Associate - Operational Excellence Site Business Partner

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 entering an exciting period of growth and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing over $1 billion to create a new state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing site, in Concord, North Carolina. The brand‑new facility will utilize the latest technology to increase the company’s manufacturing capacity in parenteral (injectable) medications, device assembly and packaging operations.

This is an exciting once‑in‑a‑lifetime opportunity to help build and operate a new site. The Lilly Concord site will be built using the latest high‑tech equipment, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, and have a focus on minimizing the impact to our environment. This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss!

The OpEx team provides leadership in operational excellence and continuous improvement efforts by combining knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing with OpEx principles and tools.

The focus of the OpEx Site Business Partner role is to partner with all organizational levels across local and global business to deploy operational excellence standards and support both event and nonevent‑based continuous improvement. Results include, but are not limited to, cycle time reduction, increased asset effectiveness, cost reduction, improved quality, as well as increased employee morale at all levels due to more time being spent on patient value‑added activities.

• Provide direct support for operational excellence/continuous improvement projects with functional areas/departments in support of site production targets and delivery of site agenda.
• Establish and support implementation of lean manufacturing initiatives in alignment with the Lilly Manufacturing Standards of Operational Excellence (MSOEs).
• Monitor/build a strong safety culture and hold others accountable while leading by example.
• Ensure consistency of operations across shifts through active engagement on the shop floor through Gemba walks (Practice vs. Procedure evaluations).
• Lead cross‑functional teams in the development and implementation of the following problem‑solving methodologies and initiatives:
  Continuous Improvement, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Failure Modes Effect Analysis (FMEA), Value Stream Mapping, A3, etc.
• Deliver necessary information and data about the new/ongoing CI projects.
• Facilitate problem‑solving, shared learning and decision‑making across plant functions.
• Responsible for schedule tracking, updating, and reporting to all stakeholders for CI projects.
• Responsible for assembling Continuous Improvement (CI) project plans, teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts daily.
• Escalates technical and timeline issues appropriately for CI projects.
• Identifies issues that may delay project deliverables and recommend risk mitigation strategies, contingencies, and actions when appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Lead the establishment of operational excellence systems within the operational organization, including Daily Management System (DMS) to drive process improvement or streamline operational activities to increase operational efficiencies.
• Facilitate and execute the process of systems governance and assessment (Lean Maturity Assessment; Site CI OpEx Self‑Assessments)
• Capture benefits of operational excellence improvement program and report to site leadership

• Lead and/or partner on a variety of engagements, within the site/function as well as network level within Manufacturing and Quality. Driving the process/projects to completion.
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