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10 Eli Lilly procurement leaders
These ten Eli Lilly and Company procurement leaders hold or have held executive director, associate vice president, senior director and director roles in procurement and strategic sourcing at Lilly. A reader can learn how procurement leaders build and run their teams in pharmaceutical companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alan Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Procurement · Eli Lilly and Company
Senior Director - Procurement at Eli Lilly and Company since March 2022, a role the source tags at Director level in Operations. Former Procurement Director - Engineering and Facilities Construction (2015–2022) and former Director - Procurement Operations and Supplier Diversity (2011–2015) at Eli Lilly and Company.
Avril Caplice
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Global Procurement · Eli Lilly and Company
Senior Director Global Procurement at Eli Lilly and Company since January 2024. Former Director Global Procurement (2023), Senior Manager, Procurement CoE (2019–2022) and Global Procurement Process Owner (2019) at Eli Lilly and Company, and a former Manager at PwC (2017–2018).
Brandon Scholz
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director - Marketing & Sales Procurement · Eli Lilly and Company
Sr. Director - Marketing & Sales Procurement at Eli Lilly and Company since January 2025. Former Director - G&A Procurement at Eli Lilly and Company (2024–2025) and former Sr. Product Manager, Amazon Prime at Amazon (2022–2024). The profile also lists Eli Lilly and Company roles as Associate Director - Strategy & Innovation, Lilly Value and Access (2020–2022) and Category Manager - IT Software (2017–2020).
David Garza
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Global R&D Procurement · Eli Lilly and Company
Former Sr. Director Global R&D Procurement at Eli Lilly and Company (2022–2026); the profile says David Garza managed a team responsible for global strategic sourcing of all discovery research services at Lilly, totaling $1.5 billion in annual external spend. Former Director Global R&D Procurement (2012–2022), and listed as retired from Eli Lilly and Company since April 2026.
Elaine Jai
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Product Research and Development Procurement · Eli Lilly and Company
Senior Director Product Research and Development Procurement at Eli Lilly and Company since April 2026. Former Senior Director of Manufacturing Procurement (2022–2026) and a former Procurement Capital, Engineering, and Construction role (2017–2022) at Eli Lilly and Company, with a Supply Chain and Procurement Manager role (2014–2017) also listed.
Gaurav Arora
LinkedInExperience: Head - IT Procurement (Sr. Dir.) · Eli Lilly and Company
Head - IT Procurement (Sr. Dir.) at Eli Lilly and Company since February 2026. Former Head - R&D IT Procurement (2023–2026) and Joint Director - IT Sourcing & Procurement (2020–2023) at Bristol Myers Squibb, and former Director, IT Strategic Sourcing at Fiserv (2018–2019). The profile describes leading teams in developing IT sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships and negotiating multi-million-dollar contracts.
John Carr
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director - Strategic Sourcing Procurement Clinical, Medical, Regulatory · Eli Lilly and Company
Executive Director - Strategic Sourcing Procurement Clinical, Medical, Regulatory at Eli Lilly and Company since March 2023. Former Sr. Director Strategic Sourcing Clinical, Medical, Regulatory Procurement (2013–2023) and Director, Research & Development Procurement (2010–2013). The profile also lists former Eli Lilly and Company finance roles as Director, Corporate Financial Planning and CFO Lilly China.
Keith Roche
LinkedInExperience: Director of Procurement · Eli Lilly and Company
Director of Procurement at Eli Lilly and Company since March 2025; the profile says the role manages three procurement subgroups: Direct, Supplies & Services and Capital. Former Consultant- Supplies, Services and Capital Procurement at Eli Lilly and Company (2014–2025) and former Global Supply Manager at Apple (2005–2008).
Philippe Irissarry
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global Procurement- Energies, Facilities Management, Environment · Eli Lilly and Company
Director - Global Procurement- Energies, Facilities Management, Environment at Eli Lilly and Company since December 2022. The profile also lists an Associate Director Global Procurement - Logistics and Distribution role with no end date, plus former roles as European Sourcing Manager, Manufacturing sites (2009–2013) and Site Sourcing Leader, Indirect spend (2005–2009) at Eli Lilly and Company.
Tatum Gipe
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Drug Substance Capital Procurement · Eli Lilly and Company
Executive Director, Drug Substance Capital Procurement at Eli Lilly and Company since September 2023. Former Associate Vice President, Manufacturing and Global Services Procurement (2019–2022), Sr. Director, Marketing and Sales Procurement (2017–2019) and Sr. Director, Global Procurement Optimization and Supplier Diversity (2015–2017) at Eli Lilly and Company.
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- 01How do you organize a procurement team by spend category, and when does a category deserve its own leader?
- 02What does a strong sourcing process look like for clinical research and other R&D services?
- 03How should procurement work with engineering when buying for large capital and construction projects?
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