Senior SAP Production Planner

For more than 100 years, Novo Nordisk has been tackling the unmet medical needs of people living with serious chronic diseases, such as diabetes & obesity. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

Our new Petersburg, Virginia site marks a strategic move to advance our capabilities within Chemical API development and production. The highly experienced site is designed to strengthen and accelerate our Small Molecule (SMOL) strategy while amplifying our operational capacity. This is to safeguard and support SMOL projects and API Production in the coming years, aligning with our vision and strengthening our potential for growth and innovation.

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
• All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one
• Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
• Family Focused Benefits including 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

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential? Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

Supports supply chain production planning. Serves as SAP area super user and order management of non‑critical and critical materials (GMP raw materials), as well as sourcing of non‑critical materials. Support the site to source indirect materials and service and ensure that internal customers have the materials they need when required, while continuously improving quality, delivery cost and sustainability for non‑critical materials.

Reports to Director.

• Responsible for executing and aligning short‑and mid‑term production plans with supply plans, customer needs, and production line capacities, ensuring plans are realistic and executable.
• Own and maintain the operational production schedule and site capacity overview, including coordination of shutdowns and maintenance activities.
• Support translation of supply plans into detailed and actionable production schedules, ensuring readiness for execution.
• Ensure material availability for production by proactively identifying gaps and coordinating with Supply Planning, Procurement, and Warehouse.
• Act as main point of contact for coordination across Supply Planning, QA, QC, Warehouse, Production, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure production readiness.
• Communicate material availability, constraints, and risks, and drive resolution of issues impacting production (e.g., delays, missing materials, quality holds).
• Execute and support the daily operational planning process in SAP, ensuring smooth planning and execution flow.
• Own and maintain planning data and master data in SAP to ensure high data quality and system reliability.
• Act as site Master Data (MD) Steward, ensuring accuracy of BOMs, recipes, production versions, and planning parameters.
• Act as SAP area super user, supporting users, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring correct system usage across the site.
• Identify and resolve SAP‑related issues impacting production planning and execution (e.g., incorrect master data, planning errors, system inconsistencies).
• Collaborate closely with Supply Planning to ensure effective handover from planning to execution and provide feedback on plan feasibility.
• Monitor production execution against plan and proactively adjust to ensure continuity and minimize disruptions.
• Support availability of site consumables and operational materials required for production.
• Support follow‑up on procurement and supplier‑related issues impacting production readiness.
• Create and analyze planning data, forecasts, and capacity utilization reports in SAP to support decision‑making.
• Support continuous improvement of planning processes, SAP data quality, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure proper documentation…