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Associate Director, Operational Excellence

29610 Greenville, South Carolina HTi LLC

Posted 7 days ago

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HTI is seeking an experienced Associate Director of Operational Excellence for a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer. This position will be responsible for driving cost savings and continuous improvement (CI) strategies across the site, fostering a Lean Six Sigma culture, and expanding operational excellence across departments.This position is Direct Hire , M-F 1st shift . The pay range is $150,000 - $160,000 (Up to 15% bonus) depending on experience.

What They Offer:
  • Full benefits package - Medical, Dental, Vision, EAP, 401k Match
  • Generous PTO and paid holidays
  • Opportunity for growth into a site-wide or enterprise-wide leadership role
What You Need:
  • Bachelor's degree required ; Advanced degree (MBA, MS) preferred
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification (preferred)
  • PMP certification preferred
  • Proven track record leading 5+ successful CI projects with documented cost savings
  • Background in GMP environments is a plus
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills
  • Strong project management and cross-functional influence capabilities

What Your Role Will Look Like:
The Associate Director of Operational Excellence will lead Lean initiatives, drive strategic improvements, and foster accountability across the site. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends people management, project execution, and CI opportunity discovery.
  • Lead and manage site-level Lean Six Sigma strategies and CI projects
  • Mentor and coach Green Belts, Black Belts, and other team members
  • Manage a small team, along with supporting supervisors on specific initiatives
  • Conduct behavioral assessments and identify efficiency opportunities on the floor
  • Influence cross-functional teams without direct authority
  • Oversee execution of Rapid Improvement Events and project pipelines
  • Deliver executive-level reports with risk and ROI analysis
  • Help drive a CI culture through training, coaching, and change management
  • Short term: Tackle existing CI opportunities upon start
  • Long term: Expand CI impact across departments and eventually across sites


About HTI
Human Technologies, Inc. (HTI) has been a trusted partner since 1999, collaborating with leading companies to deliver tailored solutions for workforce management, development, and retention. HTI is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/D/F/V/SO.

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Associate Director, Operational Excellence

30279 Social Circle, Georgia BioSpace, Inc.

Posted 13 days ago

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By clicking the "Apply" button, I understand that my employment application process with Takeda will commence and that the information I provide in my application will be processed in line with Takeda's Privacy Notice and Terms of Use . I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge.

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About the role
The Associate Director, Operational Excellence is a key leader in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and deploying Operational Excellence (OE) tools across the site. This role ensures that OE initiatives are strategically aligned with OpU objectives and executed in accordance with global standards. A critical contributor to the site master plan, the Associate Director embeds continuous improvement principles to optimize product flow and maximize value-added activities. They also lead the Operational Excellence program at the Covington facility, coordinating initiatives across workstreams such as Operational Excellence, Lab Excellence, Digital, End-to-End Supply Chain, Site/Network Development, and People, Culture, and Change. Additionally, this role promotes knowledge sharing across the Plasma network by disseminating best practices and adopting proven strategies from other sites.

How you will contribute
  • Lead the Operational Excellence team (formerly known as the Operational Excellence team), driving strategic initiatives across multiple workstreams including Operational Excellence, Lab Excellence, Digital, End-to-End Supply Chain, Site/Network Development, and People, Culture, and Change.
  • Own and manage the Operational Excellence program for the Covington facility, ensuring alignment with site strategy and business objectives.
  • Champion a culture of continuous improvement by leading site-wide problem-solving efforts and developing lean capabilities at the operating team level.
  • Facilitate and execute lean waste reduction initiatives through hands-on engagement with frontline teams.
  • Oversee the nomination, training, mentoring, and certification of Lean and Six Sigma Green Belts and Black Belts, ensuring project alignment with key site priorities.
  • Foster a data-driven culture by leveraging digital platforms to enhance predictability and performance in business processes.
  • Ensure disciplined project execution by applying the DMAIC methodology with rigor and effectiveness, including phase gate reviews and milestone tracking.
  • Set departmental goals and manage performance objectives for the Operational Excellence (OE) team.
  • Deliver DMAIC training and facilitate cross-functional improvement teams.
  • Represent the site by presenting project outcomes at company-wide forums, while effectively managing multiple priorities and initiatives.
What you bring to Takeda
  • Bachelor's degree required, preferably in science, engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years in a management or leadership role.
  • At least 3 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences industry is preferred.
  • Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
  • Strong negotiation, influencing, consulting, and facilitation capabilities.
  • Proven interpersonal and coaching skills; self-motivated with a track record of delivering results.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and process mapping tools; experience with Minitab, cGMP, ISO 9001:2000, and FDA regulations is a plus.
  • Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities with a focus on driving change and aligning teams to a shared vision.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, along with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Strong organizational, project management, and interpersonal skills; knowledge of manufacturing processes, re-engineering strategies, and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Ability to train and collaborate with employees at all levels; flexibility to work extended hours and various shifts as required.
  • Ability to lift, push, pull, and carry up to 25 lbs as needed.
What Takeda can offer you:
  • Comprehensive Healthcare: Medical, Dental, and Vision
  • Financial Planning & Stability: 401(k) with company match and Annual Retirement Contribution Plan
  • Health & Wellness programs including onsite flu shots and health screenings
  • Generous time off for vacation and the option to purchase additional vacation days
  • Community Outreach Programs and company match of charitable contributions
  • Family Planning Support
  • Flexible Work Paths
  • Tuition reimbursement


