Associate Director - Clinical Supplies and Services, Ancillaries

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

$111,000 - $162,800

Purpose:

The Clinical Services, Supplies & Capabilities (CSSC) organization is responsible for strategically planning and supplying materials, trial support services and innovative capabilities to support the execution of clinical trials globally for all business units across all phases of development. This group is within the Clinical Capabilities organization and partners across functions within the CDDA and PRD to influence trial design and provide solutions to operationalize these trials and enable asset strategies across the portfolio.

The purpose of the Ancillaries Team is to identify portfolio demand for ancillary supplies, translate the demand to a sourcing strategy and operational plan, and manage the operational plan to completion.  Available sourcing strategies include utilization of external partner/vendor networks as well as internal capabilities.  The Associate Director is responsible for translation of ancillary demand into trial level operational plans and management of those activities to completion for medium to large-scale global clinical trials.  The Associate Director is also responsible for identifying and implementing initiatives to improve Ancillary Supply capabilities and may be called upon to develop other novel clinical capabilities. 

Primary Responsibilities

Daily Operations in support of medium to large-scale global clinical trials

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to understand the Ancillary Supply needs.
• Translate Ancillary Supply demand to a global sourcing strategy and influence the sourcing decision.
• Design operational plans based on clinical requirements, ancillary supply sourcing strategy, and partnership with clinical study team.
• Responsible for the completion of all documentation that defines the operational plan such as but not limited to supply templates, work orders, and item listings and tools that define trial budgets and timelines.
• Responsible for the delivery and closeout of Ancillary Supply operational plans on time, on budget, and within scope.
• Manage supply dispensation plan to support global delivery of Ancillary Supplies.
• Proactively manage distribution to sites to ensure on time delivery and resolve issues with sites and partners/vendors as they arise.
• Collaborate with PR&D Quality to ensure compliance by creating and routing change controls, dispositions, problem reports, undeliverables, Quality Notifications, Notifications to Management as well as documentation for support of processes outside of the established Ancillary scope.
• Maintain expertise in the use of electronic data management and enterprise systems such as Quality Docs, SAP, SharePoint, and Teams Sites.
• Maintain local tools in support of consistent delivery of Ancillary Supplies.

Partner and Vendor Management

• Establish and manage external partner and vendor relationships.
• Build compliance into business partner/vendor processes and activities.  Provide feedback and training to partners/vendors as appropriate to continuously improve compliance.

Capability Development and Innovation

• Define, lead, and implement plans to develop and improve Ancillary Supplies strategies, technologies, and processes.
• Interact with global customers (internal and external) on business issues related to the delivery of Ancillary Supplies.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Engineering or scientific related field or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in at least one of the following: clinical research, distribution, supply chain, logistics, clinical trial materials, project management, or direct quality support for any of these areas.

Other Information/Additional Preferences:

• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, drug development process, and supply chain practices.
• Knowledge and/or experience in project management.
• Proficient in computer technology used in office and scientific areas, such as Word, Excel, SAP, and molecule databases.
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