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Responsibilities  

As a Supply Chain Senior Planning & Transformation Associate, you will experience an exciting career that offers a wide range of opportunities for professional development. The role serves to innovate and advance functional excellence of supply chain management and manufacturing strategy at Eli Lilly and Company. Lilly has nearly 700 individuals in the Supply Chain community whose responsibility is to ensure reliability in every dose, agility in every step.  These individuals move products either physically or virtually across geographic boundaries and time zones to be sure that the medicine is available when the patient needs it. 

By giving employees the opportunity to strengthen their skills through a variety of assignments, we further increase the possibilities for professional achievement, and the success of our company. Your assignment could consist of one of (but not limited to) the following: 

·       Support Manufacturing & Supply Chain leadership in understanding the allocation and production plans and how they translate to saleable doses

·       Support the business processes that implement Network planning decisions, typically issued by Business Plan or Sales & Operations Plans (S&OP).  Those decisions will evolve as each Product evolves through its lifecycle

·       Operating specific supply chain business processes at a Global level, providing visibility, integrating proposed changes and resolving issues  

·       Implement planning/sourcing decisions in SAP: execute the GSC business processes to track incretins products throughout the manufacturing supply chain; assist in understanding plan adherence for planning and sourcing decisions in SAP, to support BP, S&OP

·       Support Parenteral Network leadership and Orchestrated Planning Teams Processes Track production vs plan to ensure we have defined allocation and effective supply chain planning process execution metrics; this includes cycle time monitoring and volume reporting

·       Build functional expertise by engaging with the rest of the GSC Network, with members from other geographies, to build excellence in execution, defining best practices, and offering consistency in processes to other stakeholders

·       Orchestrate talent engagement sessions, town halls, skip level meetings and all staff forums for GSC & MS

·       Lead or facilitate meetings and/or presentations to senior Supply Chain leaders

·       Manage action plans to address Pulse survey improvements and to strengthen morale and sense of belonging across supply chain staff

·       Select and advance the adoption of innovation & transformational GSC & MS lead team initiatives based on clear and direct impacts on the end-to-end supply chain

·       Influence and lead cross-functional teams within GSC & MS and across M&Q to develop and execute functional transformation roadmaps

Basic Qualifications Requirements: 

·       BS degree in an Engineering or Supply Chain or similar

·       1-3 years of Manufacturing and/or Supply Chain experience with understanding of materials flows, demand management and manufacturing operations

·       Experience or familiarity with pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and environment

Additional Skills/Preferences 

·       Project Management and Planning: general understanding of the concepts and tools of project management

·       Systems Use/Knowledge: strong computer-based skills, including basic understanding of data analytics.

·       Communication – Presenting words, images, and ideas in a clear, succinct, organized and interesting manner to effectively convey a meaningful and compelling message to an individual or group

·       Change Management – Previous exposure to knowledge management frameworks and ability to develop change management programs for successful adoption of new systems, tools, and new operational processes. 

·       Strong collaboration skills, active listening, team mindset. Ability to deal with ambiguity.

·       Willingness and ability to teach and mentor others.

·       Fluency in English

·       Being physically located in the target geographical area.

·       Strong learning agility  

·       Strong problem solving  

·       Excellent teamwork  

·       Flexibility and adaptability  

·       Demonstrated leadership  

·       Supply Chain experience or interest  

·       Pharma / Healthcare experience or interest 

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 proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, 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 are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

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.

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