Important Considerations
At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. In this role, you may:
  • Work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body. This may include additional hearing protection for loud areas.
  • Need to remove all make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish and/or artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment.
  • Work in a cold, wet environment.
  • Work multiple shifts, including weekends, or be asked to work supplemental hours, as necessary.
  • Work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.


More about us:
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

This posting excludes Colorado applicants.

Empowering our people to shine:
Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

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Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:
USA - GA - Social Circle - Hwy 278

U.S. Base Salary Range:
$153,600.00 - $241,340.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-termincentives. U.S.based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S.based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations USA - GA - Social Circle - Hwy 278

Worker Type Employee

Worker Sub-Type Regular

Time Type Full time

Job Exempt
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Associate Director, Operational Excellence

30025 Social Circle, Georgia Takeda Pharmaceuticals

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By clicking the "Apply" button, I understand that my employment application process with Takeda will commence and that the information I provide in my application will be processed in line with Takeda's Privacy Notice and Terms of Use . I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge.
**Job Description**
**About the role**
The Associate Director, Operational Excellence is a key leader in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and deploying Operational Excellence (OE) tools across the site. This role ensures that OE initiatives are strategically aligned with OpU objectives and executed in accordance with global standards. A critical contributor to the site master plan, the Associate Director embeds continuous improvement principles to optimize product flow and maximize value-added activities. They also lead the Operational Excellence program at the Covington facility, coordinating initiatives across workstreams such as Operational Excellence, Lab Excellence, Digital, End-to-End Supply Chain, Site/Network Development, and People, Culture, and Change. Additionally, this role promotes knowledge sharing across the Plasma network by disseminating best practices and adopting proven strategies from other sites.
**How you will contribute**
+ Lead the Operational Excellence team (formerly known as the Operational Excellence team), driving strategic initiatives across multiple workstreams including Operational Excellence, Lab Excellence, Digital, End-to-End Supply Chain, Site/Network Development, and People, Culture, and Change.
+ Own and manage the Operational Excellence program for the Covington facility, ensuring alignment with site strategy and business objectives.
+ Champion a culture of continuous improvement by leading site-wide problem-solving efforts and developing lean capabilities at the operating team level.
+ Facilitate and execute lean waste reduction initiatives through hands-on engagement with frontline teams.
+ Oversee the nomination, training, mentoring, and certification of Lean and Six Sigma Green Belts and Black Belts, ensuring project alignment with key site priorities.
+ Foster a data-driven culture by leveraging digital platforms to enhance predictability and performance in business processes.
+ Ensure disciplined project execution by applying the DMAIC methodology with rigor and effectiveness, including phase gate reviews and milestone tracking.
+ Set departmental goals and manage performance objectives for the Operational Excellence (OE) team.
+ Deliver DMAIC training and facilitate cross-functional improvement teams.
+ Represent the site by presenting project outcomes at company-wide forums, while effectively managing multiple priorities and initiatives.
**What you bring to Takeda**
+ Bachelor's degree required, preferably in science, engineering, or a related technical field.
+ Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years in a management or leadership role.
+ At least 3 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences industry is preferred.
+ Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
+ Strong negotiation, influencing, consulting, and facilitation capabilities.
+ Proven interpersonal and coaching skills; self-motivated with a track record of delivering results.
+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office and process mapping tools; experience with Minitab, cGMP, ISO 9001:2000, and FDA regulations is a plus.
+ Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities with a focus on driving change and aligning teams to a shared vision.
+ Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, along with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
+ Strong organizational, project management, and interpersonal skills; knowledge of manufacturing processes, re-engineering strategies, and continuous improvement methodologies.
+ Ability to train and collaborate with employees at all levels; flexibility to work extended hours and various shifts as required.
+ Ability to lift, push, pull, and carry up to 25 lbs as needed.
**What Takeda can offer you:**
+ Comprehensive Healthcare: Medical, Dental, and Vision
+ Financial Planning & Stability: 401(k) with company match and Annual Retirement Contribution Plan
+ Health & Wellness programs including onsite flu shots and health screenings
+ Generous time off for vacation and the option to purchase additional vacation days
+ Community Outreach Programs and company match of charitable contributions
+ Family Planning Support
+ Flexible Work Paths
+ Tuition reimbursement
**Important Considerations**
At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. In this role, you may:
+ Work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body. This may include additional hearing protection for loud areas.
+ Need to remove all make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish and/or artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment.
+ Work in a cold, wet environment.
+ Work multiple shifts, including weekends, or be asked to work supplemental hours, as necessary.
+ Work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.
**More about us:**
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.
Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.
This posting excludes Colorado applicants.
**Empowering our people to shine:**
_Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law._
#GMSGQ
#LI-FM1
**Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary**
We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.
**For Location:**
USA - GA - Social Circle - Hwy 278
**U.S. Base Salary Range:**
$153,600.00 - $241,340.00
The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.
U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
**EEO Statement**
_Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law._
**Locations**
USA - GA - Social Circle - Hwy 278
**Worker Type**
Employee
**Worker Sub-Type**
Regular
**Time Type**
Full time
**Job Exempt**
Yes
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Director, Operational Excellence, Perioperative

