Associate Director-Global Process Owner Redeployment and Pre-owned Equipment

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.

Summary The Associate Director for Asset Recovery serves as the global process owner and strategic lead for Lilly’s surplus, redeployment, and pre‑owned equipment lifecycle. This role is accountable for maximizing value recovery, ensuring compliant disposition, and enabling reuse of manufacturing and laboratory assets across Lilly and select external channels.

Asset Recovery & Value Optimization Lead the end‑to‑end lifecycle for surplus, excess, and decommissioned manufacturing and laboratory equipment. Maximize value through intelligent redeployment, resale, donation, or scrap strategies while minimizing storage and holding costs. Provide governance over asset recovery timing to support site exits, line shutdowns, and capital project transitions. Global Process Ownership Own and continuously improve the global Asset Recovery operating model , including standard work, tools, and workflows. Define and enforce global standards for equipment disposition, valuation, and data integrity. Ensure consistent execution across NA and global sites , balancing local needs with enterprise controls. Systems, Data, and Platforms Serve as process owner for Asset Recovery systems and platforms (e.g., surplus equipment portals and resale platforms). Ensure accurate asset data, disposition status, and financial traceability throughout the recovery process. Drive adoption of standardized intake forms, approvals, and documentation. Risk & Compliance Oversight Ensure asset disposition aligns with financial controls, export regulations, IP protection, EHS, and data security requirements . Partner with Legal, Finance, and Quality to mitigate risk associated with surplus equipment transfers. Support internal and external audits related to asset disposition and capital recovery. Vendor & Partner Leadership Be the primary global point of contact for external asset recovery vendors and resale partners . Lead recurring governance forums — performance, pipeline, and value recovery reviews — that keep partners accountable and the pipeline moving. Advise site and network leadership on disposition strategy, timelines, and trade‑offs. Strategic Advisory & Decision Rights Enterprise-wide accountability for Asset Recovery and Equipment Redeployment, with authority to define global standards, approve disposition pathways, and select preferred recovery channels. Support large-scale initiatives — site closures, network transformations, capacity rebalancing, and M&A-related equipment disposition — as the asset recovery lead. Influence capital planning by proving out asset reuse before new capital spend is approved. Own financial impact reporting: recovered value, cost avoidance, and risk mitigation, delivered as executive-level reporting on a regular cadence. Compliance & Regulatory Adherence : Ensure adherence to safety, regulatory, and quality standards for MRO operations and asset management processes across all sites. Lead efforts to maintain compliance with industry regulations, corporate policies, and environmental requirements. Ensures that all work is performed in a compliant manner utilizing all applicable regulations, procedures, policies, and processes. This includes Red Book, FRAP, Travel, etc. Ensures that each member of the department receives and completes the