Supply Chain Associate - Purchasing - Military Veterans

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

Responsibilities:

• Analyze inventory levels of items within ERP systems and act as needed (placing purchase orders, expediting, and deferring deliveries etc.) 
• Place purchase orders in SAP and Ariba with suppliers with sufficient lead time to enable on time deliveries to facilitate support of production orders.
• Monitor and adjust purchase order quantities and delivery dates as needed and maintaining SAP with current accurate data.
• Build strong relationships with external vendors, internal Lilly RTP team and other Lilly sites Manage material expiration and revisions to prevent production schedule disruptions and minimize destructions and obsolescence.
• Support creation and maintenance of material master data, MRP parameters, reorder points, safety stocks, lead times, and lot sizes etc.
• Work closely with Production Planning, Scheduling, Quality, Warehouse & Logistics, Lilly Joint Process Teams as well as project teams to ensure material needs are met.
• Troubleshoot receiving issues with purchase orders and communicate to suppliers regarding documentation needed to perform receipt and/or invoice payment.
• Track and report purchasing metrics, including on time delivery, past due purchase orders, releasing purchase orders on time, etc.
• Forecast and manage material expirations and revisions to prevent production schedule disruptions and minimize destructions and obsolescence.
• Run reports on a timely basis including Open Order Reports and purchasing metrics, including On-time deliveries, On-time PO release, Past due POs, and On-time Incoming inspection.
• Work with Supply Chain team to streamline processes and implement quality improvements.
• Partnership with finance/procurement on evaluation of materials for slow-moving/obsolete inventory and obsolete inventory for destruction
• Support the start-up of the RTP site, partnering with quality, planning, and procurement to purchase GMP and Non GMP indirect materials required for both start-up activities and routine operations.
• Maintain communication with all operations areas regarding all issues and concerns.
• Partner with procurement to improve business continuity, mitigate risks, and help select suppliers.
• Monitor inventory levels for non-ERP materials and place orders as needed.
• Partner with applicable stakeholders to set ROP’s, Mins and Maxes, etc. for VMI program.  
• Drive/assist with materials management activities for Manufacturing, QC, etc.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 5 years of work experience

Additional Preferences          

• Experience in manufacturing, procurement, or supply chain preferably a GMP environment
• Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology or other regulated environment experience.
• Ability to work independently with little day-to-day direction.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills up, down and across the organization
• Capability to prioritize and multi-task effectively with the ability to change direction quickly.
• Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment, working safely and accountable for supporting all HSE objectives.
• Collaborate with other internal and external teams.
• Computer literacy – Ariba, Windows Operating System, Microsoft Office
• SAP Experience
• Knowledge of Indirect and/or MRO materials

Additional Information:
Occasionally need to provide support outside core working hours to assist with operational issues.

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Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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