02129 Charlestown, Massachusetts Beth Israel Lahey Health

Posted 16 days ago

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**Job Type:** Regular
**Time Type:** Full time
**Work Shift:** Day (United States of America)
**FLSA Status:** Exempt
**When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.**
Reporting to the Executive Director of the BILH Operations Transformation Team (OTT), the Director is responsible for driving perioperative operational excellence (OE) across the health system. In this role, the Director will provide consultative and advisory services to BILH's system and hospital leaders, including by leading efforts to define best practice, measure performance, and drive sustainable operational improvements in the perioperative environment. Initiatives will focus on such goals as increasing OR throughput and access, reducing supply costs, and improving provider, staff, and patient satisfaction. The Director serves as a subject matter expert in perioperative OE and is responsible for collaborating with system and hospital leadership to define the vision and strategic approach for perioperative optimization.
The Director will play a leadership role across system and hospital perioperative committees and will manage a portfolio of perioperative OE initiatives. The Director will directly manage several project management team members who will support this work, including through facilitation of cross-functional teams. Partnering with local clinical and operations leaders, the Director and OTT team will identify opportunities for improvement and develop comprehensive implementation and performance measurement plans. Under the Director's oversight, the OTT team will provide analytic support to inform decision making, develop tools and metrics for tracking performance, and create materials and processes to enable effective communication, change management, and best practice sharing across entities.
This role is a remote-hybrid position, which the Director is expected to be on-site at least 2 days per week at BILH hospitals for rounding and meeting participation.
**Job Description:**
**Essential Duties & Responsibilities** including but not limited to:
1. Collaborates with system and hospital leadership to develop a BILH-wide vision for operational excellence in the perioperative environment. Partners with clinical and administrative leaders to articulate best practice and develop standard tools, including playbooks and performance dashboards.
2. Partners with system and hospital leaders to identify goals and initiatives in support of this vision. Creates and facilitates a data-driven process to determine allocation of OTT resources in support of these initiatives.
3. Participates in and helps lead system and local perioperative committees. Rounds in the perioperative environment across BILH hospitals. Develops a deep understanding of the BILH perioperative environment and serves as a subject matter expert on perioperative best practice.
4. Leads the implementation of perioperative OE initiatives that require broad organizational support, local hospital engagement, and input from multiple stakeholders. Partners with system and hospital physician, nursing, and administrative leadership to drive sustainable results.
5. Effectively manages initiatives to meet goals within established guidelines and timeframes. Manages scope, using project management / performance improvement best practices, and anticipates opportunities and risks proactively to ensure the OTT and cross-functional teams are meeting key milestones and deliverables.
6. Oversees quantitative analyses to support the identification, implementation and monitoring of perioperative OE initiatives. Partners with Finance and IT on efforts to automate reporting as much as possible and to ensure the reliability and quality of data.
7. Serves as the day-to-day point of contact for perioperative OE efforts for system and hospital leaders, keeping leaders apprised of progress, escalating any risks or concerns. Builds and maintains strong working relationships with colleagues across BILH, including system, hospital, and perioperative leaders.
8. Oversees the work of the OTT's Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Analysts on perioperative projects, including project management and performance evaluation efforts.
9. Serves as manager to several OTT direct reports which may include Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Analysts.
**Minimum Qualifications**
**Education:** Bachelor's degree in nursing, business administration, healthcare management, public health, or related fields required. Master's degree in nursing, business administration, healthcare management, public health, or related fields preferred.
**Licensure, Certification & Registration:** N/A
**Experience:** 10+ years of related work experience in clinical operations, project management, performance/process improvement, and/or consulting. Direct experience leading and implementing perioperative optimization efforts. Clinical experience preferred, but not required.
**Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:**
- Must have solid understanding of perioperative operations so as to be able to engage in discussions with system and local leaders with high degree of independence and serve as subject matter expert and resource to colleagues.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex problems and critically evaluate information from multiple sources; manipulate and present data in a clear manner; synthesize findings from multiple sources into a coherent narrative; develop visually compelling presentations.
- Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.
**As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment. Learn more ( about this requirement.**
**More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.**
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Associate Director., Operational Excellence MPS

