Facility Manager

Are you ready to take charge of facility management and thrive in a growing environment? Do you have a talent for streamlining facility operations and overseeing diverse administrative functions? Would you like to become a people manager?
Join Novo Nordisk as a Facility Manager and be part of an exciting journey and apply today!
The Position
As a Facilities Manager at Novo Nordisk, you will proactively manage suppliers and contractors to ensure compliance with contract service delivery, health & safety, and budgets.
Additionally, you will:

• Ensure compliance with legislation, company policies, and oversee safe and effective facility management services.
• Act as the main liaison between Novo Nordisk and Facilities Management service providers, ensuring smooth coordination.
• Efficiently manage one direct report, responsible for the company car fleet, including orders, deliveries, collections, and cost control.
• Provide Health & Safety training, maintain Fire Warden and First Aider lists, and address related issues, including service provider reports.
• Implement and monitor Facility Management projects while maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

This role is based at our office in Rome, we offer flexible working hours and a hybrid option, allowing you to work from home when in-office presence isn't required.
Qualifications
To succeed in this role, we imagine that you have the following qualifications:

• Degree-level education or equivalent experience.
• Previous experience in Facilities Management, handling customer relationships, and applying performance measurement techniques in a fast-paced environment is a must.
• Proven ability to work as part of a project team, with an understanding of project governance.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), with strong communication and organizational abilities, including independent workload management.
• Keen eye for accuracy, capable of maintaining high standards under pressure and tight deadlines, with a solid understanding of contract documentation and commercial awareness.

Previous management experience, including car fleet management, is a plus but not required. We're looking for a team player with a strong commercial and business mindset, eager to learn and grow within our expanding company.
About the Department
You will be part of the Finance & Operations department, which coordinates, integrates, and administers a range of diverse administrative or staff functions. You will report directly into the Senior Director of Finance and Operations, joining a fantastic team of 7 individuals.
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 energise 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
We can't accept directly sent CVs, please apply through the 'Apply' Button on top of the page.
Deadline
Apply before 16th October 2024
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.