Clinical Trial Commercial Product Buyer/Planner

Responsibilities
The process of sourcing and supplying commercial drug products for global clinical trials has grown in complexity for the trial sponsor in recent years. The Product Delivery (PD) function has the responsibility for the ordering, manufacturing, packaging, shipment, and inventory management of supplies for clinical studies worldwide. The organization produces clinical trial materials under full GMP regulations.

The role of the Clinical Trial Commercial Product Buyer Planner (CPBP) is to ensure a robust strategy and integrated plan for supplying Commercial Products that supports the BU's & MDU's clinical trial programs and other PD Functions.
As the CPBP, you will leverage their global expertise for commercial products (procurement, wholesalers, supply chain, etc.) in developing strategies for supplying commercial products to support clinical trials. You will be accountable for development of the Materials Master Requirements Plan, purchasing decisions, and management of PD material flow to meet required timelines.

Delays in the availability of material may result in critical impact to the Lilly portfolio and key developmental milestones. You will anticipate and resolve key technical issues with the supply chain and drive for solutions the meet the needs of the business. As the CPBP you will collaborate with Supply Planning to ensure the commercial product strategy meets the demands of the molecule/study plan as well as partners with the Commercial Product Material Coordinator to ensure execution of the strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages business planning, forecast development and tracking spend variances for supported Business Units. This includes supplying the annual and quarterly forecast updates for contractual submissions to the Collaboration Partner service provider.
• Communication of team performance and wholesaler performance metrics relative to goals, implements improvement plans for low performance metrics.
• Leverages relationships with key internal PD partners and other business partners to influence a robust material supply chain (e.g., Quality, Manufacturing, Packaging, and Supply Planning) and creation of contract terms and conditions with external customers.
• Leverages relationships with external customers (e.g. wholesalers, pharma companies) to influence speedier deliveries, cost savings and improving performance metrics
• Coaches CPMCs
• Drives continuous improvement; searching for opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency, compliance, and data accuracy while minimizing costs.
• Maintain expertise on clinical trial materials MRP processes, joint Lilly/ Collaboration Partner processes as well, as how those processes connect to PD and Lilly business processes.
• Author observations, deviations and change controls as necessary.

Company Overview
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 39,000 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (Supply Chain, Logistics, PharmD, Business)
• Minimum of 3-5 years pharma or clinical trial experience
• Minimum 2 year previous GMP experience
• Experience in managing inventory/supplies including commercial product or development supply chains
• Experience working with third parties
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Working knowledge of GCP
• Ability to use and apply multiple computer applications, including proficiency in computer technology used in office and supply chain environments (e.g., SAP)
• Previous cross functional experiences
• Demonstrated ability to build productive relationships and effectively communicate with other Product Delivery team members (Packaging, Quality, and Supply Planning. Labeling etc.)
• High degree of accuracy with work and attention to details
• Ability to proactively identify problems and work toward a solution
• Strong negotiation and vendor management skills
• Application knowledge of business planning and control systems to collect, consolidate, analyze, summarize and report on large volumes of supply chain data
• Thorough understanding of the Clinical Trial supply chain and/or experience implementing demand and supply planning business processes & systems
• Knowledge of Import/Export compliance as it related to clinical trials and shipping medicinal products
• Prior experience with GMP supply chains (wholesaler, manufacturer, CMO)
• Prior experience in a purchasing role
• APICS certification
• Must be Fluent in English (both written and spoken).

Additional Information

• Work outside of core hours may be required to support the portfolio across the globe
• May require travel domestically and international (less than 5%)
• Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.