19486 West Point, Pennsylvania Merck

Posted 6 days ago

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**Job Description**
**Job Description:**
The West Point, PA site is our Company's largest vaccine manufacturing facility that manufactures bulk and final dosage forms for our vaccine products and is growing to meet future demand. Our company's production system, MPS, is an integrated production system for how we design, manage, and continuously improve our operations and supporting business processes, enabled through the development of our people. The West Point Site MPS Team is responsible for driving MPS throughout the organization to enable change in the operating systems, management systems, and mindsets, behaviors, and capabilities of our people to manufacture product of the highest quality, for the lowest cost, and in the shortest lead time.
Under the direction of the West Point Site MPS Lead, the successful candidate will work with all levels of site leadership through teaching, 1:1 and team coaching and direct on-the-floor support/on the job development.
**West Point** **MPS Associate Director** **, Business Consulting** **Description of** **Responsibilities** **:**
+ Effectively coach and partner with functional leaders, plant manager and the leadership team to develop strategic plans and execute performance improvement activities:
+ Influence and link improvement objectives to the highest division priorities that align with our Company's long-term strategy
+ Provide guidance to frame appropriate business challenges,identifying key business opportunities using data and industry knowledge and trends
+ Able to engage sponsors and clients and manage site-levelinitiatives to drive results and realize intended business benefit:
+ Mentor leaders on effective communication and active listening techniques to fully understand client/customer needs and expectations
+ Manage teams to mitigate risk, allocate resources, and drive on-time completion of initiatives
+ Provide teaching and coaching to effectively transfer Lean skills into the organization for the development of Lean Leadersand fellow MPS team members who promote a culture of continuous improvement and challenge the status quo.
+ Utilize various Lean standards in conjunction with our standardized deployment roadmap to diagnose, analyze and improve business processes:
+ Strong competency in understanding and implementation of a Closed Loop System (Visual Management, Leader Standardized Work, Problem Solving and MPS/TPS Standards)
+ Grasp the current situation through skillful application of value stream mapping, capacity analysis, and people capability analysis
+ Define a future state and create a master plan to achieve it
+ Develop Lean management systems, including visual management,to make problems visible
+ Respond with urgency to effectively break down complex problems, lead root cause analysis, and develop effective countermeasures
+ Lead and coach kaizens with a team to achieve multiple target conditions that enable progresstowards an overall challenge
+ Design balanced work, with smooth flow leading to improved lead time, inventory, quality, and more value-added work for the operator/technician
+ Lead, develop and coach the implementation of level loaded standardized work across the site. Successful candidate should understand the use of supporting tools, such as Task Breakdown Sheets, Production Capacity sheets and Standardized Work Charts and Combination Tables.
**Qualifications:**
**Required Experience and Skills:**
+ Bachelor's Degree in related field with 5+ years of Lean application experience with evidence of progression in understanding and successful application of TPS:
+ Experience analyzing complex end-to-end supply chains and driving process improvement for a complete system in an integrated approach
+ Hands-on application of Lean tools: Hoshin Kanri, A3 development, management system development, scientific problem solving, leader standardized work, standardized work, process mapping, value stream mapping, capacity analysis, mistake proofing, SMED, and 5S/visual management
+ Proven experience in applying consultative skills (coaching, teaching) to drive a High Performance Organization to think, behave and apply lean methods and tools.
+ Ability to interact with and coach all levels of the business (senior leaders to shop floor working teams)
+ Experience with facilitating and leading teams
+ Experience in teaching lean tools, methods, and concepts
+ Ability toleverage diverse perspectives and talentsto achieve business outcomes.
+ Ability to influence decision making
+ Project management skills (demonstrated experience in managing large teams)
+ Solid business acumen
+ Proven team building skills
+ Excellent listening skills
+ Results oriented
+ Proficiency in using IT applications to organize, analyze, & present information (e.g.MS-Excel, PowerPoint, Minitab, MS-Teams, Power BI)
**Preferred Experience and Skills:**
+ Experience in operations management, manufacturing, or related disciplines
+ Experience in a Vaccines or Sterile pharmaceutical environment
As a company, we are committed to "Inventing for Life" in all that we do. We keep the patient at the very heart of all that we do and strive to find solutions and treatments for some of the world's most challenging healthcare needs.
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.
Current Employees apply HERE ( Contingent Workers apply HERE ( and Puerto Rico Residents Only:**
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here ( if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively.
Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts ( Hybrid Work Model**
Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as "remote".
The salary range for this role is
$126,500.00 - $199,100.00
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at .
You can apply for this role through (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
**San Francisco Residents Only:** We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
**Los Angeles Residents Only:** We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
**Employee Status:**
Regular
**Relocation:**
Domestic
**VISA Sponsorship:**
No
**Travel Requirements:**
10%
**Flexible Work Arrangements:**
Not Applicable
**Shift:**
Not Indicated
**Valid Driving License:**
No
**Hazardous Material(s):**
n/a
**Required Skills:**
Active Listening, Business Opportunities, Business Process Analysis, Business Processes, Business Process Modeling, Lean Management, Lean Process Improvements, Management Process, Operations Management, Performance Improvement Plans, Project Management, Social Collaboration, Strategic Planning
**Preferred Skills:**
Continuous Improvement
**Job Posting End Date:**
09/1/2025
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**Requisition ID:** R358318
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Director, Operational Excellence, Emergency Services

