Category Lead - Pre- & clinical Supply

Job description

The Global Sourcing Lead for Clinical and Pre Clinicals Supply is a strategic category leader responsible for executing CSL’s sourcing strategy across a highly regulated, new product development portfolio supporting the CSL R&D pipeline and new product introduction. The role directly clinical development and supply requirements, including critical vendors for quality testing, validation, and development studies, ensuring compliant, efficient, and scalable procurement strategies aligned with enterprise priorities and operational objectives. The Global Sourcing Lead develops category strategies and supplier governance frameworks to drive financial performance, simplify the portfolio, and strengthen supply continuity. The role ensures consistent use of approved suppliers, catalogs, and contracts, minimizing off-channel spend and maximizing network-wide sourcing leverage. By standardizing and simplifying buying processes, the role enhances supply reliability, mitigates operational and regulatory risk, and improves the procurement experience. This role leads market screening and partnership development, supplier consolidation and standardization initiatives to reduce complexity and vali...