Associate Director, I&T Sourcing

The Opportunity :

Reporting to the Director, IT Sourcing Procurement , as the Associate Director, I&T Sourcing,  you will be responsible for sourcing across multiple sub-categories in software, hardware and telecoms across CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus, and CSL Vifor (the entire CSL Group).  You will ensure the best possible value for CSL while managing risk and maintaining compliance in sourcing practices. You will be directly involved in major global sourcing or bid activities, driving key transformational projects, and building and maintaining relationships with key senior stakeholders internal to CSL Group and within large, global vendors.

This is a hybrid role, which offers a combination of an onsite and remote work schedule .  #LI-hybrid

The Role :

Develop Plans aligned to CSL Global and Procurement Objectives

• Develop and implement annual action plans for relevant categories based on the Procurement Objectives and other relevant business requirements within CSL to ensure clear objectives and action plans for Global Category Management Lead roles resulting in the reduction of the total cost of ownership and risk, while increasing innovation, customer service, compliance, and quality.
• Take a leadership position and drive collaborate with the respective business unit on complex problem resolution, investigative data analytics, process reengineering and establishment of a sustainable program that will fill a global need while being consistent within all Company areas affected.
• Maintain significant business relationships information technology partners to ensure the best solutions are being proposed to CSL that will drive innovation and the best-in-class financial models for selected solutions are developed and maintained.
• Develop year over year cost reduction models and develop / implement projects that drive the consolidation of suppliers across all of information technology.

Sourcing / Supplier Process

Take lead in managing the RfP / RfI cycle working with different stakeholders across the globe. Manage the sourcing and supplier selection process, including creating a sourcing project, researching, and developing supplier shortlist, and assembling and managing RFI project team through RFX / RFI process for smaller local sourcing events, including :

Contract Negotiation

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

Manage Key Internal and External Stakeholders and Partners Relationships

Drive Innovation

Your Skills and Abilities :

Travel Requirements :

Our Benefits

CSL employees that work at least 30 hours per week are eligible for benefits effective day 1. We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and their loved ones. CSL offers resources and benefits, from health care to financial protection, so you can focus on doing work that matters. Our benefits are designed to support the needs of our employees at every stage of their life. Whether you are considering starting a family, need help paying for emergency back up care or summer camp, looking for mental health resources, planning for your financial future, or supporting your favorite charity with a matching contribution, CSL has many benefits to help achieve your goals.

Please take the time to review our benefits site to see what’s available to you as a CSL employee.

About CSL Behring

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.

We want CSL to reflect the world around us

At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future. Learn more Inclusion and Belonging | CSL .

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