Associate Manager, External Supply Chain

Are you ready to lead a strong team that manages and develops our external supply chain in Hjørring? Do you thrive in a busy environment with many stakeholders, and do you get motivated by leading others to release their full potential? If this sounds like a challenge you are ready to take on, then this position might be the one for you. Apply today! The Position As Associate Manager of our External Supply Chain team, you will play a crucial part in overseeing the day-to-day management of employees. You will be responsible for our contract manufacturing network within pen needle production, covering production in Japan and Thailand, with plans to expand further in the EU and US. Your main tasks will include: • People management, including safety, people development, change management, etc. • Daily management of activities ensuring customer demand targets are achieved and supply chain performance improvements. • Daily responsibility for a cross-functional team and managing daily board meetings. • Setting the direction, showing leadership, and fostering the development of the team. • Initiating and managing projects in close cooperation with various functional areas. You will join a management team of four. The culture in the management team is inclusive, collaborative, fun, and professional. The role comes with significant responsibilities to guarantee the smooth operation of the supply chain, meet customer demands, and facilitate effective decision-making processes. Our ability to deliver on time is crucial. Moreover, you can anticipate playing a crucial role in optimizing [xxxxx]'s supply chain setup and ensuring its preparedness for new processes and systems. We are continuously seeking optimization. Therefore, the position includes ensuring that our processes run optimally and are aligned with strategic supply chain initiatives for [xxxxx]. Qualifications To succeed in the position, you have: • Solid management experience with good people skills and a leadership toolbox • Solid experience in supply chain operations, procurement, contract manufacturing, or similar. • Skills within supplier relations and stakeholder management. • Excellent communication skills in English. It is in your nature that people like to follow you and you set a clear direction. You are well-balanced and able to lead yourself through the day and life in general. As a leader, you have a strong business perspective and a strategic ability to balance quality, delivery, and cost. You are comfortable being challenged by more senior stakeholders in decisions, and your high level of personal integrity and robustness enables you to integrate different views in the decision-making process. You challenge your colleagues to ensure the best result and have no issues in leading a side. You are well-organized and create strong results by engaging your employees in taking pride in delivering on their objectives. About the Department You will be part of the Supply Chain Management department, which is responsible for the global end-to-end supply chain of pen needles. The department consists of three highly professional teams who work very closely together to secure the supply of pen needles worldwide. We value professionalism, a high sense of responsibility, and an open and informal dialogue. We ensure an environment where we focus on continuously improving individual and team competencies and creating a motivating atmosphere. The department is part of Needle Manufacturing & Sourcing, which is overall responsible for the global end-to-end supply chain of [xxxxx]'s pen needles, including both internal and external production, quality assurance, and manufacturing development. We are organized in eight departments with approximately 500 employees dedicated to ensuring the pen needle supply to [xxxxx]. 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 [xxxxx] 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 If you want to know more about the position or have any questions, feel free to contact Department Manager, Niels-Kristian Østergaard, at +[xxxxx]. Deadline Apply before 14 June 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a continuous basis, so 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 or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo to your CV. We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. At [xxxxx] 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.