QA specialist in Supply Chain

Are you ready to ensure compliance and high quality in the supply chain of Novo Nordisk and do you want an impactful job with the possibility of changing the way we operate across product supply? Do you want to bring your experience within Quality processes into play to support us with building robust processes and systems? 

Then Apply now to join us for a life-changing career!

The position
In the role as QA Specialist, you will be responsible for quality assurance of Novo Nordisk supply chain processes, with a special focus on our planning processes and responsible for ensuring data integrity about new and existing IT systems. You will participate in complex and high impact projects and help guide our stakeholders in the right direction. You will set the bar for quality in global processes and ensure the right requirements for our IT systems. Besides this, you will be Process QA Delegate for several processes within Planning, responsible for ensuring the focus on quality when building and maintaining global processes across Novo Nordisk.

Furthermore, you will:
• Ensure compliance, product quality, and patient safety in SC QA’s daily operations.
• Provide QA support and GMP guidance internally to Supply Chain Planning and Logistics and other stakeholders across Novo Nordisk.
• Review and approve quality-related documents such as SOPs, deviations, and change control cases.
• Participate in relevant audits and inspections.
• Engage daily with a broad range of stakeholders, expecting a high level of complexity and a diverse range of tasks.
• Facilitate cross-cultural solutions, considering local conditions within an international and multicultural environment.

Qualifications
To succeed in this role you should:
• Hold a M.Sc. in pharmacy, engineering, Supply Chain Management, IT, or possess an equivalent educational background.
• Have a minimum of 5 years of work experience in quality assurance within pharmaceutical production, preferably in supply chain or IT.
• Demonstrate proficiency in interpreting and applying quality demands.
• Possess audit experience.
• Be fluent in English both in speaking and writing.

As a person, you exhibit a proactive and solution-oriented approach, adept at navigating complex challenges to find constructive solutions. You demonstrate leadership in projects and ensure the implementation of agreed solutions. Your ability to balance compliance and product quality is crucial, especially in an international organization with diverse stakeholders, necessitating clear communication and collaboration skills.

About the department
Supply Chain QA is responsible for Quality Assurance and support of Supply Chain Planning and Logistic activities including cold chain distribution of Novo Nordisk products worldwide, production planning across the entire Novo Nordisk supply chain, and data management and governance across Novo Nordisk. The department has 20 employees and is expected to grow in the coming years.

In our daily work we work closely together with Supply Chain Planning & Logistic (SCP&L) – our Line of Business, whom we support in quality matters, are involved in high impact projects, and set quality direction for. You will become part of a team focusing on the digital part of our supply chain incl. master data and planning processes. It is an international and diverse team which have a high level of self-governance, good working relations, are informal and value professional sparring and good humour highly.

Working in 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.