Supervisor - Planning and Scheduling - Lilly Medicine Foundry

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Organization and Position Overview

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.

The Planning & Scheduling Supervisor is a key leader responsible for overseeing all maintenance planning and craft scheduling to ensure the company’s assets are managed in compliance with cGMP and other applicable standards. This role oversees the planning and scheduling of all non-emergency maintenance. The Planning & Scheduling Supervisor leads a team of maintenance planners and schedulers by fostering a culture of safety, technical expertise in CMMS (GMARS), and innovation. This role will work closely with operations departments to determine equipment availability for maintenance scheduling.

In addition, this role ensures alignment of maintenance planning programs and initiatives with organizational goals for safety, quality, and efficiency, directly supporting the delivery of novel medicines for clinical trials within The Medicine Foundry. This position will be responsible for developing initial processes and requirements for the planning and scheduling team in preparation for operation.  

Responsibilities

In line with the job outlined above, the following are typically the key tasks that would be expected of the role:

• Safety - Sets expectations for a positive & proactive safety culture, ensures that all team members are knowledgeable and compliant regarding safety procedures, policies, permits and practices. Initiates and leads accident, near miss reviews and incident notifications. Ensures proper housekeeping procedures are maintained.
• Quality – Responsible for team’s compliance and meeting the quality standards as defined by cGMPs, the Global Quality Standards, and local procedures. This includes ensuring that all regulatory based PM’s are completed on schedule.
• Manage People Effectively – Responsible for managing daily activities of the planning and scheduling team including attendance, overtime, resource planning, operational issues, performance management, development planning and reporting of results. Team schedule will be primarily Monday-Friday although nightshift and weekend support may be required based on business needs.
• Planning & Scheduling Excellence –
  • Leads team of maintenance planners and schedulers who schedule all maintenance, calibration, and repair work for the site.
  • Strong proficiency in using and training on GMARS.
  • Deep understanding of maintenance scheduling, planning, procedures, and PM programs.
  • Maintains and monitors backlog to prevent delinquent PM’s.
  • Knowledge of engineering drawing systems and different types of equipment and instrumentation within the building.
  • Verifies the availability of parts, materials, and specials tools required for the jobs and if needed will order parts and materials for planned jobs.
  • Maintains liaison and coordination between customers and maintenance activities to ensure minimal scheduling conflicts.
  • Good communication skills, will be required to interact one-on-one and in group sessions with operations, quality, engineers, and maintenance teams.
• Responsible for maintenance planning and scheduling staffing including recruitment and talent development.

Basic Requirements:

• High School Diploma
• 5+ years of industrial maintenance planning and scheduling experience in an FDA regulated industry.
• Previous experience in maintenance leadership (supervisor, coordinator, or lead) in an FDA regulated industry.
• Strong understanding of CMMS systems (GMARS).
• 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:

• Previous supervisory/leadership experience preferred
• Regulated GMP manufacturing experience required
• Manufacturing, industrial maintenance or building maintenance knowledge preferred
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate both written and verbally with multiple levels within the organization
• Demonstrated ability to provide coaching and feedback
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize, set objectives and meet targets
• Demonstrated ability to provide high-level customer service
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously
• Demonstrated ability in problem solving
• Computer proficiency

Other Information:

• Temporary location in Carmel, Indiana.
• Permanent location at the new Lilly Medicine Foundry in Lebanon, Indiana. 
• Position supports a 24/7 operation and is expected to be flexible in maintaining availability for support in decision making and issue resolution as necessary to operate the facility.

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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

$40.38 - $59.23

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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