Sr. Associate - Site Procurement

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.

Procurement of Supplies and Services

• Prepare and negotiate agreements and contracts with maintenance, lab and production operations supplies and service suppliers so that risk and costs are minimized.
• Responsible for RFI/RFP/RFQ’s in Indirect and Local Capital Procurement areas.
• Drive alignment with Global Procurement on Procurement activities by utilizing Category Management strategy.
• Ensuring Technology is utilized in our Procurement strategy by driving use of Ariba Catalogs and Guided Buying content in purchase of goods & services.
• Work with the business stakeholders to develop business needs and KPI’s to measure vendor performance in delivery of goods and services.
• Drive negotiation and implementation of outsourced agreements and participate in post implementation governance activities.
• Contribute to the Delivery of capital projects in accordance with Global Facilities and Local Capital Plan business processes.

Management of site/supplier relationships

• Establish and manage relationships with local site suppliers (including negotiations) while integrating global suppliers into the site’s supply chain, with a view to continuous improvement.
• Ensure Risk Assessment process is followed for Vendors the site interacts with.
• Drive usage of E-Invoicing with Supplier base and assist in resolving invoicing issues
• Lead supplier relations management activities for strategic third-party suppliers. Drive action items, issue resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers. 
• Support decisions regarding quality of materials/suppliers and resolution of material/supplier issues, while maintaining high-quality supplier relations.
• Conduct benchmarking analysis to evaluate market landscape for supported categories.

Support/Influence site business needs

• Work closely with suppliers and internal customers to ensure all internal specifications and standards are met.
• Ensure legal, quality, health & safety, ethical and environmental standards are maintained and developed.
• Form and maintain close working relationships with demand planners and buyers as appropriate to ensure supply continuity, security, and integrity while optimizing processes and minimizing waste.
• Partner with buyers/planners to ensure that materials data (e.g., safety stock needs, pricing) are accurate and updated on a minimum annual basis.

Support local & global procurement policies, goals and objectives

• Establish and maintain strong partnerships with Lilly’s Global Procurement organization as well as counterparts at other Lilly sites.
• Ensure compliance with Lilly procurement and financial policies and procedures, and regulatory commitments.
• Drive the usage of Procurement Technology enabled processes such as Guided Buying, Contract Compliance, Catalogs & e-Invoicing
• Seek out and implement quality, reliability, efficiency, and cost savings projects with suppliers. Consolidate and present captured and forecasted site savings, in alignment with Global Procurement methodology.
• Use E-procurement tools in line with procurement strategies
• Maintain procurement documentation.

Requirements For Position

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or similar field.
• Previous supply chain, manufacturing, and/or procurement experience (at least five years preferred).
• Demonstrated experience in negotiating and drafting supplies and services contracts.
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritize responsibilities, and be action oriented.
• Independent decision maker with ability to influence diverse groups, both internally and externally.
• High proficiency in  PC/IT skills:
• Microsoft office skills are essential;
• Report generation and data manipulation;
• SAP experience, creating and updating Purchase Orders, reports etc;
• Experience in Ariba systems.
• Strong teamwork, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated learning agility and ability/willingness to adapt to continual change within a startup environment.
• Fluent in English and German.
• Onsite attendance is expected.

Additional Skills/Preferences For Position

• Experience working on a start-up initiative.
• Green or Black Belt training

Other Information

• Periodic travel may be required to other sites (10%).
• This is an Individual Contributor Role

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