02129 Charlestown, Massachusetts Beth Israel Lahey Health

Posted 16 days ago

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**Job Type:** Regular
**Time Type:** Full time
**Work Shift:** Day (United States of America)
**FLSA Status:** Exempt
**When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.**
Reporting to the Executive Director of the BILH Operations Transformation Team (OTT), the Director is responsible for driving emergency services operational excellence (OE) across the health system. In this role, the Director will provide insights and expertise to BILH's system and hospital leaders, including by leading efforts to identify areas of opportunity to implement best practices and drive sustainable operational improvements in the emergency services environment, leveraging our electronic medical record data to gain insights and measure performance. Initiatives will focus on such goals as increasing emergency services throughput and access, reducing supply costs, and improving provider, staff, and patient satisfaction. The Director serves as a subject matter expert in emergency services OE and is responsible for collaborating with system and hospital leadership to define the vision and strategic approach for emergency services optimization.
The Director will play a leadership role across system and hospital emergency services committees and will manage a portfolio of emergency services OE initiatives. The Director will directly manage project management team members who will support this work, including through facilitation of cross-functional teams. Partnering with local clinical and operations leaders, the Director will identify opportunities for improvement and develop comprehensive implementation and performance measurement plans. The Director will be responsible for providing analytic support to inform decision making, develop tools and metrics for tracking performance, and create materials and processes to enable effective communication, change management, and best practice sharing across entities.
This role is a remote-hybrid position, with the Director expected to be on-site at any and all BILH hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and system offices for rounding and meeting participation.
**Job Description:**
**Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:**
+ Collaborates with system and hospital leadership to develop a BILH-wide vision for operational excellence in the emergency services environment. Partners with clinical and administrative leaders to articulate best practice and develop standard tools, including playbooks and performance dashboards.
+ Partners with system and hospital leaders to identify goals and initiatives in support of this vision. Creates and facilitates a data-driven process to determine allocation of OTT resources in support of these initiatives.
+ Participates in and helps lead system and local emergency services committees. Rounds in the emergency services environment across BILH hospitals. Develops a deep understanding of the BILH emergency services environment and serves as a subject matter expert on emergency services best practice.
+ Leads the implementation of emergency services OE initiatives that require broad organizational support, local hospital engagement, and input from multiple stakeholders. Partners with system and hospital physician, nursing, and administrative leadership to drive sustainable results.
+ Effectively manages initiatives to meet goals within established guidelines and timeframes. Manages scope, using project management / performance improvement best practices, and anticipates opportunities and risks proactively to ensure the OTT and cross-functional teams are meeting key milestones and deliverables.
+ Oversees quantitative analyses to support the identification, implementation and monitoring of emergency services OE initiatives. Partners with Finance and IT on efforts to automate reporting as much as possible and to ensure the reliability and quality of data.
+ Serves as the day-to-day point of contact for emergency services OE efforts for system and hospital leaders, keeping leaders apprised of progress, escalating any risks or concerns. Builds and maintains strong working relationships with colleagues across BILH, including system, hospital, and emergency services leaders.
+ Oversees the work of project managers on emergency services projects, including project management and performance evaluation efforts.
+ Serves as manager to direct reports, which may include Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Analysts.
**Minimum Qualifications**
**Education:** Bachelor's degree in nursing, business administration, healthcare management, public health, or related fields required. Master's degree in nursing, business administration, healthcare management, public health, or related fields preferred.
**Licensure, Certification & Registration:** N/A
**Experience:** 10+ years of related work experience in clinical operations, project management, performance/process improvement, and/or consulting. Direct experience leading and implementing emergency services optimization efforts. Clinical experience preferred, but not required.
**Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:**
+ Must have solid understanding of emergency services operations to engage in discussions with system and local leaders with high degree of independence and serve as subject matter expert and resource to colleagues.
+ Extensive experience in EPIC Analytics solutions with the ability to create, run, and leverage reports to drive emergency services operational excellence.
+ Demonstrated ability to analyze complex problems and critically evaluate information from multiple sources; manipulate and present data in a clear manner; synthesize findings from multiple sources into a coherent narrative; develop visually compelling presentations.
+ Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.
**As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment. Learn more ( about this requirement.**
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02298 Boston, Massachusetts Beth Israel Lahey Health

