Novo Nordisk Inc Hiring for Director, Production Support – API job in Clayton Full Time

At Novo Nordisk, we are helping to improve the quality of life for millions of people worldwide. For more than 100 years, we have led the way in diabetes care. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on life-changing careers, and the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

In NC, we operate three pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are responsible for fulfilling different steps in our injectable and oral treatment supply chains. Our newer Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) facility in Clayton, NC sits on 825,000 square-feet of state-of-the-art equipment, and houses the Fermentation, Recovery and Purification in the production of ingredients for Novo Nordisk’s innovative oral products. At API, you’ll join a global network of manufacturing professionals who are passionate about what they do.

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 – reimbursement up to 10K annually
• 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

Key responsibilities of this role include developing and implementing strategies to optimize asset performance, ensuring the reliability and availability of critical equipment, managing maintenance programs to minimize downtime and maximize efficiency, overseeing metrology operations to ensure accurate measurements, leading engineering projects to improve plant performance, managing black utilities to ensure uninterrupted operations, and overseeing wastewater treatment plant operations to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. Build strong relationships and communications with stakeholders, and have a strong commitment to safety, quality, and environmental compliance. Align Production Support behaviors and performance to enable API M-US “to be the most reliable API producer with the highest engaged people.” Meets or exceeds customer, business, & regulatory requirements in accordance with Novo Nordisk Way.

Relationships

Reports to Corporate Vice President (CVP).

Essential Functions

• Responsible for all Black Utilities, including Water, Electrical, Plant Steam, Life Saftey Detection and Waste Systems
• Responsible for operations of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, keeping within environmental permit limits
• Responsible for the site Asset Management and Reliability Excellence program, enabling the site to be the “most reliable API producer” including the areas of Asset Data Management, Reliability Engineering, Technical Warehouse and Planning
• Responsible for the site Maintenance Execution and Metrology & Calibration programs, ensuring proper reliability centered maintenance and keeping instruments within specification
• Responsible for site Mechanical Engineering, leading innovation and mechanical expertise, supporting the entire site
• Responsible for leading and managing site Shutdowns
• Ensure positive & engaging working relationship with stakeholders while providing world-class support
• Ensure continuous development of Production Support teammates
• Responsible for continuous improvements activities, capacity & unit cost improvements
• Financial management and fiscal responsibility for Production Support
• Participate as member of the API M-US Senior Leadership Team in setting plant goals, objectives, & priorities
• Quality, CGMP compliance & environmental management
• Follow all safety & environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other accountabilities, as assigned

Physical Requirements

Ability to work in an open office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. (% can change on a case by case basis based on the role).

Development of People

Supervisory, ensure that reporting personnel have Individual Development Plans (IDP), with annual goals and measurements that are consistent with the priorities of the business, and that interim reviews are held so that their work is focused on those priorities, and they understand their level of 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. Manage the application and communication of all Novo Nordisk policies, procedures, and Novo Nordisk Way.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Engineering, Business, or relevant field of study from an accredited university required
• Master’s Degree or Ph.D in Science, Engineering, Business, or relevant field of study from an accredited university preferred

• Minimum of ten (10) years of leadership/management/supervisory experience in manufacturing, maintenance, or process required, preferably experience in pharmaceutical or other regulated industries
• Knowledgeable in pharmaceutical industry systems, to include parenteral drug production preferred
• Proven expertise in mentoring/development, change management, planning/organizing, managing execution, & revising the work plan for complex problems solved by cross functional teams required

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.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.