Operations Associate - IDM

Role Summary

Operations Associate - IDM at Lilly. Responsible for working with Contract Manufacturer(s) to support supply, quality, and continuous process improvement of delivery devices, sub-assemblies, and components supplied to Lilly packaging and manufacturing sites.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the Joint Process Team between Lilly and the Contract Manufacturer
• Supervise and communicate monthly JPT metrics
• Foster and support strong Safety and Quality Cultures at the CMs
• Provide day to day oversight of activities and resolve issues occurring between the CMs and Lilly sites
• Lead the resolution of manufacturing related issues, including deviations, evaluation of manufacturing data and supply chain daily/weekly issues
• Trained to perform TrackWise activities such as Lead investigator and Change Owner
• Provide operations project management input and oversight for capital projects at CMs
• Work with engineering, product stewards and others in the development/leading of process/product improvements. This may include project planning activities, development of protocols, coordination of internal and external lab based testing, documentation of the data and completion of technical reports
• Track completion of documentation and process updates resulting from local and global procedural changes, audits, complaint investigations, documentation reviews, product reviews, process reviews and equipment reviews
• Develop effective and productive working relationships with colleagues at CM sites
• Lead multi-functional/cross-site/cross-company project teams as needed
• Provide backup, as appropriate, for the Manager ‚Äì CMO Operations

Qualifications

• Bachelor‚Äôs Degree required in a STEM / technical field
• 2 or more years manufacturing experience preferred
• Demonstrated high degree of ownership / accountability
• Strong communication (written and oral) skills, teamwork, and influence
• Solid technical writing skills
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks

Additional Preferences

• Previous Leadership/supervisory experience
• Career interest in operations or functional leadership
• Previous engineering or project management experience in medical devices

Other Information

• Travel required for visits to the CM (5 - 50%).