Sourcing QA Leadership Role

3 weeks ago


Bagsværd, Gladsaxe Municipality, Denmark Novo Nordisk Full time

Are you ready to take your leadership skills to the next level by overseeing a team of dedicated QA professionals? Do you have a passion for empowering individuals to excel in complex settings? If so, consider applying for the Associate Manager position in Sourcing QA at Novo Nordisk, where you will be a catalyst for positive change in our dynamic team.

The Position

As an Associate Manager in Sourcing QA, you will lead a group of 8-10 experienced QA professionals responsible for ensuring the quality of all sourced materials going into Novo Nordisk marketed products worldwide. Your role will involve optimizing processes, fostering employee development, and maintaining a high-quality mindset for your team.

Your main responsibilities will include:

· Leading and ensuring smooth daily operations

· Coaching and motivating employees to work smarter

· Collaborating closely with various departments and stakeholders, including quality control, regulatory affairs, purchasing/logistics, and suppliers.

You will be working closely with quality control, regulatory affairs, purchasing/logistics, warehouse, consuming departments, and suppliers. The tasks are diverse as we have a lot of exciting projects in Novo Nordisk. This gives us a variety of challenges, and strong collaboration with all stakeholders is an essential key to success. In a dynamic and challenging environment with short deadlines, you can make clear prioritizations and take responsibility for customer requirements in many situations, including those where the solution is not obvious.

You will join the experienced management group and will report to a Senior Manager.

Qualifications

To succeed as an Associate Manager in Sourcing QA, you have:

- minimum 2 years of leadership experience

- and preferably 3+ years of experience from the pharmaceutical industry or other highly regulated industry and have a strong quality mindset.

As a person, you have great interpersonal skills complemented by an interest in people management and aspirations to become a great leader.

It is considered an advantage to have:

· Lean experience

· Mentoring and training skills

· Quality assurance experience

You are known for your positive mindset, flexibility, and persistence. You thrive working in a dynamic environment with changing priorities, where you utilize good business understanding with a strong stakeholder approach.

About the department

The department is responsible for Quality Assurance of Raw Materials and Packaging Materials going into all of Novo Nordisk A/S marketed products worldwide. We are responsible for Quality Assurance of our suppliers who are located across the globe. A combination of ensuring a high standard of incoming materials and involvement in investigations into quality issues by the use of LEAN tools is part of our daily work. In total, we are 80 dedicated employees divided into 5 teams working closely together. We collaborate with stakeholders across the organization and all over the world.

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.

Salary

The estimated annual salary for this position is approximately $120,000 - $180,000, depending on experience and qualifications.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement savings plan, and paid time off.

Additional Information

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. We are 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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