cLEAN Partner (Continuous Improvement Specialist) (All Levels)

About the Department                                                                                                                                               

You will be joining Fill & Finish Expansions (FFEx), which is responsible for all major expansion activities within aseptic production, solid dosage forms, finished products, fill & finish warehousing, and QC across all production areas in Product Supply. The area is anchored in Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employ approx. 20,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 50,000 employees.

 

FFEx is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan, and build all new aseptic filling capacity across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients. We do it by rethinking our production facilities with the use of modern technology, as we are setting the standards for the aseptic production of the future. Facilities designed today which we will still be proud of 20 years from now. FF Expansions has a global approach, where you will be working with multiple sites and cultures across the world.

 

What we offer you:

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions

• All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays

• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one

• Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option

• Family Focused Benefits including 12 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave

• Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products

• Tuition Assistance

• Life & Disability Insurance

• Employee Referral Awards

 

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential? Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

 

The Position

Enable & inspire NNPILP to "live cLEAN®" by driving continuous improvement (CI) mindset throughout the site; providing cLEAN® tools, training, & expertise; supporting CI projects & initiatives.

 

Relationships

Reports to Manager.

 

Essential Functions

• Assist senior team members to develop Continuous Improvement plans; identify, prioritize, & initiate CI opportunities; follow-through on Continuous Improvement activities
• Provide coaching to develop the cLEAN® mindset
• Aid in SPS through facilitating & coaching
• Support &facilitate CI kaizen workshops, problem solving workshops
• Communicate across sites to share best practices, success stories, ideas; collaborate across NNPILP API US, IFP, IFP FFEx & PS sites as appropriate
• Assist in formal training in cLEAN® programs across sites
• Provide coaching & mentoring for 1-Star project leaders across site; develop coaching skills
• Manage/lead focused cross-functional CI projects
• Apply PDCA methodologies to achieve significant, measurable improvement in business, support, & production processes
• Provide direction, coaching, & mentoring for site team members
• Participate in execution of cLEAN® site initiatives
• Support change management plans for CI initiatives; develop control plans intended to sustain improvement gains
• Follow all safety & environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other accountabilities, as assigned

 

Physical Requirements