Senior Operational Excellence Partner

Are you passionate about driving organizational excellence, leading change, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement? Novo Nordisk Quality is seeking an experienced Operational Excellence Partner with a true continuous improvement mindset to spearhead a transformative journey across our Quality organization with close to 3000 employees globally.
If you are ready to make a significant impact in an environment dedicated to creating life-saving solutions, then we invite you to join us in this critical role. 
 

The position 
As the Senior Operational Excellence Partner at Novo Nordisk, you will be tasked with:
•    Establishing a strategic vision and roadmap for continuous improvement within the Quality organization in alignment with existing initiatives and processes 
•    Leading the design and implementation of a comprehensive continuous improvement program to enhance operational excellence and quality standards
•    Driving cultural transformation and change management, ensuring that continuous improvement principles are integrated at all levels of the quality organization 
•    Develop and maintain our LEAN roadmap and deploy plan via mobilizing and engaging our LEAN organization and leaders across SVP area

Qualifications 
The following competencies and experiences will be important for your success in the role:
•    Have a minimum of five years of experience working with continuous improvement strategies and implementation, project management, strategic deployment or similar. 
•    Have experience with project management in complex organizational settings 
•    Hands-on experience driving continuous improvement culture, transformation and implementation and establishing continuous improvement culture
•    Experience within LEAN methodologies is a plus
•    Are proficient in English in writing/speaking
 

As a person, you possess strong communication, facilitation, and visualization 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 operational excellence 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 newly established NNQ Business Partnering team consisting of 10 highly skilled professionals within finance, executive business support, strategy execution and project management delivering support across NNQ. The team is anchored within the VP area of NNQ Business Support dedicated to providing exceptional support to management and across Novo Nordisk Quality.    
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 Oliver Brydensholt (ORBN) at +45 3075 5224.
 

Deadline 
17 May 2024 
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.