Tech At Lilly Mq Global Supply Chain Leader

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.

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Lilly’s Purpose

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.

What You’ll Be Doing

The Tech atLilly MQ Global Supply Chain leader will be responsible for leading the team that sets the strategic direction and has oversight for the technology used to enable Lilly’s Supply Chain. As part of this role, you will have financial responsibility over large capital programs for Lilly Manufacturing and Quality (MQ). You will partner with Global Supply Chain, Integrated Services, MQ, and Tech at Lilly ERP Services to tackle business needs with technology, lead strategic implementations, and manage project financials. Additionally, you will lead the team in supporting Data and Analytics, particularly pushing the envelope with enabling business efficiency through Advanced Analytics.

How You’ll Succeed

• Effective collaboration - We are looking for a Leader who can navigate influence within a complex landscape with multiple stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Be Fast - We need someone who is willing to move at the pace of MQ, advancement in technology, and the growth of the organization.
• Be Engaging - We need a leader who will engage with the business to bring the best solution to solve their problems while keeping cost of ownership and compliance into account.
• Be Innovative – The Supply Chain is changing rapidly, and we need a leader who is not afraid to do things differently, seek out the latest in technology, and challenge the status quo.

What You Should Bring (preferred skills)

• Demonstrated ability to influence at multiple levels and organizations.
• Demonstrated success of building relationships.
• Demonstrated learning agility to quickly learn new business areas and new technology.

Your Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related technical field
• Knowledge of GxP, Pharmaceutical Supply Chain processes and technology (Planning, operations, logistics, etc.)
• Understanding of financial management

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Formal leadership experience
• Strategic project leadership experience
• Experience with SAP and related modules that support Supply Chain (EWM, for example)
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.  Ability to carry on conversations with business customers, upper management, and technical personnel. 
• Experience in working in an international and multicultural environment where team members, partners, and customers are spread into different countries and functions.
• Ability to thrive in a complex, changing, virtual environment with multiple competing priorities.
• Experience with applying advanced analytics.

About the Organization

Tech at Lilly builds and maintains capabilities using innovative technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Tech at Lilly is that we create new possibilities through tech to advance our purpose – creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinicals. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver innovative solutions in every area of our business.

The Tech@Lilly MQ Global Supply Chain team has the responsibility to identify technology to solve business problems and lead the implementation of strategic projects to the function, including financial oversight of strategic capital programs.

Other Information

Travel may be required to other Manufacturing sites in US and/or Europe

Note: When applying internally for a position your current supervisor receives notification that you have applied to the position. We encourage employees to discuss the opportunity with their supervisor prior to applying.

Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for employment positions on the B or S paths or at levels M1-M2 or P1-P4.

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