Sr. Director - Global Process Owner - Supplier Quality Management

Senior Director, Global Process Owner For Supplier Quality Management

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.

Responsibilities : The Senior Director, Global Process Owner for Supplier Quality Management, as a leader within the Global Supplier and Materials Quality team, will establish and maintain the global quality system for supplier (third party) quality management. They will provide strategic oversight and expertise for the global supplier quality management process, including Global Quality System standards, practices, business processes, implementation tools and associated IT systems. Additionally, the Global Process Owner will lead Third Party Quality Management Community of Practice, including Global Process Leads and Area Process Owners. They will lead key global projects and priorities within the Quality System. The Global Process Owner will consult with supply chain, procurement, manufacturing sites, research and development, technical services, regulatory, external parties and other functions to educate on the quality system, and proactively ensure compliance of Lilly's Quality Systems with various country agency standards, industry trends and scientific principles.

Key Objectives / Deliverables The Senior Director, Global Process Owner for Supplier Quality Management is responsible to :

• Establish and maintain the global quality system for Supplier (Third Party) Quality Management to drive standardization globally.
• Own the Global Standards, Processes, Practices, Trainings, and implementation tools and ensure they are designed according to regulatory, industry and company expectations.
• Provide governance, lead the implementations of improvement initiatives and foster a robust compliance mindset.
• Ensure processes are executed consistently across the organization and monitor signals to drive continuous improvement.
• Act as the leader and SME to ensure supporting IT applications and analytical tools are configured and maintained to support the business needs and facilitates accurate reporting and analytics.
• Define a common set of global effectiveness and efficiency metrics to drive end-to-end performance.
• Monitor performance metrics, report and provide insights to inform decision making to drive further improvements.
• Develop, lead, mentor and maintain a community of cross-functional SMEs to collaborate on proposed improvements and deepen the knowledge of the associated processes & tools.
• Actively collaborate with enterprise-wide teams on standardized global business processes.
• As the subject matter expert, ensure inspection readiness, directly interact with Health Authorities during inspections and draft responses to observations as needed.
• Actively engage in external organizations and industry organizations to monitor policy changes for regulatory / external environments and advocate / influence quality related policies and regulatory requirements related to supplier quality management.

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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.