Shift Manager (Night Shift Packaging) 12 Hour Shift - Tableting
Novo Nordisk
June 26, 2026
On-site
Durham, NC
Operations
Benefits (What We Offer You)
- Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
- Generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
- Health, dental, and vision insurance effective day one
- Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
- Family-focused benefits: 14 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
- Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
- Tuition assistance
- Life & Disability insurance
- Employee referral awards
The Position
- Lead, coach, and mentor shift process teams to execute production plans to meet quality, customer, and business objectives.
- Coordinate with contractors, engineers, other providers, and internal stakeholders for success of OFP Site Durham.
Essential Functions
- Create a safe, productive, engaging workplace.
- Promote adherence to quality objectives/specifications/requirements.
- Coach, mentor, and develop employees.
- Provide direction, prioritization, and motivation for shift team members.
- Manage people for shift teams (personnel issues, employment decisions, vacation planning, etc.).
- Perform process confirmation of standards to ensure compliance.
- Collaborate across shift teams to share, standardize, and continuously improve.
- Support training on procedures and other relevant tasks.
- Coordinate and ensure proper In Process Checks & sampling.
- Confirm and manage standards.
- Other accountabilities as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education + industry experience.
- 5+ years proven leadership experience (or internal completion of NN leadership program such as GROW).
- 2+ years Bulk Processing experience (preferred; Bulk Production only).
- 5+ years manufacturing industry experience; FDA regulated preferred.
- Ability to read/write/understand complex product documentation and SOPs (preferred).
- Computer expertise: MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, PLCs, PAS-X (preferred).
- Process improvement/Lean tools or Six Sigma methodologies (required).
- Demonstrated systematic problem-solving/decision-making (required).
- Proven planning/organizing and ability to set priority, manage execution, check results, and revise work plans (preferred).
- Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
- Generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
- Health, dental, and vision insurance effective day one
- Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
- Family-focused benefits: 14 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
- Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
- Tuition assistance
- Life & Disability insurance
- Employee referral awards
The Position
- Lead, coach, and mentor shift process teams to execute production plans to meet quality, customer, and business objectives.
- Coordinate with contractors, engineers, other providers, and internal stakeholders for success of OFP Site Durham.
Essential Functions
- Create a safe, productive, engaging workplace.
- Promote adherence to quality objectives/specifications/requirements.
- Coach, mentor, and develop employees.
- Provide direction, prioritization, and motivation for shift team members.
- Manage people for shift teams (personnel issues, employment decisions, vacation planning, etc.).
- Perform process confirmation of standards to ensure compliance.
- Collaborate across shift teams to share, standardize, and continuously improve.
- Support training on procedures and other relevant tasks.
- Coordinate and ensure proper In Process Checks & sampling.
- Confirm and manage standards.
- Other accountabilities as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education + industry experience.
- 5+ years proven leadership experience (or internal completion of NN leadership program such as GROW).
- 2+ years Bulk Processing experience (preferred; Bulk Production only).
- 5+ years manufacturing industry experience; FDA regulated preferred.
- Ability to read/write/understand complex product documentation and SOPs (preferred).
- Computer expertise: MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, PLCs, PAS-X (preferred).
- Process improvement/Lean tools or Six Sigma methodologies (required).
- Demonstrated systematic problem-solving/decision-making (required).
- Proven planning/organizing and ability to set priority, manage execution, check results, and revise work plans (preferred).