Administrative Assistant - Lilly Medicine Foundry

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.

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first‑ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled professional to provide critical administrative support to multiple business partners in a dynamic team environment. The position has a primary focus in one or more assigned business areas but must coordinate and operate cohesively with colleagues at various levels across all business units. This position requires coordination with business unit colleagues, the administrative assistant community, internal/external business partners and/or vendors.

This position requires an exceptional team player who is proactive, organized, detail‑oriented with a strong sense of urgency to complete tasks and the ability to navigate and solve a variety of challenges.

Meeting Coordination

• Proactively maintain daily calendars for multiple business partners; initiate contact and establish good working relationships with others outside of the work group to maximize schedule coordination.
• Manage large‑scale, complex meetings at various locations; assist with planning logistics including: calendaring, identifying/scheduling conference rooms, setting up equipment, ordering materials and/or catering as needed.

• Coordinate and arrange travel, including more complex travel (e.g., international, multi‑city travel) for business partners including (but not limited to) air, hotel, and rental car.
• Manage business partners’ passport and visa for international travel.
• Process complex expense reports (i.e., multi‑currency) including reconciliation of corporate and personal credit accounts used for business purposes in a timely and accurate manner.

• Adapt quickly to change guidance and tools for streamlining administrative work and business partner alignments as needed.
• Provide direction and guidance to non‑supported business partners so they can perform administrative tasks on their own (e.g., calendaring, travel, expense reporting, etc.).
• Attend various business meetings as needed to understand the business area and priorities.
• Create and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations as needed.
• Create and maintain group lists, distribution lists, spreadsheets, databases, and collaboration sites.
• Assist with administrative tasks for site recruiting as requested by business partners and recruiting.
• Assist with administrative tasks in pre‑boarding and onboarding of new employees to the area as requested by business partners and recruiting.
• Identify innovative techniques to increase productivity across the team.
• Serve as a backup for other administrative assistants in order to meet workload deadlines or during absences from the office.
• Handle additional administrative support or special projects as assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum of three years of experience in a professional work environment or in administrative/office management/coordinator position.
• Proficiency with SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams required
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status…