Are you passionate about driving operational excellence across an organisation, leading change, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement? Novo Nordisk Quality (NNQ) is seeking an operational excellence partner with a true LEAN mindset to take up the position as operational excellence partner in Novo Nordisk Quality (NNQ).

Apply today for a life-changing career!

The position
As an Operational Excellence Partner in NNQ, you will be tasked with:

• Supporting Product Supply Quality (PSQ) Management in their cLEAN journey by:

- Leading the implementation of Performance Management in PSQ.
- Identify business challenges and how to solve them within the LEAN framework.

• Building trust across all organizational levels, drive change management, and provide data-driven recommendations to achieve compliance and performance goals.
• Enabling the strategic vision and roadmap within the Quality organization in alignment with existing initiatives and processes.
• Leading the design and implementation of a fit for purpose approach to rolling out LEAN in PSQ, to enhance operational efficiency and quality standards.
• Being part of the NNQ cLEAN Network contributing to creating common solutions to common problems, across NNQ.
• Training employees in internal lean offerings (cLEAN Academy). Along with some administration.

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, we imagine you:

• Have a minimum of 3 years of experience working with LEAN and/or Six Sigma implementation, project management, strategic deployment or similar.
• Hands-on experience driving LEAN implementation and establishing continuous improvement culture.
• Excel in translating LEAN strategy into action and creating a pull.
• Are proficient in English in writing/speaking.

As a person, you possess strong communication, facilitation, and visualisation skills. You are comfortable with a high degree of responsibility and navigating complex and senior stakeholder landscapes. Your talent for fostering collaboration and promoting active engagement among colleagues is a testament to your excellent collaboration skills.
You enjoy being part of setting direction for best-in-class LEAN methodologies and to take an active role in ensuring a healthy, fun and engaging team and work environment.

About the Department
You will become part of the NNQ Strategy & Operational Excellence team consisting of 9 highly skilled professionals within operational excellence, executive business support, strategy execution and project management delivering support across NNQ. Your main collaborators in the team are the SVP cLEAN Partner and Operational Excellence Specialist. The team is anchored within the VP area of NNQ Business Support dedicated to providing exceptional support to management and across NNQ.
We value and prioritize teamwork with a high degree of individual accountability and flexibility. We take ownership of processes, projects and initiatives that serve our purpose and support our stakeholders in streamlining operations and optimizing processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness. At the same time, we think it should be fun to go to work, so we appreciate informality and humour.

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
If you have any questions, please contact SVP cLEAN Partner Cecilie Moberg (CMOB) at +45 3448 1242.

Deadline
16 February 2025
Candidates will be called in continuously, so please apply sooner rather than later.
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.

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.