Elanco

Elanco is a leader in farm animal and pet health solutions, treating and preventing disease with over 200 brands in more than 90 countries. We rigorously innovate to improve the health of animals, benefit our customers, support our causes and strengthen our communities following our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life.

There are three main reasons to join Elanco.

Purpose. Bring your why to life.
People. Our diverse and inclusive culture.
Potential. Make a difference.

Making Life Better For Animals, Makes Life Better - this is the fundamental belief uniting all global Elanco employees. We believe healthier animals are central to address global issues like food security and nutrition, mental health and social isolation, and environmental sustainability.

Through our Elanco Healthy Purpose™ framework of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments, we focus on delivering sustainable solutions to advance the well-being of animals, people and the planet. Our sustainable changes to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Pet Pledge: We will improve the world's well-being by helping at least 100 million more healthy pets help people.
Planet Pledge: We will remove 21 million tons of emissions from our customers’ farms while reducing our own impact on the planet.
Protein Pledge: We will create more resilient food systems by enabling 57 million more people to have access to nutritious protein.

This Elanco Health Purpose™ program also enables our employees to take 24 hours paid time off to make an impact as a volunteer and to give back to their local communities around the world. Highlight of the year is Elanco's annual volunteer day: Global Day of Purpose.

Since 2014, Elanco employees have volunteered more than 100,000 hours to 950 cause-related projects and disaster relief.

We value, respect and celebrate diversity within our global workforce by encouraging employees to bring their whole self to work.

Elanco's Promise to Employees: Together, we foster an inclusive culture where everyone can make a difference, encouraging ownership, growth and well-being, while focusing on customers and the animals in their care. The behaviors that guide our actions: Involve. Deliver. Innovate. Own.

Our values:
Integrity: We do everything with integrity, by doing the right thing the right way.
Respect: We always have respect for people, our customers, and the animals in their care.
Excellence: We're accountable, we deliver with discipline, and we strive to continuously improve.

The Global Elanco Diversity and Inclusion Council (formed in 2015) serves to connect the groups and people driving Diversity, Equity & Inclusion by creating space for discussion, problem solving and resource sharing and via multiple initiatives like our annual Multicultural Summit. Each of our Employee Resource Groups is sponsored by an executive leadership team member:

-Elanco African American Network (EAAN)
-Elanco Chinese Network (ECN)
-Elanco Women's Network (EWN)
-Elanco India Network (EIN)
-Elanco Young Professionals Network (EYP)
-Organization of Latinos/Hispanics at Elanco (OLHE)
-Elanco PRIDE
-Elanco Disability Awareness Network (EDAN)
-Elanco Veteran Network (EVN)

We strive to foster the inclusion of all employees, customers and stakeholders around the world, and celebrate the diversity of its individuals. Hate has no place at Elanco.

Employee development is a key part of our talent management strategy for all employees around the world.

Our US-based new hires get a multi-day introduction to the organization’s mission and vision and each of Elanco's core business areas. We have dedicated resources to develop a overarching employee onboarding strategy for our affiliates around the globe.

#DidYouKnow that our CEO Jeff Simmons takes time out of his day to chat with all new US-hires during their onboarding week?

Managers and employees review and discuss employees’ potential and opportunities to develop their talents and broaden their skill set on a quarterly basis. We support a variety of development options for employees: The WELL: an online platform available to all employees offering leadership-focused training courses, podcasts, assessment tools, discussion planners. Trainings including coaching, decisions-making, managing through change and fostering innovation as well as assignments to large, cross-functional projects in a global team.

Elanco offers a progressive set of signature leadership development programs tailored for specific career points and development needs.

The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) focuses on developing top talent individual contributors into future leaders with the confidence and skills to influence without a title. The Leadership Essentials and Development (LEAD) program is focused on enabling the Elanco leader to master the skills to create a high performing team. Our longest running program, in place since 2004, the Accelerated Leadership Development program (ALDP) builds on the foundation delivered in ELP and LEAD and is focused on our top-level leaders.

In 2020, 59% of ALDP and ELP and 47% of LEAD program participants were women.