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
$122,250 - $179,300
Organization Overview
At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.
Responsibilities
- The Associate Director - Sourcing Manager is a hands-on leadership role primarily responsible for all areas sourcing, supplier forecast, negotiating contract review, coordinating with legal and other subject matter experts (SMEs), and timely communication with the suppliers.
- The Associate Director - Sourcing Manager will ensure compliance with all internal and external policies, laws and regulations. This role will serve as primary contact for contracts, agreements, statements of work (SOW), proposals, and quotes, verifying they align with Lilly standard language and business terms, analyze data to support business plans, and manage other daily functions as required.
- Uphold the financial responsibility and authorization policy (FRAP) regarding authority to spend, authority to commit, and authority to disperse responsibilities.
- The Associate Director - Sourcing Manager has a prominent role in Supplier Relationship Management, coordinating business reviews, supporting supplier quality initiatives, and communicating forecasted demand expectations for long range plans.
- This role reports to the Senior Director, Supply Chain & Planning and is directly responsible for the site sourcing strategy, contract review, cross-functional alignment across R&D, CMC, and commercial sourcing needs, and escalation of any issues, and impacts.
Objectives
- Manages tactical sourcing activities including SOW authorization and management, coordinates with global procurement for strategic alignment on supplier sourcing and relationship management aspects.
- Identifies and leads/actively participates in continuous improvements regarding supply chain practices and sourcing opportunities.
- Serving as the primary point of contact and lead for sourcing activities, monitors contract terms, expiration dates, amendments, short-term and long-term forecasts, and communicates impacts internally.
- Supports new product development planning and site strategic planning activities.
- Tracks and trends key supply chain metrics. Prepares reports and presentations for executive leadership.
- Identifies and escalates supply chain risks related to sourcing activities and/or supplier relationship management.
- Assists in troubleshooting problems and implementing solutions.
- Serves as point of escalation for any sourcing or supplier-related issues, delays, parts constraints, or resource alignment needs.
Accountabilities
- Measure and communicate team progress against individual, team and site goals and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
- Lead cross functional efforts to improve process and sourcing activities.
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor's degree (preference for Business, management, supply chain, accounting, statistics degrees)
- 7+ years procurement, sourcing, supply chain, and/or finance experience in a drug manufacturing site, pharmaceutical operation or similarly regulated GxP environment.
Additional preferences
- Expert level proficiency with contract review and negotiation experience preferred.
- Ability to plan, develop, and execute multiple projects under tight timelines with various stakeholders.
- Demonstrated attention to detail, verbal and written communication skills, ability to influence key stakeholders.
- Experience with radioactive pharmaceuticals considered a plus.
- Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and tasks/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.
- Spends time on what is important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; create focus.
- Uses time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates efforts on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities.
- Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
- Must have a biased to action, within the company's policies and individual role and responsibility, with minimal to moderate oversight required.
- Knows how the business works; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting his/her business and organization; knows the competition; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.
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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.