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Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, youre making a difference in peoples lives.

Reporting to the Executive Director of the BILH Operations Transformation Team (OTT), the Director is responsible for driving perioperative operational excellence (OE) across the health system. In this role, the Director will provide consultative and advisory services to BILH's system and hospital leaders, including by leading efforts to define best practice, measure performance, and drive sustainable operational improvements in the perioperative environment. Initiatives will focus on such goals as increasing OR throughput and access, reducing supply costs, and improving provider, staff, and patient satisfaction. The Director serves as a subject matter expert in perioperative OE and is responsible for collaborating with system and hospital leadership to define the vision and strategic approach for perioperative optimization.

The Director will play a leadership role across system and hospital perioperative committees and will manage a portfolio of perioperative OE initiatives. The Director will directly manage several project management team members who will support this work, including through facilitation of cross-functional teams. Partnering with local clinical and operations leaders, the Director and OTT team will identify opportunities for improvement and develop comprehensive implementation and performance measurement plans. Under the Directors oversight, the OTT team will provide analytic support to inform decision making, develop tools and metrics for tracking performance, and create materials and processes to enable effective communication, change management, and best practice sharing across entities.

This role is a remote-hybrid position, which the Director is expected to be on-site at least 2 days per week at BILH hospitals for rounding and meeting participation.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

  • Collaborates with system and hospital leadership to develop a BILH-wide vision for operational excellence in the perioperative environment. Partners with clinical and administrative leaders to articulate best practice and develop standard tools, including playbooks and performance dashboards.
  • Partners with system and hospital leaders to identify goals and initiatives in support of this vision. Creates and facilitates a data-driven process to determine allocation of OTT resources in support of these initiatives.
  • Participates in and helps lead system and local perioperative committees. Rounds in the perioperative environment across BILH hospitals. Develops a deep understanding of the BILH perioperative environment and serves as a subject matter expert on perioperative best practice.
  • Leads the implementation of perioperative OE initiatives that require broad organizational support, local hospital engagement, and input from multiple stakeholders. Partners with system and hospital physician, nursing, and administrative leadership to drive sustainable results.
  • Effectively manages initiatives to meet goals within established guidelines and timeframes. Manages scope, using project management / performance improvement best practices, and anticipates opportunities and risks proactively to ensure the OTT and cross-functional teams are meeting key milestones and deliverables.
  • Oversees quantitative analyses to support the identification, implementation and monitoring of perioperative OE initiatives. Partners with Finance and IT on efforts to automate reporting as much as possible and to ensure the reliability and quality of data.
  • Serves as the day-to-day point of contact for perioperative OE efforts for system and hospital leaders, keeping leaders apprised of progress, escalating any risks or concerns. Builds and maintains strong working relationships with colleagues across BILH, including system, hospital, and perioperative leaders.
  • Oversees the work of the OTTs Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Analysts on perioperative projects, including project management and performance evaluation efforts.
  • Serves as manager to several OTT direct reports which may include Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Analysts.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelors degree in nursing, business administration, healthcare management, public health, or related fields required. Masters degree in nursing, business administration, healthcare management, public health, or related fields preferred.

