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Project Coordinator fix term

Category: Clinical Development and Medical

Location:

Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Are you naturally drawn to project management and aspire to take your career to the next level? Do you enjoy working in an ever-changing and growing environment, engaging with multiple stakeholders across various sites to find the best solutions? Experience the thrill of driving change as a Project Coordinator at Novo Nordisk. Use your extensive experience to take charge of cross-organisational projects with different complexity. Become our new Project Coordinator! Apply today and drive the change with us at Novo Nordisk.

The Position

You will be responsible for timely planning and proper execution of projects, which are initiated by the Head of department, and Project Coordinator in question, based on identified and agreed needs to fulfil objectives on departmental and/or project level(s).

You will define project goals to be reached, expected deliverables, stakeholder mapping, estimated cost and timeline for medium complexity projects in medium scale, and secures project approval. Develops detailed project plan incl. project metrics. Executes medium complexity projects in medium scale according to plan and budget to secure agreed goals are met on time and in high quality.

Engages with vendors, challenges content and proposed costs and secures involvement of Corporate Sourcing when required. Understands and executes Project Agreement (PA)/Purchase Order (PO) process. Identifies risks and mitigation actions in the process of execution. Ensures the right visibility of the project internally. Shares learnings and best practices with immediate team and identifies synergies with concurrent projects in and outside the department.

Your accountabilities will be:

• Identifies and maps key stakeholders and makes the most of the information available to understand their needs and motivations.
• Communicates timely and via relevant channels to ensure continued high buy-in and motivation from key stakeholders. Knows and correctly uses available communication channels to deal with stakeholders (Medical, Sales and Marketing teams).
• Recognises areas of mutual interest, proposes solutions, and makes clear considerations for how to strengthen relationships with stakeholders.
• Understands all functional deliverables and interaction processes needed to ensure a successful annual strategy and planning process.
• Compliance/quality related tasks/responsibilities and specific, assigned acts of authority (QMS requirements).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Qualifications in Economics, Business Administration, Finance, or related fields.
• 2-4 years of relevant work experience preferred (back office and/or field experience preferred). Ms Office knowledge.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Ability to interact with functional peer groups at various levels.
• Demonstrated ability to act independently and to navigate teams to data driven decisions and resolutions of complex issues.
• Adaptability to respond to changes in project expectations in a methodical and professional manner.

About The Department

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 100 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders, and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 50,000 people in 80 countries and markets its products in more than 169 countries.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That's why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 50,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we're life changing.

Contact

To submit your application, please upload your CV in English.

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.

Novo Nordisk