Sr. Associate - Training

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.

Lilly is currently constructing a Next Generation Biotech Drug Substance Manufacturing Facility in Limerick, Ireland. This facility will be Lilly’s most technically advanced manufacturing site and will include next-generation manufacturing technologies and advanced data collection and analysis platforms that will deliver improvements in safety and quality, and increased productivity and process performance.

Main Purpose and Objectives of Position:

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to be a part of the Human Resources team for the startup of a greenfield manufacturing site.

The Sr. Associate - Training is responsible for assisting in the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of the site training system, for providing training support associated with the Training system and also for supporting the creation, co-ordination, and implementation of learning solutions across the business areas while assisting the area maintain qualification compliance.  

Key Responsibilities:

Training and Documentation Support  

• Involved in the set up and roll out of the Corporate Training Management System for the Limerick Site.  

• Involved in the design, development and management of training materials, curricula, and learning plans for the Limerick Site.  

• Assist in the creation and management of Site procedures in accordance with site Training SOP.  

• Work with other GMP system owners/administrators on the interfaces with the training administration system (e.g. SOP system).

• Perform activities to manage:  

• Curriculum creation and maintenance.

• Learning Plan management.

• Qualification management. 

• Individual training history maintenance.  

• Produce reports from Learning Management System. 

• Ad hoc reports requested by individual learners, leaders and others.

• Routine reports for periodic reporting.  

• Training compliance.  

• Support training qualification compliance management.

Business Support  

• Ensure the business training needs are identified and addressed.

• Troubleshooting potential training problems.

• Reviewing key gaps/metrics and coordinating gap closure.

• Provide general assistance with the scheduling and organizing of training courses.

• Support the business in the determination of need for training initiatives and developing a plan for meeting those needs. 

• Develop and implement training initiatives in alignment with current and anticipated business needs. 

• Track and report site training metrics routinely.  

Training Processes/Systems Monitoring  

• Assist with the implementation of new training initiatives which may include process improvement projects and new products introduction etc.  

Required Skills

You must be able to thrive in a dynamic environment where teamwork, multi-tasking and prioritising is necessary. The required skills are:

• Business Knowledge: High performance in delivery of their work. Looks at better, simpler ways, takes initiative and will run proactively with actions. Demonstrated self-management, prioritization, and organizational skills.  

• Learning agility and Curiosity: High learning agility and flexibility and ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty. Demonstrated ability to identify and prioritize problems, develop, and implement solutions.  

• Positive Influence: Demonstrated ability to address issues as they arise and act accordingly. Trusted in the team to follow through on actions.