Manager

Manager, Skilled Workers – Packaging & Filling Line Maintenance Location: Måløv, Denmark

Are you an experienced leader with a strong understanding of manufacturing operations and a passion for developing skilled technical employees?

Do you thrive in an operational environment where people leadership, equipment reliability and continuous improvement are equally important?

Are you ready to take responsibility for a skilled maintenance team and help strengthen operational performance within HRT Packaging?

If so, we would like to hear from you.

The Position
As Manager, Skilled Workers within HRT Packaging, you will lead a team of skilled maintenance employees responsible for supporting the reliability and performance of packaging and filling equipment at our Måløv site.

This is an operational leadership position requiring someone who understands the realities of a production environment and has already demonstrated the ability to lead technical employees.

You will have the opportunity to shape how the team operates, develop the capabilities of experienced technical employees and contribute directly to the department's operational performance.

Working closely with Production and other technical functions, you will balance immediate operational requirements with longer term maintenance improvements, ensuring your team has the direction, structure and support needed to succeed.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Leading, coaching and developing skilled maintenance employees, establishing clear expectations, accountability and continuous development.
• Managing daily maintenance priorities, resources and team performance to support reliable production.
• Ensuring effective preventive and corrective maintenance to improve equipment reliability and minimise downtime.
• Using maintenance data, KPIs and performance trends to identify opportunities and make informed operational decisions.
• Supporting structured problem-solving and addressing recurring equipment issues.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen equipment reliability and operational efficiency.
• Building effective working relationships with Production, Quality, Engineering and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensuring maintenance activities comply with GMP, safety and quality requirements.Creating a positive, collaborative and performance focused team culture.
  
  Qualifications
  We are looking for an experienced operational leader who understands both the technical and people-related challenges of managing skilled employees within a manufacturing environment.
  
  To succeed in this role, we expect you to have:
  
  
• Proven experience leading skilled technical employees within a manufacturing environment, including responsibility for team performance, employee development and day-to-day operational delivery.
  
  
• Demonstrable experience managing or formally supervising employees within maintenance, engineering, production or a comparable technical function.
  
  
• Practical experience coaching employees, addressing performance challenges and handling difficult leadership situations.
  
  
• A sound understanding of preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment reliability and manufacturing operations.
  
  
• Experience using operational data or performance indicators to support decisions and drive improvements.
  
  
• Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder-management skills.
  
  
• A structured approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
  
  
• Fluency in Danish and English.
  
  
• Experience within pharmaceutical manufacturing, GMP regulated operations, packaging equipment or filling processes would be advantageous.
  
  
• We also welcome applications from experienced supervisors and team leaders who have already demonstrated meaningful people leadership and are ready to take on broader management responsibility.
  
  
• About YouYou are a confident, visible and approachable leader who enjoys working closely with skilled technical employees.
  
  
• You understand that effective leadership requires more than technical knowledge. You can set clear expectations, address performance challenges, coach employees and create an environment where people take ownership of their work.
  
  
• You are comfortable making decisions in a busy production environment, using data and operational insights to establish priorities.
  
  
• You communicate clearly, collaborate effectively and can constructively challenge stakeholders when necessary.
  
  
• Above all, you bring the maturity, accountability and practical leadership experience needed to develop a team while maintaining operational performance.
  
  About the Department
  You will join HRT Packaging at our Måløv site, part of Novo's manufacturing organisation.
  
  The department is responsible for packaging hormone replacement therapy products, contributing to the delivery of medicines that make a meaningful difference to patients.
  
  Our maintenance teams play an essential role in ensuring that production equipment operates safely, efficiently and reliably.
  
  With increasing production demands, we are continuing to strengthen our maintenance capabilities, equipment performance and ways of working.
  
  As Manager, Skilled Workers, you will have the opportunity to influence how the team develops and contributes to the department's future success.
  
  Why Novo
  At Novo, your skills, dedication and ambition help us change lives for the better.
  
  In return, we offer an opportunity to work alongside talented colleagues, take on meaningful responsibilities and continue developing professionally and personally.
  
  Working at NovoAt Novo ,
  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.
  
  Salary and Benefits
  The salary range for this position is DKK 651,000 to 956,900 annually.
  
  The final salary will depend on the candidate's qualifications, experience and applicable employment conditions.
  
  Incentives and Benefits
  At Novo, we offer a competitive remuneration package and a range of benefits designed to support our employees' professional and personal wellbeing.
  
  Applicable benefits and incentive arrangements will be discussed as part of the recruitment process.
  
  What We Offer
  There is nothing ordinary about working at Novo.
  
  Our purpose is to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases, building upon our heritage in diabetes.
  We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines and working to prevent and ultimately cure disease.
  
  We offer an inclusive and collaborative working environment where employees can develop their capabilities, contribute their ideas and make a meaningful difference.
  
  
  Inclusive Recruitment
  We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
  
  At Novo, we recognise that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need 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 the communities in which we operate.
  
  Together, we're life changing.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.