Associate - Purchasing

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 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 put people first and are looking for those determined to make life better for people around the world.

Position Title: Associate – Purchasing

Job Family Group/Family: Supply Chain Management - Procurement

Location: Lilly Kenosha County, WI (LKC)

Organization Overview:

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing, and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. We also support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth and will invest over $4 billion to update the footprint and create a new state-of-the-art manufacturing site in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. The facility will use the latest technology to increase manufacturing capacity in parenteral (injectable) medications, device assembly and packaging operations. This is an opportunity to help build and operate a new site while enhancing current operations.

The LKC site will use high-tech equipment and automated systems with a focus on minimizing environmental impact.

Position

Description:

The Associate - Purchasing is responsible for purchasing activities supporting the Lilly Kenosha County, Wisconsin manufacturing site. This role primarily supports analysis of purchasing needs, placing orders with suppliers, maintaining proper inventory levels, and providing general support to the supply chain and logistics team, including Shop Floor Control, Material Requirements Planning, and Purchasing processes. This role interfaces with internal and external teams to achieve site objectives.

Key Responsibilities/Objectives/Deliverables:

• Executing data creation, maintenance and data design for Master Data in SAP and associated systems.
• Creating Bills of Material, Recipes, Purchasing Info Records, and Planning/Scheduling parameters.
• Creating and maintaining local formal Standard Operating Procedures and training materials.
• Determining impact of local and/or global changes while ensuring global data consistency and conformance to SOPs, including:
  • SAP Master Data maintenance changes; interfaced system changes (e.g. MES)
  • Process changes driven by Technical Services / Manufacturing Sciences (TSMS) or Engineering
  • Regulatory changes requiring data updates
  • Supply changes driven by Production and/or Local Product Owners
• Identifying and participating in / leading process improvement initiatives, such as Vendor Managed Inventory systems and Kanban Material Flow systems.
• Leveraging tools and reports to track maintenance, 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.
• Contributing to global initiatives for Master Data Management, attending Power User forums to share best practices.
• Maintaining a safe work environment and supporting Health, Safety & Environmental goals.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 2+ years’ experience in Supply Chain preferred

Additional Preferences

• Must be available as needed outside core hours to support production issues
• Knowledge of SAP ERP system, including MRP methodologies
• Experience with GMP guidelines, procurement, purchasing, planning and capacity planning
• Experience with SAP ECC and EWM systems
• GMP knowledge and experience
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements (FDA, OSHA, EPA) and quality standards
• Strong communication and collaboration skills working with other functions and teams
• Self-directed, proactive, and able to work through ambiguity and drive solutions in a startup environment

This job specification provides a general overview of the…