Advisor - Project Controls, Global Facilities Delivery

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work, but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

About the Katwijk Site

This position starts with a 12-month contract, with the intention of offering a permanent contract based on mutual fit. (Dienstverband: tijdelijk met uitzicht op vast)

Eli Lilly is investing €2.6 billion in a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Katwijk, Netherlands. This facility will produce oral medicines for cardiometabolic health, neuroscience, oncology, and immunology, incorporating next-generation manufacturing technologies including dock-to-dock automation, paperless manufacturing, and process analytical technology while achieving carbon neutrality and zero waste to landfills.

Join our Lilly team in Katwijk and start as soon as possible as:

Advisor - Project Controls, Global Facilities Delivery (m/w/d)

What tasks await you?

The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization, part of Corporate Engineering, delivers new and renovated capital assets around the world.  Our mission is accomplished through a highly leveraged organization of design, construction and qualification contractors.

Many of the assets delivered focus on manufacturing of medical innovations and delivering innovative solutions to patients.  Some of the assets delivered support an expansion in supply of existing medicines.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

Project Control Management:

Lead and manage project controls teams to deliver large capital programs of at least $500MM USD or more that are business-critical in nature. These teams will consist of both Lilly and Non-Lilly professionals, working to safely achieve project objectives from front-end planning (conceptual design) in a Brownfield or Greenfield site through operational qualification (cradle to grave). Project objectives are defined as delivering asset capability or capacity with safety, cost, schedule, and quality assurance.

Serve as the independent lead for project controls to ensure compliance with standard processes, driving consistency.

Manage and direct all aspects of project control on major capital projects including, establishing cost, schedule and resource plan baselines, managing resources, influencing good contract strategy, establishing change control and risk management, monitoring actual costs, auditing pay applications, contracts management, forecast and cashflows.

Establish, train and lead project control teams to deliver business objectives.

Ensure proper application of Lilly finance policies on capital projects.

Project Size: Previous experience on projects or multiple projects of at least $500m.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelors Degree in Engineering/Science or related to project management.

Minimum 10+ years of experience in project controls on major industrial or manufacturing projects.

Please note, it is a requirement for this position that you are flexible to travel within Europe as part of your role for long term assignments

Additional Preferences:

Professional certification from a project control body such as RICS, AACE, or PMI.

Proficiency with project management systems, specifically SAP, Oracle Unifier, Primavera P6, Deltec Acumen Fuse, @Risk, etc. ).

Advanced understanding in financial concepts and estimating, cost management theory, project change and risk management, project planning and scheduling, and work and cost breakdown structures.

Capacity to lead through influence to achieve results

Ability to lead others through coaching

Capacity to think strategically, taking a long view at how to achieve objectives.

Effective communication skills, both written and verbal

Self-disciplined, motivated, and able to work with limited supervision.

Excellent problem-solving skills and innovative thinking

Interpersonal Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills for internal and external customers, business partners, and leadership

Ability to manage competing priorities, and drive results in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Ability to collaborate with others.

Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and organisational skills.

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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 ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) 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 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.

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

86.250 EUR - 126.500 EUR

Full-time equivalent employees may also 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 pension plan; vacation benefits; eligibility for healthcare benefits; flexible benefits (if applicable) 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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