Supply Chain Engineer: Automation & Process Improvement

Novo Nordisk A/S; Powhatan (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leading pay and annual bonus

14 paid holidays

Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

8% 401K contribution + company match

Parental & family medical leave

Tuition Assistance

Life & Disability Insurance

Employee referrals

Job summary

Novo Nordisk in North Carolina seeks a senior professional to optimize the NNPILP Supply Chain through data analysis and execution of changes across Planning, Warehousing, Procurement and Shipping. You will lead for site projects as a technical expert in Supply Chain and drive continuous improvement.

Reporting to the Site Manager, you will run cross-functional programs, define key activities, mitigate risk, and ensure timely delivery while mentoring others on standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or supply chain.
• Minimum 10 years of manufacturing or supply chain experience.
• Proven Lean Six Sigma and sustainable process improvements.
• Practical problem solving and process improvement methods.
• Minimum 5 years SAP experience; robotics/automation a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data and execute changes in planning, warehousing, procurement and shipping.
• Lead transformation programs with Supply Chain management.
• Define activities, deadlines, prerequisites and interfaces.
• Ensure governance, sharing, monitoring and control of programs.
• Propose risk mitigation and communicate to stakeholders.
• Provide engineering support for facility/equipment changes.
• Lead warehouse automation initiatives and training.
• Investigate quality problems and deviations; implement fixes.

Skills

Data analysis

Problem solving

Lean Six Sigma

SAP

Warehouse automation

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Supply Chain

Tools

SAP

Robotics

Job description

Novo Nordisk in North Carolina seeks a senior professional to optimize the NNPILP Supply Chain through data analysis and execution of changes across Planning, Warehousing, Procurement and Shipping. You will lead for site projects as a technical expert in Supply Chain and drive continuous improvement.

Reporting to the Site Manager, you will run cross-functional programs, define key activities, mitigate risk, and ensure timely delivery while mentoring others on standards and best practices.