Associate Director - Global Supply Chain - GPO Transport - [IAC998]MadridAt Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world.
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We're looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.Organization Overview:The Global Supply Chain Excellence organization focuses on standardization of business processes by emphasizing lean methodologies and master data management while interfacing with relevant key stakeholders including sites/networks, MQ; IT, and HR business partners.Role Overview:The Associate Director Global Supply Chain - Transport serves as the business process owner for Lilly's global warehousing processes.
Responsibilities include defining and documenting global business processes, identifying and driving improvements, governing execution of the business processes, ensuring the tools and organization are capable, and supporting the capabilities in the organization through appropriate guidance and training.Responsibilities:Define and document the Transport business process steps.Design the process flow, key success measures, and interaction with other processes.Implement transformational or continuous improvement changes to the process.Benchmark the process amongst industry peers.Hand over the process to global and local Transport teams in the business.Train users on the business process.Strategy:Define global business processes for Transport operations across all manufacturing networks (API, parenteral, and dry products).Develop a strategic vision for the business process in line with overall business objectives.Make recommendations for Transport process development and improvement on behalf of the stakeholders.Make decisions to align processes, organizational roles, and technology.Process Governance:Form a companywide strategic roadmap to improve Transport process maturity.Align strategic roadmap with key stakeholders across functions, hierarchy, and different parts of the business.Train users on business processes.Process Design:Serve as an expert and key team member in major process Global Supply Chain design changes.Document and map the global business process.Capture and analyze business requirements and translate these into standardized business processes, including definitions, templates, data sources, technology roadmap, and roles and responsibilities.Development of key output and KPI requirements that support the Transport process.Enable process design through technology and analytics.Measurement and Continuous Improvement:Track benefits and improvement into the business.Channel continuous improvement ideas and select suitable ones to turn into projects.Ensure the Transport review processes happen on time.Basic Requirements:BS or MS degree in Materials Management, Engineering, Finance, Business Administration or related field.At least 5 years of manufacturing and/or supply chain experience with understanding of material flows, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.Strong Materials Movement business process knowledge.Knowledge of systems required to manage material transport internally, inter-company, and last mile (ERP; WMS; TMS).Additional Skills/Preferences:Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to effectively communicate with technical and nontechnical audiences.Strong interpersonal and communication skills.Good problem-solving and influencing skills.Ability to analyze project needs and balance competing interests, and to determine the resources needed to meet objectives.Use of business process modeling techniques, such as contextual inquiry, business narratives, and value networking analysis.Project management skills to manage overall transformation or continuous improvement projects across multiple geographies.Ability to identify modifications to business practices to take full advantage of technology innovation.Use thought leadership to anticipate future needs and changes that might be required.Able to identify the impact of initiatives on business results to drive priorities.A certification in supply chain is desired.Additional Information:Work shift: Full time, normal work shift.
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