Maria Rose Thyrén
Brøndby,Capital Region
Summary
Accomplished leader with extensive experience in leading leaders and specialists, particularly within the pharmaceutical industry with experience from all areas from filling to pack and QC lab.
Holds significant experience in LEAN methodologies and tools used production.
Demonstrates strong leadership skills, adept in change management and stakeholder management, with a proven ability to set clear direction and goals.
Skilled in cross-functional communication and stakeholder management from both running the business and from Green field project execution.
Committed to driving organisational success through strategic leadership with a high level of empowerment.
High level of focus on quality and training to ensure basis for clear roles and responsibility for all.
Experience with project management and steering group participation from both large and small projects within new equipment and process optimizations.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Director
Novo Nordisk
Kalundborg, Gentofte, Værløse, Odense-Fill & Pack
05.2016 - Current
- Lead managers and 3 specialist
- Make strategy for organisation to ensure high level of support to running production, projects and compliance.
- Established new organisation that support 4 difference location including onboarding of 4 new leaders, 2 specialists and more than 20 new employees.
- Work with culture in new organisation to ensuring safe and engaging working environment for employees
- Stakeholder management across difference organisations in Novo Nordisk
- Directed cross-functional teams for successful completion of key deliveries on time and budget.
- Develop training for IT Roles within both compliance and support
- Ongoing evaluation of LCM road map to ensure IT platform is prepared for the future including digitization
- Implementation of LEAN strategy, with focus on standardization of task and services.
- Participate in Operation Readiness for IT roles in Odense
Manager
Novo Nordisk, Production Support
DF Kalundborg - Pack
2016 - 2016
- Lead team responsible for both technical support and GMP support to running production.
- Implement visible manning and task board to to ensure momentum and resource allocation for focus tasks
- Reduce review lead time by moving review of batch from supporter to operators
- Established "Supporter of the day" on the line
- Reduction of batch journal documentation to support Right First time
- Develop training standards for supporter and technical employees
- Ensuring standards for maintain of equipment.
Manager
Novo Nordisk, Warehouse, IT & Automation
25A Hillerød - Fill, Pack & Assembly
01.2010 - 2016
- Introduction of shift coordinators, which resulted in optimization of delivery stability for production as well as reduction in crew members
- Achieved stable equipment uptime, by introducing use of LEAN tool: Parato, SPS and TPM and standards for changes and equipment support.
- Achieved rapid training - from 12 to 3 months - of new employees by introducing trainings standards.
- Reorganization of team to ensure clear roles and responsibilities in relation to both support, maintenance and IT Compliance, to increase customer satisfaction
- Ensure focus on LCM on IT systems by preparing Road map based on common Good IT practice
- Drive implementation of System Manager with focus on necessary documentation to ensure IT Compliance.
- Conduct value stream analysis to ensure optimal flow for in- and out going components
Manager
Novo Nordisk, Assembly & Packing Lines
DF Kalundborg - Pack & Assembly
2005 - 01.2010
- Responsible for merging 3 teams, increased flexibility for production planning
- Reduction of production lead time by implementation order flow through the site.
- Completed value stream mapping and implement Kanban to reduce lead time for batch release.
- Participated in development of new line from URS to product launch for US marked
- Achieved good results with fast Ramp-up of new line using LEAN tools; TWI standards, SMED, YAMAZUMI, TPM, SPS and Major Stop board.
- Introduction of role card for operators and technician.
- Reduce time used for training in production time by develop standard training for all roles.
Education
Foundation Diploma - Sustainable Leadership
CEC European Managers
Bachelor - Diplomleder
CBS
Foundation Degree - Project Manager
CBS
Bachelor - Diplomuddannelsen i HRD
CBS
Bachelor - Merkonom - Personnel management and organizational development
CBS
Skills
- Lead leaders and specialist
- Leadership skills from pharmaceutical industry
- Change management
- Stakeholder Management
- Cross-functional communication
- Set clear direction and goal setting
- Manage several complex tasks at once
- Experience within project, production, GMP, IT and automation
- Experience with LEAN methodologies and tools
- Experience with training development
- Business support responsibility like planning, purchase, warehouse, IT and project management
Timeline
Director
Novo Nordisk
05.2016 - Current
Manager
Novo Nordisk, Warehouse, IT & Automation
01.2010 - 2016
Manager
Novo Nordisk, Production Support
2016 - 2016
Manager
Novo Nordisk, Assembly & Packing Lines
2005 - 01.2010
Foundation Diploma - Sustainable Leadership
CEC European Managers
Bachelor - Diplomleder
CBS
Foundation Degree - Project Manager
CBS
Bachelor - Diplomuddannelsen i HRD
CBS
Bachelor - Merkonom - Personnel management and organizational development
CBS
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