Senior Director -Construction Capital Procurement

Role Summary

Senior Director, Construction Capital Procurement leads engineering, automation, equipment, and construction services procurement for Lilly’s capital expansion programs. The role heads the construction capital procurement team at a new greenfield start-up site in the United States and reports to the AVP of Global Capital and Strategic Real Estate Procurement. The position requires relocation to the start-up site once established and will support development through to early manufacturing, coordinating with global suppliers and business partners.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing: Lead procurement for engineering, automation, equipment, and construction categories. Develop strategies, manage supplier selection, negotiate contracts, and maintain supplier relationships.
• Project Leadership: 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.
• Collaboration: Coordinate sourcing activities across categories and contribute to project steering committees to address commercial issues and remove barriers.
• Client Engagement: 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.
• Expertise & Efficiency: Provide procurement expertise through your team, prioritize projects, and align business activities to support work-life balance.
• Compliance & Performance: Ensure transactions are FRAP compliant, achieve performance targets for savings, diverse spend, inflation management, supplier consolidation, and risk management.
• Team Development: Coach and develop capital procurement project leaders and team members to enhance performance, efficiency, and collaboration.
• Governance: Engage in internal and external governance activities to exert procurement influence, provide commercial leadership, and establish execution strategies.
• Supplier Management: Ensure robust category strategies, regular supplier relationship management, current contractual relationships, and appropriate supplier risk management.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in scientific, engineering, business, supply chain, procurement or other related degree.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years Construction Capital Project Procurement sourcing related experience/roles
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role.
• Experience delivering large construction capital projects (> $1B in value)
• Prior leadership/supervision experience
• Prior pharmaceutical capital sourcing experience
• Experience managing major third-party relationships including selection, contracting, governance, and problem resolution

Skills

• Mastery of core sourcing skills – account management, category and supplier strategy development, spend analysis, sourcing, negotiation, and supplier relationship management
• 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
• Knowledge of cGMP manufacturing environment
• Prior pharmaceutical capital sourcing experience

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to relocate to the start-up site in the United States once established
• This is a full-time position at a new Lilly site in the US
• Flexibility to support sites in multiple time zones
• Travel percentage: 5-10%, international travel required