Associate Director - Warehouse Operations - Foundry

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Organization and Position Overview

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.

Position Description:

The Associate Director-Warehouse Operations will be engaged in the delivery of detailed design, creation of standard operating processes, material handling and automated storage equipment commissioning and qualification activities and ultimately be responsible for hiring a team of people to operate the warehouse. This important role will also provide technical and operational leadership to the logistics and supply chain team. This role will have overall responsibility for the receipt, storage, transfer, shipment, and control of all materials and/or supplies supporting the Lilly Medicine Foundry.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Support site start-up and provide subject matter expertise in warehouse operations.
• Hire warehouse staff according to the hiring plan provided
• Provide training, support, and development for all staff within the warehouse organization.
• Provide leadership to the work group / team to attain departmental and site objectives for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people
• Ensure the warehouse team is aligned and driven to meet operational goals including supporting equipment and data (electronic warehouse management), deviation and change management, variability reduction, and equipment/system reliability
• Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment, working safely and accountable for supporting all HSE (Health Safety and Environment) corporate and site goals
• Ensure robust inventory management process is developed and maintained
• Ensures that all warehouse activities are conducted with applicable regulations and/or policies
• Participate in the development and deployment of strategies associated with continuous improvement, corrective and preventative actions, 6 sigma, and lean methodologies
• Partner with logistics engineering to map and streamline logistics operations
• Create, deploy, and comply with GMP procedures; understand GMP regulations and provide expertise in warehouse and logistics operation
• This role functions as the primary interface with site operations, planning, HR, Tech Services, QC, Engineering and Health, Safety and Environment
• Support and author warehouse and logistics deviations/change controls/SOPs, as necessary
• Meet appropriate goals for performance improvements as defined by area leadership
• Follow and execute policies and procedures impacting warehouse activities.
• Responsible for acting on behalf of the warehouse team to integrate with site management to gain an understanding of site operations as well as to respond to potential issues and identify improvement opportunities that arise
• Develops annual warehouse budget and monitors spending on a regular basis
• Manages the development, maintenance, and distribution of required warehouse related reports
• Escalate issues to appropriate management level when necessary, following appropriate notification to management process

Requirements (Education, Experience, Training):

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 7 years of previous warehouse/logistics or related operational experience, including supervisory experience

• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role.

Additional Preferences:

• Supervisory Experience: Leads and motivates teams in collaborative environment. Influences peers and works across functions.
• Supply Chain/Materials Expertise: Proven experience and expertise in supply chain management and materials handling.  SAP/Electronic Warehouse Management (EWM) experience.

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