Associate Director - IBU Strategic Sourcing

Eli Lilly and Company; Cork; On-site; EUR 72,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Healthcare benefits

Vacation benefits

Well-being programs

Job summary

Eli Lilly and Company in Cork, Ireland seeks a qualified procurement professional to own strategic sourcing for Real World Evidence and prioritized IT categories, including SaaS and IT Services. This role operates as a local procurement resource with global scope.

You will partner with stakeholders, lead sourcing events, manage suppliers, and deliver value while complying with procurement standards. Compensation includes a bonus potential and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Min 5 years procurement/category management experience.
• Ability to communicate, develop relationships and lead cross-functionally.
• Proven ability to influence senior management.
• Commercially aware with a proactive, energetic, can-do attitude.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and internal customer groups.
• Experience in managing third-party relationships.
• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities.
• Comfortable working in international, cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in procurement software and tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing across a broad portfolio including Real World Evidence, IT SaaS and IT Services.
• Develop sourcing strategies balancing value, quality, speed, compliance, risk and long-term outcomes.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand demand, shape options, and guide decisions from planning to execution.
• Manage supplier relationships and monitor market insights to support competitive outcomes.
• Lead sourcing events and negotiations with supplier engagement, proposals, analysis, and contracts.
• Provide responsive procurement support to business partners while ensuring governance and value.
• Identify process improvements to strengthen ways of working and efficiency.

Skills

Procurement

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Influence senior management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Procurement software & tools

Job description

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Position Summary

The successful candidate will own strategic sourcing for Real World Evidence (RWE) and prioritized IT categories (Software-as-a-Service and IT Services) across IBU and Global Fleet categories, based in Cork, Ireland, but operating with the responsiveness, context, and relationship depth of an on-the-ground local procurement resource.

Key Responsibilities: Real World Evidence / IT & Digital Services & Fleet Management

• Lead strategic sourcing activities across a broad and evolving portfolio of business needs, translating enterprise priorities and stakeholder requirements into practical sourcing plans that deliver measurable value. Ensure strategies reflect local market context, business timelines, supplier capability, and the broader procurement operating model.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that balance commercial value, quality, speed, compliance, risk management, and long-term business outcomes. Apply structured sourcing approaches, market insight, and sound judgement to support decisions that are both commercially competitive and operationally sustainable.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to understand demand, clarify requirements, shape sourcing options, and guide procurement decisions from early planning through execution. Build trusted relationships across functions and geographies, acting as a credible advisor who can challenge constructively, influence outcomes, and support effective governance.
• Manage supplier relationships and market insights to maintain a strong understanding of supplier performance, market dynamics, pricing trends, and emerging opportunities. Use this insight to support supplier selection, consolidation, innovation, improved service delivery, and broader value creation across the business.
• Lead sourcing events and negotiations including supplier engagement, proposal evaluation, commercial analysis, contract support, and the delivery of competitive outcomes. Ensure sourcing activity is well planned, transparent, compliant with procurement standards, and clearly documented to support decision-making and stakeholder confidence.
• Provide responsive procurement support to business partners and affiliates, balancing local needs with enterprise sourcing standards, policy requirements, and available procurement channels. Help stakeholders navigate processes, resolve issues, manage escalations, and achieve timely outcomes without compromising governance or value.
• Identify process improvement opportunities that strengthen ways of working, improve stakeholder experience, and support scalable procurement delivery. Proactively highlight recurring demand patterns, process gaps, supplier challenges, or governance issues, and work with colleagues to implement practical improvements that increase efficiency and consistency.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Min 5 years of Procurement Experience - Procurement / Category management experience.
• Able to communicate effectively, develop strong relationships and lead at all levels cross-functionally, both internally and externally
• Proven ability to influence business decisions with senior management
• Commercially aware with a proactive, energetic, can-do attitude
• Ability to lead multiple projects and internal customer groups.
• Previous experience in managing third-party relationships.
• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities
• Comfortable working in international, cross-functional teams
• Proficiency in procurement software and tools.

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is

€72,300 - €113,960

Full-time equivalent employees may also be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a pension plan; vacation benefits; eligibility for healthcare benefits; flexible benefits (if applicable) life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).

• eligibility to participate in a pension plan
• vacation benefits
• eligibility for healthcare benefits
• flexible benefits (if applicable) life insurance and death benefits
• certain time off and leave of absence benefits
• well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)

Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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