Advisor – Operations Optimization – Lilly Medicine Foundry

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.is

responsible for supporting operational readiness activities of the operations areas

Advisor/Sr. Advisor – Operations Optimization to build breadth of knowledge and work cross-functionally. at the Foundry. This role works with front line resources, leadership, and project partners to ensure site deliverables to support startup are appropriately planned, scheduled, and implemented to enable on-schedule and on-budget project delivery. The scope of operational readiness is expansive, stretching across multiple functional areas of the site, requiring the Additionally, this role will work with the other operation areas on site to drive consistent best practices across the nodes.

Key Responsibilities:

Work with site and corporate PSM experts to improve the Process Hazard Review process so that we are focusing on the critical safety items while right sizing the review process. This role will support one of the three operations areas (based on candidate background) at the Lilly Medicine Foundry (Small Molecule, Biologics, or Mixed Modalities) while working with peers in the other areas to share consistent best practices across the site’s operations areas

Basic Requirements:
Minimum of a bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or technical field with 12+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or chemical manufacturing operations involving PSM-regulated or hazardous chemicals, or master’s degree with 10 years of experience, or PhD with 2 years of experience.

Experience running projects in pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry, preferably in an API pilot plant environment Bring multidisciplinary experience/understanding from various business units (e.g. Engineering, Automation, Facility, Safety, Quality, Operations, etc.) to support overall operational readiness

Experience with Oracle Primavera P6 and Smartsheet for project scheduling software Experience working in a GMP environment Ability to work as a team leader to implement multi-disciplined projects. Strong organizational skills Ability to work with a team and influence diverse groups. Ability to drive innovative solutions to plant, divisional, and corporate issues and incorporate ideas from other functional areas. Initial location at Lilly Technology Center, Indianapolis.  

Permanent location at the new Lilly Medicines Foundry in Lebanon, Indiana.  At Lilly we strive to ensure our employees are part of a team that cares about them and our shared purpose of making life better for those around the world.
We hope that you seek to join us on our journey as we create medicine and deliver improved outcomes for patients across the globe!
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