Global Inventory and Supply Coordinator

CSL; Bern; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Behring seeks a Senior Inventory & Supply Risk Manager to own the global control tower for inventory optimization and short‑term supply assurance. You will drive end‑to‑end visibility across Raw Materials, WIP, and Finished Goods, reducing excess and mitigating supply risks to protect patient supply.

You will partner with planning, manufacturing, procurement and commercial teams to develop corrective actions, monitor key metrics, and lead governance forums focused on inventory optimization

Qualifications

• Experience leading global inventory optimization initiatives.
• Ability to quantify excess, obsolescent and at-risk inventory.
• Proven track record driving governance and cross-functional decision making.

Responsibilities

• Own the global inventory visibility across Raw Materials, WIP and Finished Goods.
• Monitor KPIs like DIO, safety stock adherence and working capital.
• Lead risk reviews and cross‑functional trade‑offs for supply resilience.
• Provide IBP cycle insights and executive dashboards with actionable recommendations.
• Drive continuous improvement to improve inventory productivity and service levels.

Skills

Inventory optimization

Supply chain analytics

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

IBP / S&OP

Tools

BI dashboards

Job description

Own the global control tower for inventory optimization and short-term supply assurance, providing end-to-end visibility of excess inventory, supply risks, and operational constraints across Raw Materials, WIP, and Finished Goods. Drive proactive actions that reduce working capital, improve inventory productivity, mitigate network risks, and protect patient supply through the 0–6 month planning horizon.

Key Accountabilities

Global Inventory Optimization

• Own the global visibility of inventory positions across Raw Materials, WIP, and Finished Goods.
• Identify and quantify excess, obsolete, slow-moving, and at‑risk inventory.
• Drive inventory reduction opportunities and inventory redeployment strategies across sites and regions.
• Partner with Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Commercial teams to develop corrective action plans.
• Monitor inventory health metrics including DIO, safety stock adherence, inventory aging, write‑off exposure, and working capital performance.
• Facilitate decisions that balance service, cost, and inventory objectives.

Supply Risk & Constraint Management (0–6 Months)

• Establish and maintain a consolidated view of network‑wide supply risks and constraints.
• Monitor critical materials, manufacturing capacity, yield challenges, supply disruptions, and logistics constraints.
• Quantify business impact and patient supply risk associated with identified issues.
• Ensure robust mitigation and recovery plans are developed, tracked, and escalated.
• Lead risk reviews and facilitate cross‑functional trade‑off decisions.
• Provide early warning signals to IBP and Senior Leadership teams.

Network Orchestration & Governance

• Serve as the central coordination point between Global Planning, Sites, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Finance, and Commercial organizations.
• Standardize risk identification, escalation, and resolution processes across the network.
• Drive governance forums focused on inventory optimization, supply risk management, and constraint resolution.
• Coordinate cross‑site inventory balancing and supply recovery actions.
• Ensure accountability for mitigation plans and inventory reduction commitments.

IBP & Executive Decision Support

• Provide consolidated inventory, constraint, and supply risk insights into the IBP cycle.
• Develop executive‑level dashboards highlighting:
  • Excess inventory opportunities
  • Inventory aging and write‑off risks
  • Critical material shortages
  • Capacity constraints
  • Product availability risks
  • Mitigation progress
• Facilitate scenario analysis and trade‑off discussions to support informed decision‑making.
• Support Executive IBP and Supply Review meetings with actionable recommendations.

Analytics & Continuous Improvement

• Develop and maintain a global inventory and risk‑control tower capability.
• Drive adoption of predictive analytics and AI‑based risk monitoring.
• Identify systemic causes of excess inventory and recurring supply constraints.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to improve inventory productivity, service levels, and supply reliability.
• Establish KPIs and leading indicators to monitor network performance.

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.

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/.

Our Benefits

For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well‑being | CSL.

You Belong at CSL

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.

To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.