Local Manufacturing Operations Manager

Does your motivation come from working in a dynamic environment? Are you
enthusiastic about sharing your knowledge to make a difference to patients'
lives? Then we might have the right position for you.
We are now recruiting for a Local Manufacturing Operations Manager , based
in Sudair, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. And reporting directly to the Senior
Operations Manager. This is a unique opportunity to work for a world leader in
diabetes care, haemophilia, growth hormones therapy, and obesity.
Apply Today and join a life-changing career.

The Position

As a Local Manufacturing Operations Manager at Novo Nordisk, you will work in
collaboration with Local Manufacturing Operations in Denmark to ensure that
Novo Nordisk insulin products packed are in compliance with requirements in
Novo Nordisk specifications and quality agreements.

You should have a strong understanding of the process and equipment relevant
to the NN products being packed, to be able through this expertise, to
support, guide, and challenge the le line of business in the manufacturing
process. The main process will be labelling, Packaging, Quality Control, and
warehousing within fully automated lines at contract manufacture.

Your Main Responsibilities Will Be To:

• Daily Novo Nordisk oversight at the production facilities at our contract manufacture (CMO) in Saudi.


• Support, guide and challenge the work in the production site in Saudi during the preparation of deviations, change requests, Corrective Action and Preventive Action (CAPA), and systematic problem-solving.


• Perform process confirmation according to the production processes, ensure that potential gaps are mitigated and that ad-hoc training is being carried out when a need is registered.


• Have an overview of all Novo Nordisk activities at the CMO and understand the potential impact on the production plan and capacity.

Qualifications

We are expecting you to hold Engineer or other relevant (technical/scientific)
academic education complemented with continuous further education within the
relevant professional subjects, to be a self-driven person, and the below
skills and knowledge:
* A minimum of ‎2 years of experience, ideally within a multinational pharma or FMCG industry with packaging and Quality Control as the primary area of expertise.
* Good knowledge of GXP
* Experience within contract manufacturing.
* Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
* Technical background within production equipment is considered an advantage.

About the department

Local Manufacturing (LM) is part of Novo Nordisk 's Product Supply
organisation, and our primary role is the establishment and operation of
manufacturing sites in countries where local presence is required to obtain
market access. We play a vital part in bringing product to patients worldwide,
by ensuring an efficient supply chain both at our contract manufactures and
local sites.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and
balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy.
That 's why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people
first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table,
and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo
Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a
collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and
collaboration of its more than ‎40,000 employees. Together, we go further.
Together, we're life changing.

Contact

If you believe you are qualified and are willing to take the challenge, please
send your CV directly via our online application tool.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates
selected for interviews will be contacted.

Deadline
Apply before January 24th, ‎2023.

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.