Global Category Manager, CMOs

In partnership with the CMO Category Associate Director, the Global Category Manager - CMOs develops and executes global category strategies across CSL’s Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) externalization pipeline. The role delivers significant value through relationship management of key and strategic CMO partners, developing category strategies in close collaboration with network strategy focusing on supplier collaboration to optimize performance and to drive results.

The Global Category Manager - CMOs influences senior leaders globally, manages complex stakeholder relationships, and ensures procurement strategies and policies align with enterprise objectives to drive excellence and continuous improvement across CSL.

As a core Senior member of the CMO Sourcing team, the role is accountable for delivering category targets and unlocking total cost of ownership (TCO) value by addressing capacity, quality, service, cost, and supply risk constraints, while supporting technical transfers, risk mitigation, and innovation.

This position shapes network-wide sourcing strategies, simplifies the manufacturing supply chain, ensures product safety, and delivers sustained multi-million-dollar value. The role also provides market insights to enable external partners to drive innovation, agility, and cost efficiency in support of CSL’s strategy.

The incumbent supports global initiatives across regions and leads or contributes to global sourcing, bid activities, and major sourcing projects.

Sourcing strategy development

• Lead the development and execution of long-term category strategies aligned with enterprise objectives.
• Collaborate globally across business units to influence senior leaders and advocate for key business improvement programs.
• Develop business cases to gain endorsement for value-driving initiatives.
• Lead annual opportunity analysis forums with cross-functional stakeholders and supplier partners to replenish initiative pipelines.
• Act as a conduit for external innovation, facilitating workshops to solve complex business challenges through supplier partnerships.

Team leadership

Category management strategy

Policy and governance management

Performance monitoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Other responsibilities

Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, or related discipline; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Experience Requirements

About CSL Seqirus

CSL Seqirus is part of CSL. As one of the largest influenza vaccine providers in the world, CSL Seqirus is a major contributor to the prevention of influenza globally and a transcontinental partner in pandemic preparedness. With state-of-the-art production facilities in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia, CSL Seqirus utilizes egg, cell and adjuvant technologies to offer a broad portfolio of differentiated influenza vaccines in more than 20 countries around the world.

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