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With operations in 35+ nations and 27,000 employees worldwide, CSL is driven to develop and deliver a broad range of lifesaving therapies to treat disorders such as hemophilia and primary immune deficiencies, and vaccines to prevent influenza. Our therapies are also used in cardiac surgery, organ transplantation and burn treatment.
CSL is the parent company of CSL Behring and Seqirus. CSL Behring is a global leader in the protein biotherapeutics industry, focused on bringing to market biotherapies used to treat serious and often rare conditions. CSL Behring operates CSL Plasma , one of the world's largest collectors of human plasma, which is used to create CSL's therapies. Seqirus is the second largest influenza vaccine company in the world and is a transcontinental partner in pandemic preparedness and a major contributor to the prevention and control of influenza globally.
We invite you to take a look at the many career possibilities available around the globe and consider building your promising future at CSL by becoming a member of our team!
Position Purpose:
Reporting into the VP, Network Strategy & Operational Excellence, the Senior Director, Network Strategy- Head of Plasma Systems Modernization will lead projects that impact multiple aspects of CSL Behring's plasma business. The role will provide leadership and strategic direction on the software and other technologies used within our plasma collection and logistics organization as well as the execution of major initiatives. As CSL looks to modernize its plasma collection and logistics infrastructure, the role must be a thought leader within the company with the ability to innovate and improve both IT and supply chain processes and systems.
The role will work directly with executive management within CSL Plasma & CSL Behring locally as well as globally; performing analysis on business cases and presenting clear recommendations on complex problems to Leadership Teams including the Global Leadership Group. The Head of Plasma Systems Modernization will be accountable for the assessment, design and implementation of new and innovative processes, systems and technologies to optimize CSL's plasma collection and logistics across our global network of plasma centers, warehouses and manufacturing sites. This will include optimizing and integrating CSL Plasma technologies into the CSLB manufacturing organization.
Near-term responsibilities will include leadership and strategic guidance for a large, multi-functional team working on the design and implementation of a new Donor Management and plasma logistics software which will span CSL Plasma and CSL manufacturing. Process and software development and implementation will encompass donor centers, laboratories, Plasma Logistic Centers and manufacturing operations and alignment with all senior management across the global manufacturing network. The candidate will be responsible for providing a unified development and implementation strategy and ensuring that the IT team and the external vendor have the information and guidance needed from all areas of Operations will be the key contact driving the development strategy. The candidate will oversee the significant investment CSL has made to upgrade our systems and ensure that benefits from this investment are returned. This role will interact directly with the COO and the Global Head of IT for CSL as well as all value streams related to the implementation of the donor management and logistics system.
The candidate must have strong project management skills and familiarity with highly regulated supply chains as well as demonstrated success with the implementation of donor management, warehouse management or other ERP systems in the bio tech industry.
The candidate will also serve as the Network Strategy Platform owner for Plasma. In this role, they will ensure that key strategies for network expansion are coordinated between E2E Operations and CSL Plasma to ensure the long-term success of the plasma collections business. Including, but not limited to collection volumes, geographic expansion, changes in collection or manufacturing technologies, plasma logistics and storage.
Reporting Relationships:
The role will be an individual contributor reporting into the VP of Network Strategy. As the modernization of the systems & process used to manage our plasma collections has been identified by the GLG as a critical initiative, the candidate will be expected to interface with Executives across both CSL Behring and CSL Plasma. They will work closely with the Digital Technology team as well as the CSL Plasma Leadership team. The position requires the ability to build and maintain strong relationships and collaborate effectively with all levels and cross functionally within the organization.
Highly complex relationships, strategy and technology scope.
Internal: This role will interact with the Global Head of IT for Plasma & CSL as well as all value streams related to the implementation of the donor management and the CEO.
External Key Relationships: Dassault Systems
Main Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Responsible for the development and supervision of the long-range strategy and planning for the selection and implementation of business process and supporting software that will drive efficiencies and continued modernization of CSL's plasma collections and logistics.
