Are you passionate about driving operational excellence, coaching teams, and delivering sustainable improvements in a GMP-regulated manufacturing environment? CSL Behring is looking for a Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist to help embed the CSL Operating System (COS) and strengthen continuous improvement capability within our manufacturing (Visual Inspection & Packing) value stream.
Reporting to Director, Visual Inspection and Packing you will play a key role in advancing a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance. You'll act as a subject matter expert in Lean, Six Sigma, and structured problem-solving methodologies, partnering with leaders and frontline teams to drive measurable and sustainable outcomes.
This is a permanent ongoing opportunity.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the deployment of Continuous Improvement (CI) strategies and roadmaps aligned with site priorities.
- Coach leaders and teams in Lean, Six Sigma, visual management, and data-driven decision making.
- Facilitate Kaizen events, problem-solving workshops, and CI initiatives.
- Develop and enhance KPI frameworks, performance dashboards, and reporting processes.
- Drive process standardisation, waste reduction, and operational performance improvements.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Safety, Engineering, and Operational Services teams to ensure improvements are compliant, embedded, and sustained.
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
- Lean/Kaizen training and Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
- Experience in Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, or Operational Services.
- Experience working within GMP-regulated pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or similar manufacturing environments.
- Strong analytical mindset, facilitation skills, and the ability to influence across multiple stakeholders.
- Demonstrated success leading CI initiatives and using data to drive performance improvement.
How to Apply
Apply now to step into a varied and impactful role within an organisation undergoing significant investment and transformation.
Please include your CV and Cover Letter with your application.
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/.
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
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.
