Shutdown Project Coordinator

   

Are you interested in taking the lead to coordinate across different groups for our upcoming factory shutdown and production stops? Can you strategically manage complex projects while navigating through a diverse stakeholder landscape? If yes, apply today for a life-changing opportunity!

 

The position

As our Shutdown Project Coordinator, you'll have a unique chance to independently plan shutdown tasks and activities, helping to define your own role. You will be in charge of spearheading the planning, coordination, and execution of factory shutdowns, overseeing the activities. Your role involves navigating a diverse stakeholder landscape, including activity owners, project managers, factory management, and specialists, to ensure seamless coordination and alignment.

Your primary tasks will be to:

• Prioritize shutdown tasks, requirements, and dependencies.
• Plan shutdown involving and coordinating with stakeholders.
• Maintain strategic oversight across all shutdown activities.
• Strategically manage shutdown timing and duration, acting as a trusted partner to the management group.
• Oversee execution, ensure adherence to schedule, coordinate adjustments, and evaluate for optimization.

This role provides a very exciting work environment with diverse and inspiring colleagues. Ample opportunities for personal and professional growth are available based on your skills and interests. Given the critical nature of shutdown periods, flexibility in working hours is necessary to ensure smooth operations.

 

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we imagine that you demonstrate the following characteristics:

• An academic degree in engineering, project management, or another relevant field.
• Some experience in project coordination with the ability to work in a complex stakeholder environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, essential for effective stakeholder engagement.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

 

Furthermore, you have a structured approach to work, ability to prioritize amidst diverse tasks.

As a person, you are proactive, and solution-oriented, thriving in complex organizations. You work independently, handle challenges effectively, and maintain a positive, outgoing attitude. With a systematic approach, you manage tasks, prioritize effectively, and adapt to change when necessary.

 

About the department

You will join our Project department in M1 (Manufacturing 1), which is part of the rapidly growing PS API area (Product Supply Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient). M1 is a production area, with a total of 600 employees in Kalundborg, where we produce our newest GLP-1 products. You will become part of a high-performing Project Management Office (PMO) team that consists of project managers, project assistants, engineers, and technical professionals. Together, we are responsible for the execution of investment projects, in a complex, constantly changing and highly regulated pharmaceutical area. Our purpose is to make a change in M1, by driving small and large-scale projects that improve the quality of facilities and processes and increase our production capacity. In the PMO team – and the department as a whole – we are proud of our balance between ambitious goals, working hard and maintaining a healthy and fun approach to our tasks. You will be joining an effective, skilled, and inclusive team, where you will never be alone with the hard challenges or in celebrating your victories.

 

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

For further information or questions about the position, please contact Joakim Herløv (Manager) on +45 30 799 063 or JMHV@novonordisk.com.

 

Deadline

12 June 2024

 

Job interviews will be held regularly, so we recommend applying 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 in your CV.

 

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

 

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