Associate-IDAP Master Scheduler

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Company: Eli Lilly and Company

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.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
$57,750 – $129,800

Organization Overview:

The Supply Chain organization has responsibility for scheduling the assembly and packaging processes for Indianapolis Device Assembly and Packaging (IDAP). The Associate – Master Scheduler is a key contact for all technical and tactical planning information in the area and is the key link for all functions in the plant and in the broader supply chain for scheduling updates and issue resolution.

The master scheduler is responsible for evaluation of capacity requirements for a resource and developing the assembly or packaging schedule. The scheduler’s focus is translating demand forecasts (commercial & development) into the master schedule (planned in monthly and weekly buckets) and preparing the weekly Capacity Requirements Plan (CRP) and monthly Sales and Operations Plan (S&OP) in order to coordinate all site production-related activities.

Responsibilities:

Safety & Quality

• Maintain a safe workplace through appropriate ergonomic practices (WorkPace compliance and use of ergo equipment)
• Maintain a state of compliance (learning plan, SOP adherence etc.)

Planning/Scheduling

• Coordination and optimization of both the short- and long-term production plans with operations capacity constraints to drive production to inventory targets for assembled and packaged materials
• Prepares and presents the CRP and S&OP presentations
• Converts the production plan to a master shop floor schedule
• Member of the Process Team, working with operations to resolve capacity challenges and unplanned production issues
• Processing of anticipated delay reports (ADR’s) and past due process orders
• General hub for all schedule related communication in the flow team; represent supply chain at flow and lead team meetings as required
• Work with buyers to ensure component availability to meet the plan

Capacity Management

• Generate, analyze and report plant capacity analysis
• Perform scenario analysis to understand impact of various strategic options

Customer Service

• Partners with all team members to assure production plan is achievable
• Works with upstream and downstream master scheduler and global supply chain resources as needed to coordinate plans; works with other schedulers to trade off resources, as vital
• Integrates alternate demand into production schedule to meet site needs

SAP knowledge & Metrics

• Generates OSSCE (Operational Standards for Supply Chain) metrics
• Pareto analysis of OSSCE metrics
• Work with team members to improve plant supply chain processes and performance
• Help set up data in SAP as needed; work to ensure data is maintained accurately (recipes, standards, data clean-up, etc.)

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 2+ years of manufacturing experience preferred.
• Knowledge / Experience in Manufacturing, Packaging, and/or Customer Service
• APICS certification preferred
• Previous experience using SAP
• Strong organizational and Project Management skills
• Strong communication skills
• Knowledge of MRPII, OSSCE helpful
• Customer oriented
• Excellent technical skills (e.g., MRP, SAP, Excel)

Additional Information:

• 8 hour days – Monday through Friday
• May need to be available off shift and respond to operational issues as needed
• Minimal travel required (<5%)

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Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.

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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