Job Description

Are you passionate about ensuring compliance in the pharmaceutical industry? Do you have a knack for driving quality activities and coordinating Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) efforts? We are seeking a dedicated GMP Partner to join our team at the Koriyama Factory in Fukushima. If you are ready to take initiative and set direction for Quality Management System (QMS) and quality tasks, read more 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 given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, hemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 63,000 people in 80 countries, and markets its products in more than 170 countries.

The Koriyama Factory, located in Koriyama, Fukushima, is a dynamic and fast-paced environment where quality assurance is at the forefront. Our team is committed to ensuring compliance and driving quality activities across all departments. With approximately 1000 employees, we work collaboratively to support GMP/QMS-related tasks and ensure inspection/audit readiness. The GMP Partner position will be directly reporting to the Koriyama Factory Head.

The position
As a GMP Partner, you will:

• Support the Manufacturing Supervisor in ensuring compliance by aligning Koriyama Factory’s QMS/GMP with J-GMP standards.
• Oversee compliance checks on the shop floor in both Production and Quality Control.
• Stay updated on GMP requirements and implement them within the GMP/QMS framework.
• Act as the primary contact for GMP audits/inspections, facilitating arrangements and follow-up actions.
• Provide support across departments regarding deviations and audit findings while coordinating GMP activities and ensuring ongoing training.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Pharmacy (preferably as a pharmacist), Sciences, or Pharma Engineering.
• Over 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with knowledge of international standards and local regulations.
• Experience and knowledge in production and quality control laboratories.
• Fluent or native in Japanese, with business-level proficiency in English.
• Strong ability to work independently, take initiative, and communicate effectively with stakeholders.

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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