Associate Director - Global Supply Chain Network Planner

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Eli Lilly · Indianapolis IN

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You will own the monthly global production plan for Lilly's KwikPen product family - one of the highest-volume and most strategically complex device-drug combinations in our portfolio. This is a technically demanding planning role that sits at the intersection of manufacturing science, S&OP, and supply network design. You will translate site-level capacity data, technical agenda changes, and demand inputs into an integrated plan across a 3-to-24-month horizon, loaded and maintained in SAP. This role is not a passive coordinator. You are expected to identify supply risk before it materializes, propose corrective actions, and influence decisions at the manufacturing and GSC leadership level. You will work directly with process engineers, site planners, quality teams, regulatory functions, and business unit leads across multiple time zones and geographies.

Responsibilities

Network production planning

Build and distribute the monthly network production plan to all KwikPen manufacturing sites, incorporating demand signals, site constraints, inventory targets, and technical agenda milestones

Maintain an accurate 3-to-24-month planning horizon in SAP (PP/MM or APO modules), including all launch and flavor assumptions; ensure master data integrity in SAP and associated planning systems

Reconcile plan-versus-actuals each month across demonstrated capacity, inventory levels, and confirmed demand - and document root cause for significant variances

Capacity monitoring & risk management

Track demonstrated and projected capacity utilization monthly across the KwikPen network; flag constraints at sites approaching threshold utilization and model alternative scenarios

Prepare risk assessments for molecule-level supply gaps and present recommended mitigation actions (capacity pull-ins, inventory builds, source changes, demand prioritization) to GSC and manufacturing leadership

Lead or support molecule risk assessment processes, inventory targeting exercises, and supply chain map maintenance for assigned products

Technical agenda & regulatory

Translate product-family technical agenda projects (API changes, component changes, source changes, process changes, flavor rationalization) into planning assumptions and supply continuity requirements

Monitor regulatory implementation milestones and surface disconnects between regulatory timelines and manufacturing readiness before they create supply risk

Support Level 20 product change planning: maintain overview documentation and supply chain strategy for network-level changes

GS&OP & cross-functional leadership

Identify, prepare, and present topics for GS&OP meetings - including capacity action recommendations, supply constraint summaries, and launch readiness updates

Facilitate monthly touchpoints with each manufacturing site; distribute pre-read materials at least 48 hours in advance; maintain a shared risk log accessible to site and GSC stakeholders

Partner with strategic facilities planning on network modeling, scenario development, and long-range demand analysis

Collaborate with global product owners, business unit launch teams, and affiliate leadership on annual network business planning and demand realization strategies

Basic requirements

BS degree in supply chain management, engineering, finance, or business administration

5+ years of supply chain or manufacturing planning experience in a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical or medical device environment, with direct ownership of a planning process (site-level or network-level)

Hands-on SAP experience in a production planning context - independently capable of running MRP, interpreting planning outputs, and maintaining master data

Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1.

Additional preferences

MS degree in supply chain, engineering, finance, or related field

Prior manufacturing site experience in a planning or technical operations role with direct exposure to production scheduling and site S&OP processes

Experience presenting supply risk assessments or capacity analyses to director-level and above stakeholders - sourcing or manufacturing strategy experience

APICS CPIM or CSCP certification

Professional proficiency in a second languag

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