Senior Director - Construction Capital Procurement

Eli Lilly Eli Lilly · Pharma · Indianapolis, IN

Senior Director role in Construction Capital Procurement for Eli Lilly, a global healthcare leader. The role focuses on leading procurement for major capital projects, including engineering, automation, equipment, and construction services, supporting multi-billion dollar expansion plans. Responsibilities include strategic sourcing, project leadership, client engagement, team development, and ensuring compliance within a regulated environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead procurement for engineering, automation, equipment, and construction categories. Develop strategies, manage supplier selection, negotiate contracts, and maintain supplier relationships.
  2. Oversee sourcing efforts at new greenfield sites in the US through all project phases. Ensure a cost-effective, resilient supply chain supporting development and commercial manufacturing.
  3. Coordinate sourcing activities across categories and contribute to project steering committees to address commercial issues and remove barriers.
  4. Understand business clients' strategies and key success levers. Lead commercial efforts for capital projects in procurement, contract management, scope and change management, cost and financial management, and risk and issue management.
  5. Ensure transactions are FRAP compliant, achieve performance targets for savings, diverse spend, inflation management, supplier consolidation, and risk management.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in scientific, engineering, business, supply chain, procurement or other related degree.
  • Minimum of 10 (ten) years in Construction Capital Project Procurement sourcing related experience/roles
  • Experience delivering large construction capital projects, > $1B in value
  • Demonstrated mastery of core sourcing skills – account management, category and supplier strategy development, spend analysis, sourcing, negotiation, and supplier relationship management.
  • Previous procurement sourcing experience with demonstrated strategic business results, influential internal & external leadership interactions, and collaborative supplier relationships.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, or lead teams.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience building relationships, influencing, and working effectively without formal reporting relationships.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Experience managing major third-party relationships including selection, contracting, governance, and problem resolution.

Nice to have

  • Prior pharmaceutical capital sourcing experience.
  • Prior leadership/supervision experience.
  • Experience and knowledge of cGMP manufacturing environment

What the JD emphasized

  • construction capital procurement
  • mega industrial capital projects
  • construction capital procurement life cycle
  • construction capital project procurement
  • construction capital projects