Licensure, Certification & Registration: N/A

Experience: 10+ years of related work experience in clinical operations, project management, performance/process improvement, and/or consulting. Direct experience leading and implementing perioperative optimization efforts. Clinical experience preferred, but not required.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

  • Must have solid understanding of perioperative operations so as to be able to engage in discussions with system and local leaders with high degree of independence and serve as subject matter expert and resource to colleagues.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze complex problems and critically evaluate information from multiple sources; manipulate and present data in a clear manner; synthesize findings from multiple sources into a coherent narrative; develop visually compelling presentations.
  • Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

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Beam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to establishing the leading, fully integrated platform for precision genetic medicines. To achieve this vision, Beam has assembled a platform that includes a suite of gene editing and delivery technologies and is in the process of building internal manufacturing capabilities. Beam's suite of gene editing technologies is anchored by base editing, a proprietary technology that is designed to enable precise, predictable and efficient single base changes, at targeted genomic sequences, without making double-stranded breaks in the DNA. This has the potential to enable a wide range of potential therapeutic editing strategies that Beam is using to advance a diversified portfolio of base editing programs. Beam is a values-driven organization committed to its people, cutting-edge science, and a vision of providing life-long cures to patients suffering from serious diseases.

Position Summary:

The Associate Director of Operational Excellence is responsible for focusing on optimizing and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical trial operations. The role involves leading and implementing strategies for continuous improvement, ensuring compliance with regulations, and leveraging data analytics to enhance study execution. This role will focus on process, inspection readiness and clinical operations capability builds.

Responsibilities:
  • Strong understanding of clinical trial processes, regulations and best practices
  • Deliver measurable results by analyzing data and identifying trends, patterns and areas for improvement
  • Identify areas for improvement in clinical trial processes, develop and implement new strategies, and ensure adherence to best practices to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness
  • Oversee the quality control of clinical trials, ensuring adherence to GCP and other regulations in support of inspection readiness activities
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Regulatory, Quality, and IT as the Clinical Operations Subject Matter Expert to update processes and support clinical operation capability builds
  • Oversight of study level and department level training matrices
  • Have the skillset and experience to lead and manage cross-functional teams to implement operational excellence initiatives that align with corporate goals/objectives
  • Lead and mentor teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development
  • Assist teams with Veeva platform systems such as Trial Master File, Study Learning and Quality Management.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field with 8+ years experience in the biotech and/or pharmaceutical industries in the clinical trial and/or GCP quality space
  • Required skills:
    • Leadership
    • Analytical
    • Problem-solving
    • Project management
  • Thorough understanding of GCP/ICH Guidelines, as well as strong understanding of cross-functional clinical processes
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02298 Boston, Massachusetts Beth Israel Lahey Health

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Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, youre making a difference in peoples lives.

Reporting to the Executive Director of the BILH Operations Transformation Team (OTT), the Director is responsible for driving emergency services operational excellence (OE) across the health system. In this role, the Director will provide insights and expertise to BILH's system and hospital leaders, including by leading efforts to identify areas of opportunity to implement best practices and drive sustainable operational improvements in the emergency services environment, leveraging our electronic medical record data to gain insights and measure performance. Initiatives will focus on such goals as increasing emergency services throughput and access, reducing supply costs, and improving provider, staff, and patient satisfaction. The Director serves as a subject matter expert in emergency services OE and is responsible for collaborating with system and hospital leadership to define the vision and strategic approach for emergency services optimization.

The Director will play a leadership role across system and hospital emergency services committees and will manage a portfolio of emergency services OE initiatives. The Director will directly manage project management team members who will support this work, including through facilitation of cross-functional teams. Partnering with local clinical and operations leaders, the Director will identify opportunities for improvement and develop comprehensive implementation and performance measurement plans. The Director will be responsible for providing analytic support to inform decision making, develop tools and metrics for tracking performance, and create materials and processes to enable effective communication, change management, and best practice sharing across entities.

