Lean Partner

Job title: Lean Partner

Company: Novo Nordisk


Job description: Are you a “get-it-done” kind of person ready to optimise the way we work? Do you have a passion for driving continuous improvement? Novo Nordisk is looking for a LEAN Partner to join our management team in Glucagon and human Growth Hormone API production in Gentofte. If that sounds like you, read on and apply today for a life-changing career.The positionAs a LEAN Partner at Novo Nordisk, you will:

• Enhance LEAN standards, visual management systems, and drive continuous improvement.

• Coach managers, production teams, and support teams in LEAN systems like performance boards, planning overview, and problem-solving.

• Collaborate with LEAN partners from other API production sites and educate LEAN thinking to new employees across our department as part of our cLEAN training community.

• Work closely with the director and senior managers to secure their journey in LEAN leadership while integrating 8350 into PS API.

• Secure strategy deployment throughout the organization.

QualificationsWe realise that few people are experts at everything. But if you can nod your head at the following attributes, then you could be the person we are looking for:

• Strong LEAN toolbox and hands-on shop floor experience.

• Good coaching and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to translate data into visual understanding.

• Academic degree in a relevant field, +2 years of relevant work experience from a similar industry.

• Full proficiency in English.

Desired qualifications:

• Experience with LEAN way of thinking, PDCA, VSM, Kaizen, A3, and other problem-solving tools – you know how to tell the story with data.

• Leadership or project management experience, and you enjoy communicating and coordinating with many stakeholders.

About the departmentThe department consists of approximately 200 employees divided into 3 units and a total of 11 teams. We produce API for human Growth Hormone and Glucagon, in two separate production facilities, both located in Gentofte.Working at Novo NordiskNovo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 72,000 employees around the world. We recognise the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life-changing.ContactFor further information, please contact Jan Bergkvist Sørensen (JBVS) +45 30 77 54 98Deadline25 May, 2025.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.

Expected salary:

Location: Gentofte, Hovedstaden

Job date: Fri, 09 May 2025 22:42:18 GMT

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