our interactions with senior management and when coaching them. Our department is characterized by high stakeholder management at all levels of the organization, from shop floor to site management. The cLEAN Partner has the authority to make decisions related to process optimization and operates with a high degree of independence in driving the cLEAN agenda and mindset on the site.

The position
As a cLEAN Partner at Novo Nordisk, you will:

• Implement cLEAN methodologies to enhance production efficiency and quality, while identifying and addressing process weaknesses, recommending and executing corrective actions to improve operational performance.
• Drive the implementation of KFA cLEAN RoadMap, developing cLEAN Road maps in collaboration with relevant site stakeholders, and lead cLEAN projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.
• Manage projects of increasing complexity, coordinating resources and stakeholders, monitor project progress and adjust plans as necessary to achieve desired outcomes, and persuade and influence stakeholders to follow new processes and improvements.
• Lead change initiatives at various organizational levels, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, apply data analysis methods to inform decision-making and process improvements, and train leaders and employees on cLEAN principles and practices.
• Continuously coach local site management and leaders in cLEAN Mindset, as well as develop an internal cLEAN trainer team and coordinate the implementation of cLEAN training.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or other relevant field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 3 - 5 years of experience in process optimization, lean manufacturing, or six sigma and project management.
• Advanced level of Japanese and English.
• Proven track record in leading and managing complex projects, change management, and training at various organizational levels.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, and project management skills, while upholding ethical standards and regulatory compliance.

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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