This role is a remote-hybrid position, with the Director expected to be on-site at any and all BILH hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and system offices for rounding and meeting participation.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

  • Collaborates with system and hospital leadership to develop a BILH-wide vision for operational excellence in the emergency services environment. Partners with clinical and administrative leaders to articulate best practice and develop standard tools, including playbooks and performance dashboards.
  • Partners with system and hospital leaders to identify goals and initiatives in support of this vision. Creates and facilitates a data-driven process to determine allocation of OTT resources in support of these initiatives.
  • Participates in and helps lead system and local emergency services committees. Rounds in the emergency services environment across BILH hospitals. Develops a deep understanding of the BILH emergency services environment and serves as a subject matter expert on emergency services best practice.
  • Leads the implementation of emergency services OE initiatives that require broad organizational support, local hospital engagement, and input from multiple stakeholders. Partners with system and hospital physician, nursing, and administrative leadership to drive sustainable results.
  • Effectively manages initiatives to meet goals within established guidelines and timeframes. Manages scope, using project management / performance improvement best practices, and anticipates opportunities and risks proactively to ensure the OTT and cross-functional teams are meeting key milestones and deliverables.
  • Oversees quantitative analyses to support the identification, implementation and monitoring of emergency services OE initiatives. Partners with Finance and IT on efforts to automate reporting as much as possible and to ensure the reliability and quality of data.
  • Serves as the day-to-day point of contact for emergency services OE efforts for system and hospital leaders, keeping leaders apprised of progress, escalating any risks or concerns. Builds and maintains strong working relationships with colleagues across BILH, including system, hospital, and emergency services leaders.
  • Oversees the work of project managers on emergency services projects, including project management and performance evaluation efforts.
  • Serves as manager to direct reports, which may include Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Analysts.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelors degree in nursing, business administration, healthcare management, public health, or related fields required. Masters degree in nursing, business administration, healthcare management, public health, or related fields preferred.

Licensure, Certification & Registration: N/A

Experience: 10+ years of related work experience in clinical operations, project management, performance/process improvement, and/or consulting. Direct experience leading and implementing emergency services optimization efforts. Clinical experience preferred, but not required.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

  • Must have solid understanding of emergency services operations to engage in discussions with system and local leaders with high degree of independence and serve as subject matter expert and resource to colleagues.
  • Extensive experience in EPIC Analytics solutions with the ability to create, run, and leverage reports to drive emergency services operational excellence.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze complex problems and critically evaluate information from multiple sources; manipulate and present data in a clear manner; synthesize findings from multiple sources into a coherent narrative; develop visually compelling presentations.
  • Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

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Associate Director - Operational Excellence & Capacity Modeling - NALO

46768 Plainfield, Indiana Eli Lilly

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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.

Organization Overview

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Responsibilities

Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE):

  • Promote a culture of safety and interdependence across all operations.
  • Investigate incidents and implement corrective safety measures.
Quality & Regulatory Compliance:
  • Ensure all SOPs align with cGMPs, Global Quality Standards, and local procedures.
  • Lead investigations (TrackWise), implement CAPAs, and ensure data integrity.
Operational Excellence:
  • Develop and execute Operational Excellence roadmaps and strategies.
  • Lead cross-functional process improvement projects using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
  • Implement KPIs, monitor performance, and manage change initiatives.
  • Lead a team of specialists and drive stakeholder engagement.
Lean Manufacturing:
  • Identify and eliminate waste through Lean tools (5S, Kaizen, Standard Work, etc.).
  • Lead time studies, process mapping, and visual management initiatives.
  • Facilitate Lean training and mentor teams on continuous improvement.
Operations & Capacity Modeling:
  • Lead initiatives focused on process flow, resource utilization, and capacity planning (people, space, equipment).
  • Develop and manage warehouse productivity KPIs.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams (Customer Service, LVA, ) to ensure operational alignment with customer demand and SAP enhancements.
Financial & Productivity:
  • Develop business cases for operational initiatives.
  • Validate post-project productivity and cost savings.
People Development:
  • Support performance management, talent pipeline development, and intern/SCALE programs.
Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, or a technical field (or 10+ years of related experience).
  • 5+ years of people leadership experience , preferably in operations or pharma distribution.
Additional Skills/ Preferences
  • Strong knowledge of cGMPs , problem-solving, communication, and influencing skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI) and SAP .
  • Strong background in Lean Manufacturing, Root Cause Analysis, CAPA , and Continuous Improvement .
  • Business case creation and financial analysis capability.
Additional Information
  • Off-hours decision-making support required (company-issued cell phone provided).
  • Occasional travel to Enfield, CT (5-15%) .

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women's Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
$122,250 - $179,300

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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