Senior Manager, Utility & Solvents
Kalundborg - Denmark
Job Summary
Step into a people-focusedleadership role where your decisions directly impact patients living with serious chronic diseases. You will lead an establishedand highly important employee groupthroughcontinued development operational maturity and increasing productiondemands with safety qualitycontinuous improvementand Life Cycle Management (LCM)at the heart of everything you do.
Your new role
As Sr. Manager in API IO M1 US Project Support you will lead a dedicated employee group responsible for production support operational excellence and continued development of the area. The department supports production by ensuring stable reliable and compliant supply of water ethanol and solvents to downstream manufacturing.
The team includes employees contributing to projects and production support as well as integrated automation specialists working with SattLine LMES SCADA and PLC. With a strong focus on optimisations and Life Cycle Management (LCM) you will help shape priorities strengthen collaboration and ensure reliable delivery today while preparing for tomorrow.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Leading coaching and developing adedicated employee group ensuring a safe engaged and high-performing working environment
Ensuring reliable day-to-day delivery of utilitiesand solvents in support of production while maintaining high standards for safety quality and compliance
Driving continuous improvementsandmaturingLEAN ways of working identifying improvement opportunities and bringing your team along on the journey
Ensuring focus on Life Cycle Management (LCM) including maintaining improving and future-proofing processes equipment and ways of working in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders
Ensuring compliance with GMP EHS and quality standards in everything we do
Collaborating closely with fellowmanagers the Production Director and colleagues across production technical supportand operations support
Contributing to the continued development of the department asdownstreamproduction scales up.
Acting as a visible role model for safety quality and continuous improvement on the shop floor
Your new department
You will join APIIOM1 one of our showcase factories with around 650 colleagues where theUtility & Solventarea alone counts approximately100people across production and operations area is an important enabler for reliable production supplying water ethanol andsolvents that help secure stable operations business continuity and increasing production volumes.
Reporting to the Director you will be part of the local management team working together to deliver on increasing volumes while continuously raising the bar on safety quality efficiency and continuous improvement
Your skills & qualifications
We are looking for an experiencedleader who enjoys building strong teams setting directionand developing both people and processes in a GMP-regulated bring the ability to lead through others create clarity and drive progress across a complex stakeholder landscape.
Youll bring with you:
Solidseniorleadership experience from a pharmaceutical biotech or other GMP-regulated productionor production-supportenvironment
Hands-on experience with LEAN continuous improvementand a proven ability toturn strategic priorities into operational results
Experience with or strong interest in Life Cycle Management (LCM) including improvement maintenance and development of processes and assets over time
Solid GMP knowledge and the ability to integrate compliance into daily operations
Knowledge of automation technologies such asSattLine LMES SCADA and PLCisan advantage
EHS experience or a strong interest in taking on EHS responsibilities as part of the role is advantageous
Strong people skills you coach develop and engage employees to build trust quickly and lead with clarity and care
Fluency in English; Danish is an advantage given the on-site shop-floor nature of the role
What we offer
There is of course more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.
Salary:For this role the Annual Base Salary ranges from DKK742600 tocorresponding to the level of the position. The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidates skills competencies knowledge and relevant experience.
Incentives and Benefits:The salary package may include shortterm and/or longterm incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level location functional area and relevant market benchmarks.
Contact
For further information about the position please contactBrian Løvenbalch Gyldenvang Director
Deadline
9th of August 2026.
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk were not chasing quick fixes were creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years weve been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of whats possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives seek out bold ideas and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together were making healthcare more accessible treating and preventing diseases and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us you become part of something bigger a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.
Required Experience:
Senior Manager
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