Supply Chain Associate / Sr. Associate / Manager

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

$57,750 - $129,800

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 35,000 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.

Responsibilities

This role manages NASSC finished stock inventory for the U.S. Sales Affiliate, Canada (CA) and Puerto Rico (PR).  The individual will work with supplying plant sites and the marketing brand teams/Affiliate representatives to ensure proper inventory levels to enable each support Sales Affiliate to meet its customer service targets and other goals and objectives. Additional responsibilities can include any or all of the following:  oversight of external distribution partners, balancing inventory between the US NALO distribution sites to maximize customer service and minimize product obsolescence, supporting new product launches, packaging changes, productivity improvement projects, safety involvement, metrics reporting, master data stewardship, and implementation of new GBIP releases as required.  To meet these customer requirements, this position requires an understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, distribution, manufacturing and sales practices as well as logistics/traffic, warehousing, regulatory compliance (including PDMA, cGMP, Sarbanes-Oxley and Special Security Substance administration) finance, quality assurance and all associated systems.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

The Supply Chain Associate:

Manages finished goods safety stocks and inventory for Sales Affiliate (examples include managing safety stock changes, obsolete, potentially obsolete inventory, slow moving inventory, etc).

Serves as key point of contact with the Sales Affiliates on inventory management - and works to engage brand teams on decisions surrounding inventory management and supply planning – this would include during times of product supply issues and packaging changes.

Ensures successful launches, packaging changes, transitions and discontinuation of products for the Sales Affiliate.

During times of supply constraint, works with US Affiliate and Customer Service to determine allocation of inventory to customers.

OSSCE - Actively participates in Affiliate OSSCE processes, certification, and maintenance (including involvement in S&OP meetings and tracking metrics on customer service, inventory management, etc.)

Has a working knowledge of key customer service activities to be able to provide guidance around inventory related topics and interactions.

Helps develop/improve processes to continually adapt to our changing business so that we may be as effective and efficient as possible.

Serves as a process owner for key inventory related/customer service-related functions.

Actively support requests from Affiliate and Supply Chain/Mfg for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly and ad-hoc customer shipment and inventory reports and other metrics related information. Influences outcomes to better align Mfg/Distribution/Affiliate on supply, inventory, customer service, and product transition issues. Lead and participate in projects to improve productivity of NASSC and Be accountable for those tasks for which you are responsible for including ensuring that your processes are documented in a manner that will enable other team members to backup your tasks if needed. Work as a team to ensure all area goals and customer needs are met – be flexible and have a positive attitude. Comply with all Special Security Substance, Sarbanes-Oxley, cGMP regulations, PDMA, and other regulatory requirements. This includes Redbook and clean desk policies. Manage stock transfer process for finished goods and ensure appropriate inventory levels at all distribution centers (includes significant interaction with SAP