Associate Director – Global Supply Chain - GPO Transport
- Employer
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Start date
- Nov 22, 2024
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- Discipline
- Manufacturing & Production, Supply Chain
- 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.
Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
$117,000 - $171,600Organization Overview:
The Global Supply Chain Excellence organization focuses on standardization of business processes by emphasizing on lean methodologies and master data management while interfacing with relevant key stakeholders including sites/networks, M&Q IT, and HR business partners.
Role Overview
The Associate Director Global Supply Chain – Transport serves as the business process owners for Lilly’s global transportation processes. Responsibilities include defining and documenting global business processes, identifying, and driving improvements, governing execution of the business processes, ensuring the tools and organization are capable and supporting the capabilities in the organization through appropriate guidance and training.
Responsibilities:
This role is accountable for defining, maintaining, and sustaining the global Transport process, which includes:
Defining documenting the Transport business process steps
Designing the process flow, key success measures and interaction with other processes
Implementing transformational or continuous improvement changes to the process
Benchmarking the process amongst industry peers
Handing over the process to global and local Transport teams in the business
Train users on the business process
Strategy
Define global business processes for Transport operations across all manufacturing networks (API, parenteral, and dry products)
Develop a strategic vision for the business process in line with overall business objectives
Make recommendations for Transport process development and improvement on behalf of the stakeholders.
Make decisions to align processes, organizational roles, and technology
Process governance:
Form a companywide strategic roadmap to improve Transport process maturity.
Align strategic roadmap with key stakeholders across functions, hierarchy and different parts of the business.
Train users on business processes
Process Design:
Serve as an expert and key team member in major process Global Supply Chain design changes.
Document and map the global business process
Capture and analyze business requirements and translate these into standardized business processes, including definitions, templates, data sources, technology roadmap, and roles and responsibilities.
Development of key output and KPI requirements that support the Transport process
Enable process design through technology and analytics
Measurement and Continuous Improvement:
Track benefits and improvement into the business.
Channel continuous improvement ideas and select suitable ones to turn into projects.
Ensure the Transport review processes happen on time
Basic Requirements:
BS or MS degree in Materials Management, Engineering, Finance, Business Administration or related field.
At least 5 years of transportation experience with understanding of material flows, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry
Strong Materials Movement business process knowledge
Knowledge of systems required to manage material transport internally, inter-company and last mile. (ERP; WMS; TMS Transportation Management System)
Additional Skills/Preferences:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to effectively communicate with technical and nontechnical audiences.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Good problem-solving and influencing skills.
Ability to analyze project needs and balance competing interests, and to determine the resources needed to meet objectives.
Use of business process modeling techniques, such as contextual inquiry, business narratives and value networking analysis.
Project management skills to manage overall transformation or continuous improvement projects across multiple geographies.
Ability to identify modifications to business practices to take full advantage of technology innovation.
Use thought leadership to anticipate future needs and changes that might be required.
Able to identify the impact of initiatives on business results to drive priorities.
A certification in supply chain is desired
Additional Information:
Work shift: Full time, normal work shift
Travel: <20%
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.
Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including 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).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.
#WeAreLilly
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.
- Location
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893 S Delaware St
Indianapolis
Indiana
46285
United States
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