Job title: Head of Vaccines Operational Excellence - Paris/FR or Boston/US
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About the job
Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.
In an environment of openness & collaboration, Operational Excellence business partner maximizes the contribution of its global function within Manufacturing and Supply (M&S) Global Business Unit (GBU) as well as other functions in Sanofi. In a matrix organization, as the Head of M&S Operational Excellence you will be a key partner of the GBU Head, ensuring high standards and working with common technology, tools, systems, for the good of One Sanofi.
You will be part of the M&S GBU Leadership Team aligning M&S GBU expectations and ways of working with the one Sanofi M&S network.
Main responsibilities:
Lead the performance ambition setting process for the GBU through internal and external benchmarks, drive the performance workstream during Strat Plan and Budget to define targets and cascade ambition into relevant KPI trajectories
Develop and own the GBU performance roadmap by defining the portfolio of initiatives including standardization and smart factories, defining the digital roadmap and continuously prioritizing initiatives to maximize the “resource-benefit” equation
Drive execution of the GBU performance roadmap and stimulating value realization, by supporting sites by deploying GBU Transformation Leaders on priority plants/initiatives (e.g., boosters, SMS 2.0, digital, etc.), partnering with Global Functions to provide targeted expertise to site & GBU teams and driving change management
Manage the GBU performance governance by leading the performance reviews, monitoring process vs. ambition and representing the GBU in global performance forums
Build high performing teams by expanding Operational Excellence and Digital knowledge, promoting transformation and identifying and developing talents
About you
Track record in Operational Excellence and/or Transformation roles in large organizations, with proven track record in driving change and achieving lasting and measurable impact
Experience in large complex industrial environments, with demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage diverse stakeholders
Exposure to consulting, both as a client or a consultant, is a plus
Decision Maker: you take timely and data-based decisions in a fast moving and complex environment to drive performance and progress
Performance Champion: you embrace digital innovation, AI, GenAI to democratize data and drives continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, quality, safety, and cost effectiveness
Unleash the potential of each one and prepare the leaders of the future
Oral and written fluency in English, another language represents an asset
Why choose us?
We’re re-defining immunology, from science to treatment
We will change the lives of millions of people
All of the groundwork done since 2020 allowed us to start the next chapter of our strategy with the clear ambition to become the world’s leading immunology company
By re-defining immunology, we will change the lives of millions of people with difficult diseases such as COPD, multiple sclerosis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, RSV, Acne, T1 diabetes, and hopefully many more in the future
After a very rich 2023 for our scientific news flow and with now 12 potential breakthrough medicines and vaccines in our hands, we are in a “now or never” moment for our pipeline. That’s why we are strongly investing in our development assets and increasing our number of phase 3 projects by 50% over 2024-2025
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