Associate Director, North America Logistics

CSL•King of Prussia, PA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director, North America Logistics reports to the Head, In-Market Logistics Operations, Americas, and is accountable for logistics outcomes across the United States and Canada, including the Behring and Vifor businesses. The role leads regional logistics performance and governance, ensuring consistent service, cost, compliance, continuity, and operating discipline across markets, business units, and logistics partners. It is responsible for the North America importation, warehousing, transportation, and distribution operating model, and for leading managers and support resources across markets and business units. The position establishes clear accountabilities, backup coverage, and decision pathways, while developing leadership capability, succession coverage, and organizational readiness. This is a hybrid role requiring three days of onsite work per week. Travel of up to 25% domestically and internationally is required. The role oversees US and Canada logistics operations, aligns execution standards across Behring and Vifor, coordinates regional priorities and recovery plans, and owns regional service, cost, compliance, and operational performance. It manages the North America Behring and Vifor logistics budget and cost outlook, leads performance reviews and corrective actions, and maintains quality-system execution and inspection readiness. The Associate Director provides regional governance for third-party logistics, transportation, and other service providers; coordinates cross-market reviews, escalations, and improvement commitments; and partners with Sourcing, Quality, and Finance on performance, commercial, and compliance matters. The role coordinates regional logistics projects and integration activities, ensuring stakeholder alignment, operational readiness, and stable transitions into day-to-day operations. The position also owns regional escalation management and continuity planning, including recovery coordination and cross-market prioritization during capacity constraints or disruptions. It makes regional decisions across markets, business units, and vendors, sets operating priorities and governance expectations, approves recovery and resource allocation actions within delegated authority, and escalates material enterprise risks with options and recommendations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, engineering, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 8 years of leadership experience across multi-site or multi-country logistics operations in a regulated environment.
Demonstrated accountability for managers, budgets, vendors, projects, and business continuity.
Experience integrating operations across business units or operating models.
Strong executive communication, cross-functional influence, governance, and complex decision-making skills.
Regional leadership and enterprise perspective.
Ability to make decisions across competing priorities and lead through managers.
Organizational capability-building skills.
Governance, risk management, and business continuity leadership.
Cost and continuous-improvement mindset.
Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree is desirable.
Pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Oversee logistics performance across the United States and Canada.
Align execution standards across Behring and Vifor operations.
Coordinate cross-market priorities, dependencies, and recovery plans.
Drive consistent operating discipline across the regional network and ensure effective integration and execution of regional logistics activities.
Own North America service, cost, compliance, and operational performance.
Lead regional performance reviews and corrective actions.
Own the North America Behring and Vifor logistics budget and cost outlook.
Ensure consistent quality-system execution and inspection readiness across markets.
Balance market requirements with regional capacity, cost, and continuity needs.
Provide regional governance for third-party logistics, transportation, and service providers.
Lead cross-market vendor business reviews, escalations, and improvement commitments.
Coordinate vendor performance expectations across Behring and Vifor operations.
Partner with Sourcing, Quality, and Finance on performance, commercial, and compliance matters.
Coordinate and execute US and Canada logistics projects.
Lead Behring and Vifor integration activities affecting the logistics network.
Align stakeholders, resources, milestones, risks, and operational readiness for projects and integration activities.
Ensure changes transition into stable day-to-day operations.
Own regional escalation management for issues affecting multiple markets or business units.
Oversee North America continuity plans, backup structures, and recovery coordination.
Make cross-market prioritization decisions during constrained capacity or disruption.
Provide Americas leadership with impact assessments and recovery actions.
Make regional decisions affecting multiple markets, business units, and vendors.
Set North America operating priorities and governance expectations.
Approve cross-market recovery and resource allocation actions within delegated authority.
Escalate material enterprise risks with options and recommendations.
Lead managers and support resources across markets and business units, establishing clear accountabilities, backup coverage, and decision pathways.
Build leadership capability, succession coverage, and organizational readiness.