Site Business Process Owner – Digital Manufacturing

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Job Description:

Your day-to-day will include:

- Accountable for the successful adoption of Tulip electronic batch records (eBR) and digital shop floor processes at the site.
- Act as a critical bridge between Operations, Quality, IT, and the Global eBR Product Team, ensuring that site manufacturing processes are correctly translated into standardized, compliant, and operator-friendly Tulip applications that align with our global templates and quality expectations.
- Own and standardize key manufacturing processes (e.g., Packaging, Weight & Dispensing, Logbooks), ensuring they are clearly defined, documented, and aligned with global standards before digitization.
- Partner with global and site teams to lead the design and deployment of Tulip eBR applications, translating SOPs and batch records into intuitive, operator-friendly digital workflows.
- Collaborate with Quality Assurance to ensure all digital processes and Tulip applications meet GxP requirements, support validation activities, and maintain data integrity for audit readiness.
- Drive site-level change management and user adoption by championing digital manufacturing, training operators and supervisors, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Lead issue resolution for eBR execution and workflow challenges, monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify and prioritize opportunities for process improvement.
- Apply knowledge of Pharmaceutical Sciences programs to industrial manufacturing processes, including drug manufacturing, quality control, packaging, and regulatory requirements.

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

- Requirement – Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, a related field, or a foreign equivalent plus 3 years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or any related roles.
- Relevant experience – Applicants must possess at least 3 years of experience in the following: (1) pharmaceutical manufacturing operations and quality assurance; (2) managing SOPs, batch records, and deviations in a GMP environment; (3) GMP processes combined with process mapping; (4) Process Mapping and Optimization using value streaming mapping for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Tulip apps; (5) Data modeling and Governance including structuring Tables (materials, batches, equipment), relationships between datasets, data integrity and versioning for traceability and compliance; (6) Shop Floor integration manufacturing process flow and defining critical parameters; (7) validation lifecycle (IQ/OQ/PQ), audit trails and electronic records as well as alignment with USDA and GMP regulations; (8) Change Management & Adoption; (9) KPI definition & Performance tracking including defining and monitoring OEE, Cycle times, Right the first time, scrap/rework rates, and inventory losses.
- 10-20% domestic and international travel to facilitate and manage Manufacturing Execution System adoption.
- Must live within a commutable distance to the assigned Elanco Office location to meet 30 days per quarter work from office requirement.

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