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