Associate Director - Commercial Planning

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.

Organization 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.  

This role is at the Indianapolis RLT facility, formerly Point Biopharma.  The Indy RLT site is responsible for the commercial launch of radioligand therapies, supply of late-stage investigational products, and scale-up/optimization for phase 3 and commercial launches.   

​Key Responsibilities: 

Overview

• The Commerical Planning, Associate Director is a hands-on leadership role primarily responsible for all areas of customer service, production planning, demand forecast, ensuring On-Time-Delivery performance, and timely communication with the customer.
• All planners and schedulers will report to the Commerical Planning, Associate Director. 
• The Commerical Planning, Associate Director will ensure customer satisfaction and demand is met, serve as primary contact for incoming demand (sales orders, forecast, etc.), analyze data to support business plans, and manage other daily functions as required.
• Develop and maintain models to be used for Best in Class Manufacturing Production Schedules and Materials Requirements Planning processes and practices to manage production throughput and inventory valuation.
• This role reports to the Senior Director, Supply Chain & Planning, serves on the site supply chain lead team and is directly responsible for the master production schedule, on time delivery performance metrics, and cross functional communication of delays, issues, and impacts.

Objectives

• Manages tactical planning activities based on MRP including work order placement and management, obtains forecast information from customer, development team, and historical usage data to determine planning parameters. 
• Ensures material availability for work orders scheduled, prioritizes operations to best meet customer demand, preventative maintenance schedule, and development activities requiring production line time.
• Schedules production work orders, prioritizes, and tracks through the process, avoiding delays and material constraints.
• Identifies and leads/actively participates in productivity improvements regarding supply chain practices and production planning opportunities.
• Serving as the primary point of contact and lead for forecasting activitites, monitors customer order activity, short-term and long-term forecasts, and communicates internally with Leadership, Production Planning, Production, and Supply Chain to adjust the supply plan and planned inventory to meet required demand.
• Supports new product development planning and site strategic planning activities.
• Tracks and trends key production and supply chain metrics.  Prepares reports and presentations for executive leadership.
• Identifies and escalates supply chain risks related to inventory management and production activitites.
• Assists in troubleshooting problems and implementing solutions.
• Analyzes and identifies supply problems relating to applicable/appropriate part numbers and determines the potential impact of on-time delivery to customers. 
• Leads, mentors, supervises and trains prodcution planners in their daily activies.
• Serves as point of escalation for any planning issues, delays, parts constraints, or resource alignment needs.

Accountabilities

• Measure and communicate team progress against individual, team and site goals and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). 
• Maintain Master Production Schedule for all production lines, all drug product, and all activities.
• Develop and maintain capacity models for scalability, theoretical volume exercises, and resource and equipment planning,
• Lead cross functional efforts to improve productivity and reduce delays, interruptions, and/or unplanned downtime.

Minimum Requirements: 

• BS/BA - Business, management, supply chain, accounting, statistics, or similar field required.
• 7-10 years operations, buyer, planner experience in a drug manufacturing site, pharmaceutical operation or similiarly regulated GxP environment.
• Expert level proficiency with MRP/ERP systems
• Ability to plan, develop, and execute multiple projects under tight timelines with various stakeholders.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, verbal and written communication skills, ability to influence key stakeholders.
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills.
• 2+ years managing a team of direct reports.

Additional Skills/Preferences: 

• Experience with radioactive pharmaceuticals considered a plus.
• Experience in “Just In Time” manufacturing operations considered a plus.
• Oracle NetSuite and/or SAP S4 HANA experience preferred.
• Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and tasks/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.
• Spends time on what is important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; create focus.
• Uses time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates efforts on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities.
• Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
• Must have a biased to action, within the company’s policies and individual role and responsibility, with minimal to moderate oversight required.
• Knows how the business works; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting his/her business and organization; knows the competition; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$127,500 - $187,000

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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