Lilly Posted June 29, 2026

Sr Manager - Site Operational Excellence Business Partner

Suzhou, Shanghai, China FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

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.

工厂运营卓越业务伙伴在运营卓越(OPEX)和生产力提升方面发挥领导作用,结合对制药制造流程的理解与精益管理原则和工具,推动持续改进。

该角色负责主导或指导基于事件和流程的改善活动,包括但不限于:A3 报告, Kaizen 快速改善活动, 项目管理, 领导标准工作(LSW), 标准作业(SW), 可视化管理(Visual Management),日常运营管理(Daily management)等。运营卓越伙伴将与苏州工厂各级组织密切协作,领导或支持改善活动,助力工厂实现业务目标。

Site OPEX Partner provides leadership in OPEX and productivity efforts by combining knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing with Lean principles and tools. OPEX partner lead or coach both event-based and process based improvement including A3, Kaizen, projects, LSW, SW, Visual Management and daily management etc. This role is to partner with all organizational levels across Suzhou Site to lead or support improvement activities to help site achieve business goals.

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.

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Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Suzhou, Shanghai, China
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 652 comparable Manager Manufacturing & CMC roles across 86 biopharma companies.

652Comparable roles tracked
589Currently active
86Companies hiring similar roles
41Countries represented

Salary context

200 of 652 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Warehouse Associate I (M-F 11am-7:30pm) · AbbVie $16/hr – $29/hr (≈ $33,280–$60,320/yr)
Highest disclosed · Regional Manager - Megasys · Merck KGaA $220,000/yr – $250,000/yr
Peer group range $46,800 – $235,000 (median $156,695)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 652 comparable roles

United States371
India57
Ireland22
Japan21
United Kingdom20
Netherlands20

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Seniority mix

652 of 652 peers have a known seniority level

Manager373
Associate165
Associate Director114

Therapeutic area mix

9 of 652 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Vaccines & Infectious Disease5
Rare Disease3
Immunology1

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How we calculate "similar"

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