Eli Lilly and Company · 17 hours ago
Sr. Director - Supply Chain and Logistics
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expEli Lilly and Company is a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are seeking a Senior Director of Supply Chain to lead site-wide supply chain, warehousing, and logistics operations, ensuring reliable product delivery and optimizing inventory management. The role involves strategic direction, organizational development, and cross-functional collaboration to support the startup of a new manufacturing site.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Lead materials and production planning to ensure product availability and timely shipments
Oversee supply chain meetings to resolve delays and shortages
Own site-wide planning processes and integrate supply chain needs into strategic and business plans
Develop and maintain planning tools (e.g., dashboards, trackers) to support cross-functional decision-making
Ensure governance of master data (materials, BOMs, recipes, resources)
Serve as the primary liaison with the Global Supply Chain organization
Manage buying/planning processes and safety stock strategies to meet production requirements
Define and track KPIs to measure planning effectiveness and identify improvement opportunities
Partner with procurement to address supply chain and vendor-related technical issues
Collaborate across the site lead team to align business processes and warehousing with startup and long-term goals
Engage with regulators, customers, and external stakeholders, including during audits
Promote a strong safety culture across the organization
Build organizational capability, capacity, and culture for GMP operations
Implement systems and processes, leveraging Lilly best practices and external insights
Support regulatory compliance and operational excellence through lean principles
Collaborate with the project team to ensure smooth facility handoff and readiness
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in relevant industry (preferably supply chain, procurement, logistics, or engineering)
5+ years' experience supporting manufacturing operations, preferably in a supply chain capacity
Experience with planning processes, such as demand management, forecasting tools, forecasting processes, manufacturing orders, bills of materials, etc
5+ years of leadership experience
Preferred
Collaborates effectively in teams while making independent decisions and influencing diverse groups
Fosters teamwork and demonstrates strong interpersonal skills
Delivers innovative solutions to site, divisional, and corporate challenges by leveraging cross-functional insights
Benefits
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
Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)
Company
Eli Lilly and Company
We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.5M2024-02-12Post Ipo Debt· $6.5M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
David Ricks
Chair, CEO
Lucas Montarce
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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