Associate Vice President - Global Facilities Delivery Projects
- Employer
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Start date
- Nov 6, 2024
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- Discipline
- Administration, Facilities
- Required Education
- Bachelors Degree
- Position Type
- Full time
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Job Details
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.
Organization Overview:
The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization, part of Eli Lilly’s Corporate Engineering Division, delivers new and renovated capital assets around the world. Our mission is accomplished through a highly leveraged organization of design, construction, and verification/qualification contractors. Many of the assets delivered focus on medical innovation and delivering innovative solutions to patients. Assets delivered will support an expansion in supply of existing medicines or making the supply chain more robust as well as establishing new locations for Lilly.
Responsibilities:
Lead and manage a multibillion dollar, complex, large capital project consisting of both Lilly and Non-Lilly professionals to safely achieve project objectives from front end planning and/or site acquisition and government negotiations in a Greenfield site, through operational verification/qualification. The objectives for projects include safety/environmental compliance and continuous improvement, steadfast pursuit of value improvements via cost or schedule enhancements at all delivery stages, fulfillment of project business objectives in the form of capability delivered with alignment to quality objectives.
Ability to lead while away from corporate headquarters and is able to develop and maintain effective communication with the project team, governance teams, business partners, and other stakeholders. Projects will be of strategic importance to the Enterprise so the ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of customers is of utmost importance with attention to detail and the ability to relate those details to the overall business objective. The AVP must effectively work with site personnel and corporate Engineering to ensure that capabilities are delivered and consistent with the needs of the operation while maintaining safety, cost, and schedule conformance.
Manage a staff of exempt level employees (leaders and non leaders) performing tasks such as: ePMs, Development Plans, staffing and planning models, workload assignments and compensation reviews. Develop Business & Strategic Plans and Manage departmental expenses for cost center.
Develop and maintain safety and environmental execution plans for projects. Ensure compliance to safety and environmental policies, procedures, and work rules for project personnel, contractors, and subcontractors from conceptual design through operational qualification. The AVP is also expected to demonstrate leadership and continuous improvement in safety and environmental processes.
Lead with a disciplined, structured approach to project management based on compliance with GFD and Company Policies and Procedures. As needed, identify the need and lead interaction with external partners or agencies, to fulfill the compliance needs of the projects.
The AVP is the face of Lilly to the external environment, therefore must represent the Lilly values to external partners and to the community. The AVP must demonstrate the ability to foster the right culture on the worksite as well as convey this externally.
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science - Engineering or technical related field, preferably related to project management
- Minimum of 15 years previous experience in successfully delivering a multibillion dollar project(s) from start to end
- Previous experience managing greenfield projects
- Willingness to relocate and/or travel to locations outside of home state/country
Additional Skills/Preferences:
- Experience in most of the following disciplines: Automation, construction, construction quality, project controls, the engineering disciplines, safety, scheduling
- Multibillion Dollar Project Management experience in manufacturing facilities (Bulk API, sterile products, secondary packaging, Devices, and to a lesser extent, lab projects)
- Demonstrated ability to work at long distances with little supervision
- Must exhibit a good sense of judgment in decision making, while at the same time keeping management informed and engaged on critical issues
- The capacity to achieve results through people
- Ability to facilitate issue resolution, anticipate scope changes, and implement safely with quality, speed and value
- Effective communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to influence personnel and organizations without having direct administrative responsibility for them
- Professional Engineer or equivalent technical certification
- Competency in a foreign language(s)
Additional Information:
- International travel is likely in this role including weekends and multi-week stays. Travel of approximately 15% to 30% away from home.
- Position is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.
Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.
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Company
Science has been our calling from the beginning. Colonel Eli Lilly founded the company in 1876 and charged employees to “take what you find here and make it better and better.” More than 147 years later, we remain committed to his vision through every aspect of our business and the people we serve, starting with discovering the best treatments for those who take our medicines and extending to health care professionals, employees and the communities in which we live. Moreover, you can also count on the team at Lilly to be incredibly civic-minded, supporting our communities through philanthropy, volunteerism, and a creative and innovative can-do spirit.
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