Associate - Purchasing Analyst

Job Details
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.
Position Description:
At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose - discovering, developing, and delivering medicines that help people live longer, healthier, and more active lives. As a critical member of our Supply Chain team, the Purchasing Analyst will support strategic and data-informed purchasing decisions to ensure optimal inventory management, warehouse space utilization, and alignment with production plans. This role complements the Purchasing team by providing the analytical backbone that enables smarter, faster, and more cost-effective procurement choices.
Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Develop and maintain purchasing dashboards, KPIs, and analytics to provide actionable insights to Purchasing team and Supply Chain leadership.
• Analyze trends in purchase order activity, vendor performance, inventory levels, lead times, warehouse capacity, and production schedules to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with Production Planning, Scheduling, and Engineering teams to align procurement activity with short-term and long-term production demand.
• Support the optimization of MRP parameters (safety stock, lot sizes, reorder points) through data modeling and historical usage analysis.
• Create forecasting models for indirect and GMP materials to reduce overstock, minimize stockouts, and improve purchase timing.
• Conduct root cause analysis on supply disruptions or excess inventory events and recommend process improvements.
• Collaborate with Warehousing to evaluate inventory turns and inventory accuracy.
• Develop standard reports and ad hoc analyses for use in purchasing reviews, audits, and business case development.
• Use tools such as SAP, Ariba, and Microsoft Excel/Power BI to build and automate reports and models.
• Assist in material segmentation and classification to prioritize purchasing efforts and storage strategy.
• Identify opportunities to better utilize warehouse space by improving purchasing cycles and material flow patterns.
• Partner with Procurement, Quality, and TS/MS to assess risk and continuity strategies based on material usage and supply criticality.
• Support creation and maintenance of material master data, MRP parameters, reorder points, safety stocks, lead times, and lot sizes etc.
• Forecast and manage material expirations and revisions to prevent production schedule disruptions and minimize destructions and obsolescence.
• Run reports on a timely basis including Open Order Reports and purchasing metrics, including On-time deliveries, On-time PO release, Past due POs, and On-time Incoming inspection.
• Work with Supply Chain team to streamline processes and implement quality improvements.
• Perform evaluations of materials for slow-moving/obsolete inventory and obsolete inventory for destruction
• Support the start-up of the Lilly site, partnering with quality, planning, and procurement to purchase GMP and Non GMP indirect materials required for both start-up activities and routine operations.
• Maintain communication with all operations areas regarding all issues and concerns.
• Monitor inventory levels for non-ERP materials and place orders as needed.
• Drive/assist with materials management activities for Manufacturing, QC, etc.

Requirements (Education, Experience, Training):

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business Analytics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or related field is preferred. Experience in lieu of a degree may be considered.
• 3+ years of experience in purchasing analytics, supply chain planning, or materials management in a manufacturing or regulated environment.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP strongly preferred) and data tools such as Excel, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Strong data analysis and modeling skills; ability to synthesize complex data sets into actionable insights.
• Solid understanding of inventory management principles, production planning, and procurement processes.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to influence without authority and work cross-functionally.
• Detail-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines.

Preferred attributes but not required:

• Experience in manufacturing, procurement, or supply chain preferably a GMP environment
• Knowledge of Indirect and/or MRO materials
• Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology or other regulated environment experience.
• Ability to work independently with little day-to-day direction.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills up, down and across the organization
• Advanced Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, macros) or data visualization skills (Power BI, Tableau).
• Familiarity with Lean Six Sigma or similar process improvement methodologies.
• Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment, working safely and accountable for supporting all HSE objectives.
• Occasionally need to provide support outside core working hours to assist with operational issues.

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
$57,750 - $129,800
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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Science has been our calling from the beginning. Colonel Eli Lilly founded the company in 1876 and charged employees to "take what you find here and make it better and better." More than 147 years later, we remain committed to his vision through every aspect of our business and the people we serve, starting with discovering the best treatments for those who take our medicines and extending to health care professionals, employees and the communities in which we live. Moreover, you can also count on the team at Lilly to be incredibly civic-minded, supporting our communities through philanthropy, volunteerism, and a creative and innovative can-do spirit.
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Location 893 S Delaware St
Indianapolis
Indiana
46285
United States
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