Associate Manager

Are you a Manager who thrives in empowering their team and creating a team spirit and commitment? Would you like to spearhead a team of highly specialised and skilled colleagues? If yes, then apply today as you might be the Associate Manager for Cleanroom & Sterilization we are looking for to join our production site called Needle Manufacturing & Sourcing in Hjørring. The position As our new Associate Manager, you will lead by example and set the direction for our Cleanroom & Sterilization team. You will be supporting your team of 8 employees in their daily efforts to solve tasks and challenges. Some of your main tasks will be to:

Collaborate closely with other departments and project managers, to ensure that the production site is always able to deliver high quality products.

Create work environment that fosters job enthusiasm and matches the requests and capabilities of your team.

Set up KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and follow up accordingly to measure behaviour and results.

Lead by example and secure a high level of quality in your deliverables.

You will be part of the Process Support department management group of 6 managers who is responsible for ensuring a high-level support to our stakeholders. Qualifications To be successful in this role, we imagine you:

Hold a degree in Microbiology, Chemistry or any other relevant field.

Possess a background in Microbiology or Chemistry, ideally obtained within experience from cleanroom production and sterilization processes.

Have a proven leadership experience, including direct people management.

Are fluent in English, both written and verbal.

As a person, you enjoy working in a dynamic and complex environment. You are able to prioritise and take responsibility for quality and regulatory requirements when the solution is not obvious or to fit short deadlines. You thrive in the decision-making role where decisiveness, self-consciousness and conflict management are key words, and you know how to win acceptance through direct and clear communication. You are analytical and structured, with an eye for details. You have a sense of initiative combined with empathy to support and engage your team. Last but not least, you know how to give feedback, coach and develop employees. About the department The Cleanroom & Sterilization team consists of 8 highly committed and skilled employees who are responsible for setting requirement, validating and monitoring Cleanroom production and Sterlization of Medical Devices in development projects, internal and external production. The team is part of Needle Manufacturing & Sourcing which is overall responsible for the global end-to-end supply chain of Novo Nordisk's pen needles including both internal and external production, quality assurance and manufacturing development. We are organised in eight departments and with approximately 500 employees dedicated to ensuring the pen needle supply to Novo Nordisk. We are driven by a quality mindset and pride ourselves on being a workplace where our can-do spirit and high ambitions come together to create great results for the benefit of our patients. 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 Please feel free to contact Department Manager, Kristian Lambæk, on +45 3079 5672. Deadline Apply before May, 27 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a continuous basis, and we encourage you 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. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo to your resume. 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.