Director, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Strategy Network
CSL Behring
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The Network Strategy Lead supports the Head of Network Strategy in developing and delivering CSL's long-term global manufacturing network strategy. Within an assigned portfolio of products, platforms, assets or sites, the role translates portfolio growth, demand, lifecycle and business requirements into integrated capacity, footprint, sourcing, asset and site strategies that enable supply continuity, operational performance and future growth.
Working across Product Strategy, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Technical Operations, Engineering, Finance, Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Commercial and Business Development, the Network Strategy Lead develops robust network scenarios and recommendations, supports enterprise governance and supports the conversion endorsed network choices into project execution, site master-planning inputs and prioritised investment requirements.
Work Environment:
*** This is a hybrid position based onsite at any of the posted locations with a minimum of 3 days onsite weekly. Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship are not provided.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Oversight: Develops and maintains integrated network strategies and roadmaps for the assigned products/platforms. Ensure alignment with the global manufacturing network strategy and 10-year roadmap governed by the Head of Network Strategy. Integrates portfolio growth, product launches, lifecycle plans, demand projections, technology requirements, risk and sourcing assumptions into a clear long-term direction.
Long Term Capacity Planning: In alignment with responsibility 1, refreshes the network strategy via the annual Long-Term Capacity Planning process for products, platforms and assets in scope. Generates key graphics and messages in presentation format in line with the LTCP calendar cycle. Aligns demand scenarios, demonstrated capacity, planned improvements, product transfers and future investments to identify constraints, capability gaps, strategic options and decision triggers.
Network Sourcing Evaluations: Develops data-driven network sourcing scenarios and recommendations covering capacity deployment, asset lifecycle, compliance, risk, cost reduction, ensuring CSL focuses on the right product in the right place at the right time. Ensure sourcing activity is done in accordance with the “Make v Buy” Ways of Working. Builds and leads cross-functional strategy teams, maintains network models and scenario analyses, and presents recommendations to senior governance.
Site Engagement: Acts as the Network Strategy representative for designated manufacturing sites and maintains a two-way connection between site opportunities, constraints and development plans and the enterprise network roadmap. Ensures local proposals are assessed in the context of broader portfolio and network priorities.
Site Master Plans: Partners with Sites to develop and align Site Master Plans with long-term capacity, capability, technology and sourcing requirements, including asset expansion, optimisation, repurposing, consolidation and retirement.
Network Optimisation: Leads asset optimisation and evolution assessments within the assigned scope, using utilisation, capability, reliability, cost, risk and strategic-fit analyses to identify opportunities that improve network performance, scalability and operational effectiveness.
Capital Expenditure Priority: Works with Finance, Portfolio Management, Technical Operations and Sites to translate the network roadmap into prioritised capital and operating investment requirements. Develops business cases and supports governance for capacity expansion, technology deployment, product transfers, sourcing initiatives and network optimisation.
Monitor Environment: Monitors key assumptions, network risks, dependencies and execution of endorsed actions, escalating material changes to the Head of Network Strategy and supporting mitigation and resilience planning.
Minimum Qualifications:
Travel: Up to 10% domestic and international travel.
CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.
CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.
To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.
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CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.
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