Job Description

Are you passionate about digitalisation and driving innovation in production processes? Do you thrive in a dynamic, cross-functional environment where you can make a real impact? If so, we invite you to join us as a Production Operational Technology (OT) Professional at our Koriyama Factory in Fukushima. Read on and apply today for a life-changing career!

About the department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with over 100 years of innovation in diabetes care. This heritage has equipped us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders, and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 77,000 people in 80 offices and markets our products in more than 170 countries.
The Production Department at our Koriyama Factory in Fukushima is at the forefront of innovation and efficiency. With a focus on delivering high-quality products to our customers, the team is responsible for optimising every step of the production process, from inventory planning to regulatory compliance. The department fosters a collaborative and dynamic atmosphere, where your contributions will directly impact our mission to improve lives. Located in the beautiful Fukushima region, the Koriyama Factory is a hub of innovation and excellence, supported by a dedicated team of professionals.

The position
As a Production OT Professional, you will play a pivotal role in driving the digitalisation agenda at our Koriyama Factory. Your responsibilities will include:

• Act as a key point of contact for Future FP initiatives, bridging local management, global teams, and the Koriyama Factory Line of Business (LoB).
• Design and update the digitalization roadmap for the Koriyama Factory to align with global IT and digitalization strategies.
• Identify business needs and translate them into digital solutions, prioritizing initiatives based on local requirements.
• Lead multiple digitalization projects, overseeing planning, change management, execution, and post-implementation follow-ups while engaging stakeholders.
• Collaborate with QA on digitalization efforts, conduct IT risk assessments, investigate digital tools for production, and support global IT systems like Tulip and POINT.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, Engineering, Manufacturing, Mathematics, Technology, Project Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a Production, Manufacturing, or Operations environment, focusing on process improvements or change management of related systems/OT.
• Business-level proficiency in both English and Japanese.
• Previous experience or a strong interest in digitalization, and familiarity with pharmaceutical processes or other regulated industries.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to thrive in a cross-cultural and cross-functional environment in a proactive, autonomous, and professional manner.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions)

Deadline
Until the completion of recruitment.
Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

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.

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