Must develop a sound understanding of the immediate and long-term requirements of the key stakeholders across all work streams (DT, Donor Centers, Logistics, Quality, etc.) and assist in translating these requirements to the CSL DT team as well as selected vendors to both meet the near-term implementation timelines as well as ensuring that future enhancements can be added as necessary to support the growth of the business.
Must be have strong communication skills and be able to summarize complex business problems into concise presentations for Executive leaders. In addition, the Lead will need to establish excellent working relationships with external vendors as well as CSL team members to ensure that the program is successful.
In assition to experience with Understanding of the Plasma business is critical to the success of the role. As the role will span the full lifecycle of Plasma Collections from donor recruitment through pooling at the manufacturing site. Experience in any/all these areas would be beneficial to the success of the role; donor center operations, quality, regulatory, supply chain & logistics, information technology.
Candidate will form and chair a multi-disciplinary team of subject matter experts (operations, regulatory, quality, supply chain, etc.) to support strategic initiatives.
Identifying opportunities for improvement in our existing processes and tools, prioritizing needs against resource and financial constraints and delivering projects to meet the needs of the business, our donors and our patients.
Reviews proposals and makes recommendations for major CapEx and OpEx expenditures to senior leadership.
Establishes program governance and management forums to execute successful project approvals and reviews. Assures effective and timely communication of projects status, issues, key risks, and opportunities.
Manages specific business relationships as required to assure project quality and compliance, effective sourcing, required financial cost management including budget planning, capital forecasting and monitoring of operational expense, resource allocation, etc.
Manages, coordinates and integrates the work of multiple strategic external/internal partners to achieve program timelines and requirements.
Position Qualifications and Experience Requirements:
Education/ Experience
Bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or university; education in a technical discipline preferred
15+ years of relevant experience in both Project Management & Information Technology
Demonstrated leadership/management experience
Experience within pharmaceutical/biotech/other regulated industry preferred.
Demonstrated success managing/delivering global programs/projects such as ERP implementation.
Required Competencies / Experience
Think Beyond - creates companywide strategies to stay ahead of industry-related changes
Build Bridges - champions a culture of inclusiveness and builds teamwork
Unleash Outcomes - Drives an action and outcome-oriented organization
Ignite Agility - Generates ongoing companywide confidence as CSL evolves
Inspire the Future - constructs companywide vision that inspires trust and a sense of purpose
Cultivate Talent - maintains the talent pipeline as an executive-level priority
Customer Orientation (Internal/External):
Creates companywide strategies to stay ahead of industry-related changes. Drives alignment across the enterprise in order to serve customer needs. Spends time internally and externally with customers and stakeholders and genuinely seeks to understand their needs.
Enterprise Results and Value Orientation:
Looks for outcomes that maximize the benefits for the enterprise, not just their department or function. Pursues value realization for the enterprise even if their function does not benefit.
Collaboration and Influencing:
Champions a culture of inclusiveness and teamwork. Collaborates effectively with others and influences all stakeholders towards enterprise outcomes. Embraces conversations needed to deliver enterprise value.
Strategic/Innovative:
Global perspective. Takes a broad view when approaching issues. Sees ahead to future possibilities & translates to breakthrough strategies. Collaborates to influence strategies of others and adapts own strategy towards enterprise value.
Change Management:
Mobilizes others to initiate change; builds group momentum for change; embeds culture of change. Aligns change to enterprise strategies and direction.
Interpersonal Savvy:
Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Additional Preferred Competencies
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to summarize complex problems into succinct presentations for Executive level endorsement.
Demonstrated project management skills and the ability to manage large teams and gain consensus decisions needed to achieve project success.
Ability to formulate and communicate strategic initiatives for the business and continue to develop and pursue innovative ideas to maintain CSL's market leadership in the Plasma business.
Travel Requirements
Up to 20% travel may be required.
Worker Type:
Employee
Worker Sub Type:
Regular
