Sr Director - Device Assembly and Packaging Operations

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The Device Assembly and Packaging (DAP) Operations Sr Director is responsible to provide leadership to DAP Operations and cross functional leadership to the DAP Flow Team for the Lilly Kenosha site. The Operations Director will deliver the operational organization and readiness agenda in alignment with the business and strategic plan. The Senior Director - DAP is a key member of Kenosha Site Lead Team ensuring safety, quality, and operational excellence.

Key Objectives / Deliverables

• Provide Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) and Quality leadership for the DAP operational and flow team.
• Support Site Leadership to build a diverse and capable site organization based in engineering first principles and operational excellence. Talent management, development, and retention within the Kenosha organization (and beyond).
• Provide operational technical leadership and develop objectives to deliver Business and Strategic Plan Goals as it relates to safety, quality, and equipment / process effectiveness and efficiency.
• Represent operational capabilities beyond the Lilly Kenosha site (e.g. other Lilly sites and global functional groups).
• Partner with Technical Services, Quality, Engineering and Tech@Lilly leadership to deliver operational results.
• Actively engage team and deliver significant capital and technological projects.
• Deliver equipment, lines, and supporting systems through user requirements, design, build, verification, qualification, validation, and subsequent operation.
• Develop local processes and procedures for the operational function.
• Ensure practice matches procedure.
• Ensure the functions are aligned and driven to meet production throughput goals including daily operation of the manufacturing lines, deviation and change management, variability reduction, and equipment / system reliability.
• Champion continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain metrics to measure performance against business objectives and make necessary changes to improve performance.
• Participate in the development and implementation of strategies associated with the area sponsoring or supporting the following initiatives : Continuous Improvement, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and Failure Modes Effect Analysis (FMEA).
• This role has direct interaction with Regulatory Agencies during site inspections.
• Understand and influence the manufacturing control strategy for device assembly, and packaging.

Basic Qualifications

Additional Skills / Preferences

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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

$151,500 - $222,200

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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