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Richmond, Illinois, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Managing a team of six responsible for driving lead generation and bookings via traditional and digital marketing campaigns for Genomics and Liquid Handling portfolio
• Leading global company initiative to drive sustainable growth by enhancing customer experience
• Spearheaded global marketing launch efforts for new product introduction of CytoFLEX SRT (benchtop cell sorter)

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Elected: Section President
• Selected: Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund Fellow (student-run venture capital fund), Center for Positive Organizations +LAB Fellow
• Chosen: Forte Fellow Scholarship Recipient, Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Member
• Member: Michigan Business Women, General Management Club, Maize & Brew

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Sourced deal flow of early-stage startups in healthcare, tech, and clean tech
• Conducted due diligence on consumer-facing startup, with focus on market and competitor analysis and internal operations work streams

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Evaluated effectiveness and sustainability of inventory management strategies for four sites and over $15M in finished goods inventory
• Standardized sell-down process within Materials & Planning organization for excess finished goods inventory

• Analyzed the Emergency Department visits to out-of-network hospitals among a patient population of 760K members
• Developed a multiprong approach to increase adoption of Urgent Care, including marketing tactics and case management

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Creating a strategy and implementation plan to optimize, digitize, and globalize the operations of a 15-person US-based HR Shared Services call center to drive greater efficiency and increased customer satisfaction
• Leveraged customer insights to identify deficits in the usability of HR Shared Services call center’s phone tree, implementing improvements that reduced redundant call volume by 60% within the first two weeks of usage
• Advocated for recruiting improvements to increase the equity of outcomes across diverse groups by applying external research to internal processes, resulted in election to Steering Committee of Women in Leadership at.
• Selected as primary speaker for two Lilly HR forums of over 100 attendees each to help audience members build skills in persuasive presentations and external benchmarking; received four requests for additional sessions

Indianapolis, Indiana

• Provided people insights through organizational data visualizations using Tableau to leadership teams and over 20 direct business partners, who support organizations of 11,000+ employees
• Selected by peers to serve as Chair for the Millennial Think Tank, a project with four project teams with executive sponsorship, whose work streams have increased capacity in new mother facilities by 30%, raised social.
• Selected by leadership to serve as Point Captain for Notre Dame campus recruiting, including strategy and implementation of Lilly efforts at campus fairs, interview sessions, and brand-building events
• Surpassed customer expectations by providing process recommendations and talent insights beyond requested data analysis; ultimately resulted in presentation to Manufacturing’s executive team and gained support to.
• Addressed issue in internal posting process that previously caused eight man-hours of rework per instance by leading Six Sigma project; implemented solution in record time at no cost and reduced occurrences by 80%
• Acted upon customer needs by introducing new category within enterprise-wide HR data system, allowing for specialized analyses of the Market Access organization with reduced preparation time and increased accuracy.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Coordinated team efforts to successfully implement a reorganization spanning a group of 4,000 employees, including multiple process improvements, organizational design changes, staffing committee updates, and internal.
• Strengthened innovation awards program through process enhancements focused on local Champions, a solution that increased nominations by over 30% and increased representation of diverse employees
• Led the creation of an e-book for innovation awards program, requiring coordination with 15 affiliate partners and multiple vendors
• Coordinated year-end compensation efforts across the team, including analysis of supervisor decisions and progress reports to executive leadership
• Exceeded expectations for campus recruiting responsibilities by proactively implementing a pre-night presentation event for Notre Dame interviews
• Selected to participate in 90-day project commissioned by HR senior leadership, the youngest member among a group of twelve cross-functional, high-performing employees

• Created a pilot-ready on-boarding program for Lilly’s drug development organization, using methods that were new to the organization and cost-efficient; additional departments plan to use this model for on-boarding
• Completed project on an independent basis, including setting deadlines, gathering data, and following leads
• Ascertained both the voice of the customer and senior leaders through interviews to provide a solution tailored to each group’s needs and desired outcomes
• Developed in-depth knowledge of milestones and processes involved in pharmaceutical drug development

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Honors Anthropology, Business Economics

Cefr B2.1 - Mention Bien, Langue Et Culture Françaises

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