Associate - LGT Operations

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

$69,000 - $154,000

This position will work closely with the LSC-based Lilly Gene Therapy Lead Team, LGM Chief Operating Officer, LRL Operations team.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Work closely with LSC operations and LSC-based LGT team to oversee vendor relationships and support scientists in resolution of issues with vendors, including receiving quotes for non-catalogue orders, working with existing vendors through Scientist.com, and establishing new third party research service agreements with procurement as needed.
• Manage the intake, storage, and distribution of critical IND-enabling reagents (lipids and mRNA) or samples (in vivo tissue) according to established protocols, along with their benchling registration. 
• Manage the end-to-end procurement process (e.g., Quartzy), including vendor selection, contract negotiation, purchase order creation, and supplier management.
• Setting up blanket POs, approving invoices on Fiori, and submitting capex on behalf of scientist to procurement.
• Work with the Unity team to ensure proper storage, labeling, and organization of goods. Oversee the receiving, storing, and shipping processes.
• Contribute to and/or lead innovation culture initiatives in LSC LGT, include onboarding new scientists to the group.  
• Contribute to and/or lead the development, improvement and maintenance of operational management information systems.

Basic Requirements:  

• Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of procurement or laboratory operation work experience.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Deep understanding of inventory management systems and methodologies, such as JIT (Just-in-Time), EOQ (Economic Order Quantity), and reorder point calculations.
• Proven experience managing lab-specific procurement functions (e.g., chemicals, reagents, equipment, instruments, consumables).
• Experience in working with contract management and negotiations with suppliers and service providers.
• Demonstrated expertise in inventory management, with an emphasis on lab-specific needs, including stock control, order fulfillment, and forecasting.
• Experience in managing supplier relationships and vendor performance evaluations to ensure cost efficiency, quality, and timely delivery.
• Excellent interpersonal and influence skills including ability to provide advisership and develop teamwork between team members with diverse interpersonal styles, and appropriately network across a wide variety of functional components and/or external vendors/partners.
• Proficiency in inventory management software (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or similar) and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel).

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