Senior Manager, Technical Support (Assembly/Packaging Engineering & Maintenance)

Novo Nordisk - Clayton, NC

Full-time - Senior

Clayton, NC

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead tactical & long-term strategic activities to drive process & technical improvements within respective department & ensure technical & maintenance standardization across shift teams.
• Contribute to a positive, constructive & ambitious work environment in department leadership team, as well as in own area of responsibility.
• Ensure engagement, motivation & development of employees in team.
• Accountable for ensuring maximum up time of equipment to support site production schedules.
• Development of long-term technical & process improvement plans.
• Ensure robust processes are in place to exceed all quality objectives, specifications, & requirements.
• Drive process performance to meet business & customer needs.
• Championing systematic problem solving (SPS) process.
• Process confirmation of technical & maintenance standards.
• Drive technical & maintenance standardization & collaboration across teams.
• Ensure collaboration across sites via applicable process groups.
• Ensure completion of high-level projects & investigations.
• Owner of departmental master plan for technical improvements.
• Coach, develop & engage direct reports, focusing on the NNWay essentials.
• Process group responsibilities representing the Clayton site & contributing globally to better/best practices & projects for manufacturing efficiency & compliance.
• Ensure employees have individual development plans (IDP), with annual goals and measurements that are consistent with the priorities of the business.
• Conduct interim reviews to ensure their performance is focused on those priorities and they understand their accountability for results and the measurement process.
• Ensure that the IDP forms include completed learning and aspiration plans and are in place for all reporting personnel to enable the achievement of goals and capability to assume increased levels of responsibility.
• Follow all safety and environmental requirements in the performance of duties.
• Other accountabilities, as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field of study from an accredited university required.
• Master's degree from an accredited university or industry equivalent experience preferred.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of manufacturing environment experience required, preferably in the pharmaceutical or other regulated industries.
• Minimum seven (7) years of leadership (direct or indirect) experience in engineering, manufacturing, or maintenance required, with a preference toward pharmaceutical or other regulated industries.
• Experience driving process improvements/design using systematic methodologies, LEAN & Six Sigma strongly preferred.

Benefits

• 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 14 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.