Associate Director - Advanced Therapies Materials and Supply Chain Management

Eli Lilly and Company • Lebanon, IN

35d

About The Position

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world. Lilly is currently constructing a cutting-edge facility for the manufacture of new modalities including Gene Therapy. At Lebanon, Indiana, this facility will be Lilly’s most technically advanced manufacturing site focused on the delivery of the next wave of innovative products at Lilly. It will include next-generation manufacturing technologies and advanced data collection and analysis platforms that will deliver improvements in safety and quality, and process performance. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the leadership team for the startup of a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to build the organization, the facility and the culture to enable a successful startup GMP manufacturing operations for both clinical and commercial supply. Main Purpose and Objectives of Position: The Associate Director Materials and Supply chain management provides leadership and oversight of the materials and product supply chain planning and execution at the LP2 facility. They provide daily oversight of the teams responsible for management of the planning, buying, receipt and delivery of the materials required for manufacturing in addition to the customer demand planning and shipping/distribution activities. The leader also ensures that the team’s activities are appropriately resourced and integrated with the site’s longer term objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, Business, Supply Chain or related field
• 5+ years supply chain experience in a cGMP environment.

Nice To Haves

• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Prior experience in supply chain management advantageous
• Ability to work independently, self-sufficiently and pro-actively in the performance of work duties.
• Ability to resolve conflict and promote good decision making among team members.
• Solid understanding of the importance of and basic requirements of Regulatory agencies such as the FDA, OSHA and EPA.
• High performance in delivery of their work.
• Looks at better, simpler ways , takes initiative and will run proactively with actions.
• Demonstrated self-management, prioritization and organizational skills.
• High learning agility and flexibility and ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and prioritize problems, develop and implement solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to address issues as they arise and take action.
• Trusted in the team to follow through on actions.
• Is interested in own performance and seeks feedback to improve.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain key relationships across all levels in the organization.
• Ability to lead people: Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate in a team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence peers and across functions.
• Demonstrated strong communication skills, written and oral in 1:1 and group situations.
• Demonstrated ability to be decisive and make well informed decisions for the benefit of the team.
• Demonstrated ability to collate required information and ask the appropriate questions of peers to get to the best solution.

Responsibilities

• Promotion of a strong Safety and Quality culture.
• Establish the overall supply chain strategy for LP2 as well as the goals and objectives for the cross-functional materials planning team.
• Own and review the team’s scorecard with management.
• Design, Build and maintain the appropriate business processes for materials demand planning, internal material handling and logistics, and distribution support of the final product.
• Establish the LP2 Supply Risk Mitigation Plan.
• Ensure all necessary systems, procedures, equipment and facilities are installed, qualified, validated, maintained to appropriate standards.
• Support New Product Introductions to the site as required.
• Ensure consistency of operations through active engagement in the materials receiving and storage areas.
• Lead the team in the creation, approval and execution of the production plan and required materials planning for the site.
• Maintain a safe working environment and conduct production activities.
• Support and provide leadership to the area through site inspections.
• Own the implementation of the change and improvement agenda for the assigned area.
• Manage events as required, ensuring appropriate communication within the team and with external teams.
• Provide input and approve investigations.
• Oversight and management of both supply chain and warehouse operations personnel
• Build a team, creating clear common purpose and promoting good team spirit.
• Ensure that team members are appropriately trained, and that operating procedures and training material are available and current.
• Manage people training, qualification and performance.
• Set job expectations and goals for individuals linked to team/site goals.
• Develop people.
• Communicate appropriately with team members regarding site objectives and team performance.
• Ensure the team is adequately resourced to meet the business objectives.
• Manage collaborations, both formal and informal, between the team and functional support groups such as maintenance, engineering, analytical, financial, purchasing and technical support.
• Be an engaged member of the cross functional management team (Flow team) and be an active member of Site Management
• Build the organization with the necessary capability, capacity and culture to operate this facility to the highest standards of excellence.
• Develop and implement the systems and processes needed to run the site, leveraging existing Lilly knowledge and practices where necessary, but also incorporating external experiences and learning.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and operational excellence by supporting lean principles and a Digitally Native approach.
• Support the project team as they deliver the facility to the site team, by providing feedback and support on decisions & strategies etc.
• Collaborate with them to ensure the right decisions are made to meet project deliverables and longer-term strategic goals for the site.

Benefits

• employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance)
• eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level