Associate, Supply Chain Master Data Steward-Lilly Medicine Foundry

Job Overview

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 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.

The Associate, Master Data Steward plays a critical role in providing and maintaining the fundamental master data set residing in SAP and Manufacturing systems in the Lilly Medicine Foundry facility. The master data set includes Material Master, Bill of Materials, Recipes, Resources, Purchasing-Info Records and Warehousing data.

This role is responsible for maintaining the quality and integrity of the data by documenting, inputting and verifying data into SAP and the Manufacturing Execution System (MES); activities could include supporting planning, materials management and warehouse management functionality and maintaining data accuracy through inspection readiness activities, audits and Master Data changes.

This role is responsible for managing all data documentation, additions and changes, per customer or subject matter expert requirements. They will work closely with multiple teams across the site to manage data change requests, solve technical issues, and contribute to continuous improvement activities around Master Data.

The position requires knowledge of manufacturing processes of drug product in development, an understanding of the significance of accurate data management and a demonstration of an excellent eye for detail. Knowledge and familiarization with the SAP system.

• Develop and maintain key and data design for Supply Chain and Materials Management Master Data (such as: Bills of Material, Receipts, purchasing info records, Purchasing and Planning/Scheduling parameters) in SAP S4 including planning, materials management, warehouse operations, potentially quality master, supplier master and associated systems.
• Work with Supply Chain Warehouse Data Lead to support the creation of warehousing operations master data, configurations and transactions.
• Creating Bills of Material, Receipts, purchasing info records, Purchasing and Planning/Scheduling parameters.
• Develop and maintain local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and training materials for Supply Chain planning and Materials Management Master Data.
• Determining the impact of local and/or global changes while ensuring global data consistency and conformance to Standard Operating Procedures. These changes could include:
  • SAP Master Data maintenance changes;
    Interfaced system changes (e.g. MES, etc.)
  • Process changes driven by Technical Services / Manufacturing Sciences or Engineering teams.
• Identifying and participating in or leading process improvement initiatives.
• Leveraging appropriate tools/reports to track maintenance efforts and both data accuracy and completeness.
• Participating in annual standard costing for Business Planning and driving the review of planning parameters.
• Troubleshooting SAP execution problems, identifying root causes, and implementing solutions.
• Investigating deviations and providing impact assessments for change management.
• Serve as a key member of the SAP Implementation Project Team during the greenfield site construction/startup phase.
• Take on the temporary role during implementation as Security Steward in SAP to ensure correct security access profiles are assigned.
• Work closely…