Associate Manager Trainee for Quality Assurance

Are you enthusiastic about making a meaningful impact in leadership, assuming leadership responsibilities, and collaborating with experienced QA employees? Are you excited about your personal growth and eager to utilize that enthusiasm to develop leadership skills?

Emerging Technologies QA is a dynamic and growing organization committed to developing future leaders in a collaborative and innovative environment. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to learn from experienced leaders and make a real impact within our company.

The Position

As a Leader Trainee, you will embark on a comprehensive training program designed to cultivate your leadership skills and prepare you for a successful career as a leader within our organization. This program will provide you with hands-on experience, mentorship, and exposure to various aspects of our business operations.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Participate in leadership training sessions and workshops.
• Shadow experienced leaders to gain practical insights into effective leadership practices.
• Collaborate with teams across the department to understand the company's operations.
• Contribute to identification and drive improvement projects and initiatives.
• Demonstrate a commitment to learning and applying leadership principles in a real-world setting.
• Participate in shaping the future direction of the QA F1 Bulk team through collaborative decision-making and strategic planning.
• Delegated specific responsibilities. Ex. coordination of specific tasks, solving critical or urgent issues etc.

Simplicity and efficient daily operation are in focus in the department and need to be further developed together with the team and the department. To succeed, you must be visible and present on site, and have clear goal setting abilities, and coaching skills.

The above responsibilities will provide you with practical experience to develop the skills necessary to lead a high-performing team. Over time you will transition into the leadership role, leading a part of the Bulk-team and driving its success within the organization.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you have:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, pharma and/or have 3 years of GMP experience from QA, production, QC etc.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proactive and adaptable with a strong desire to learn.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Demonstrated leadership potential through extracurricular activities, internships, or prior work experience.

As a person, you have a can-do attitude and proactively strive for higher levels of performance, not being afraid of being challenged by peers and employees. You can differentiate your communication depending on the target group and present your arguments in a professional way.

About the Department

Emerging Technologies QA is an area which employs approximately 100 skilled and motivated colleagues. You will be part of a great QA department (QA department for Oral Finished Products in Denmark – ET QA OFP DK) responsible for all products, production facilities and equipment in Denmark. The department consists of around 60 employees divided into five teams and this position is in the F1 Bulk team.

The team currently consists of 12 highly knowledgeable and skilled people covering Rybelsus products from production of mixing of excipients to release of finished tablet. The team will grow to 18 people before the end of 2024. We have different levels of QA experience, but we all enjoy working together, whilst having fun. We are proud to work in a fast-growing and ambitious part of Novo Nordisk.

We look forward to welcoming the next generation of leaders to our team!

Working at Novo Nordisk

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 know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we

seize them. 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 Manager, Lasse Platou at +45 3075 3581

Deadline

Apply before May 12th, 2024.

Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, and interviews will be planned as soon as suitable candidates have been identified so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

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 in 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.