Shutdown Manager

Take the next step in your career with us—apply today and become our Shutdown Manager! 

At Bagsværd, you'll be part of a team that values collaboration and excellence. This role offers you the chance to work in a dynamic environment where your contributions will have a real impact. You'll have the opportunity to hone your leadership skills, tackle challenging issues, and interact with a diverse group of talented professionals. 

Join Novo Nordisk in Bagsværd and make a difference from day one in this key position!

The Position
The shutdown is a key process that happens twice yearly in our facility: in July/August and December/January. It is during the shutdown that the production is paused so that virtually all-important maintenance, project and qualification work can be performed. In this role, you will be tasked with planning and executing the biannual shutdowns of our facility, with assistance of line of business and other support areas. This involves:

• Maintaining and running the so-called shutdown annual planning wheel; detailed planning of both winter and summer shutdowns, including scenario planning.
• Stakeholder management, to ensure that all needed activities/projects are captured.
• Coordination of the ramp-down, project phase and ramp-up.
• Post-shutdown debriefing and lessons learned with measurement of shutdown performance through relevant KPI.
• Continuous improvement of the shutdown process.
• Troubleshooting and problem solving, particularly during the actual shutdown.
• Training other colleagues in the shutdown process.

Qualifications
We are looking for candidates with the following qualifications:

• Up to 2 years of experience in an aseptic manufacturing environment, preferably having participated in shutdowns before. Alternatively, at least 4 years of experience in Project Management.
• Technical background (technician) or a bachelor’s degree, preferably in a technical discipline.
• Pharma and/or GMP related experience.
• Fluency in Danish is needed, as is a good level of English.

Further, to succeed in this position you will have to have good planning skills, creating detailed plans that anticipate potential obstacles and manage resources effectively. 

But also, respond to changes in scenarios and adjust the plans as needed. When facing unforeseen obstacles, you actively seek new solutions and demonstrate resilience, often helping others in the process as well. Finally, in this position there is a lot of stakeholder management. So, building and maintaining relationships is key, and so is communicating ideas clearly and persuasively in both written and verbal forms.

About the department
Site Bagsværd is part of the production network for Aseptic Manufacturing at Novo Nordisk. The shutdown coordination is part of Business Support – an area also responsible for projects, training, logistics, finance, lean, product release, inspection and warehouse. Our department provides the best support possible for our operations to run smoothly and efficiently.  

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact
Would you like to hear more about the position, feel free to contact Fabricio Roepcke +4534481257

Deadline
17 July 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.