Head of SMS Supplier Excellence

Job Title: Head of Sanofi Manufacturing System (SMS) Supplier Excellence

Location: Framingham, Northborough, MA

About the Job

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.

The role of the Operational Excellence (OpEx) team is to drive industrial performance to achieve the site’s strategy and ambition. The OpEx team brings a high level of expertise and leadership in Sanofi Manufacturing System (SMS) methodology, transformation and change management. OpEx teams collaborate with all functions at the site, with Global SMS and actively contribute to the Sanofi SMS network.

This role serves as the OpEx representative (business partner) for the site to drive supplier performance. The role operates on three key missions: 1) fill the pipeline with initiatives will support the site in delivering its target of materials (direct) and services (indirect) cost reduction, 2) improve site competitiveness by leveraging supplier performance, 3) support and/or lead risk management (single source risks and driving initiatives related to dual sourcing, etc.,) to avoid shortages. As an SMS Leader, the person must achieve SMS Intermediate level certification, at a minimum. This role leads problem solving sessions using root-case-analysis methodology to determine corrective actions.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

Fill & implement the pipeline with initiatives which will support the site in delivering its target

• Ideation & prioritization in alignment with the site’s performance external spend target:

• • Lead value added improvement (OEE, Yield, Productivity…) related to 3rd party material & expenses, included the assessment of the total cost of ownership (TCO) vs. the return on that investment in the market

  • Collect and leverage relevant site data to build business cases and allow projects impact & feasibility evaluation

  • Jointly with procurement:

  • • Review & challenge site specifications for better alignment vs Cluster/MnS wild standards.

    • Assess and optimize, with Supply-chain, from the demand with volume forecast accuracy to goods reception at Sanofi site.

    • Assess opportunities potential (internal and/or from suppliers’ suggestions) by gathering site’s stakeholder to build opportunity business cases: specification clarification, technical feasibility assessment and implementation cost, contribution to new products launches in alignment with site material specification & support the best supplier selection regarding cost & quality.

    • Contribute to Productivity @ vendors site’s improvement.

  • Prioritization, jointly with procurement

  • • Align with site leadership team the opportunities prioritization and their integration into the site’s roadmap to guarantee manpower, asset availabilities and funding’s.

• Execution

• • Coordinate all the functions required at site (Regulatory, Quality, Production, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, MSAT, SMS) to roll out external spend initiatives through a TIP (Tactical Implementation Plan approach)

  • Manage the execution on time of the action plans for all initiatives agreed related to supplier

  • Lead structured root cause problem solving to identify & implement actions for the problem defined, does not happen again

  • Drive the site material’s cost savings pipeline ensuring the achievement of the proposed targets and P&L impact in alignment with Finance.

  • Create and/or update SIEVO / 3P card for all non-commercial negotiation initiatives

  • Jointly with Global and GBU Supplier Excellence

  • • Deploy and implement Global Projects and Initiatives aiming supplier & material optimization in alignment with the proposed Global roadmap and priorities.

Improving site competitiveness, by leveraging supplier performance:

• In alignment with procurement define the scope of key global and local suppliers for the site

  Monitor and report key site’s suppliers’ performance for Quality and Delivery contracted

• In collaboration with procurement and in alignment with GBU’s and site’s CBNs, define suppliers’ performance objectives and roadmap.

• With Supply, Procurement and Quality, build the necessary action plan (with owners and timeline) to achieve the objectives and will steer the implementation (governance, roadblocks identification and escalation process).

• In case of Quality or Delivery events, act as an ambassador with Procurement, Supply and Quality to ensure SMS methodology is used to identify root cause and address them with vendors.

• Lead claims financial process impact on site

Support and/or lead risk management (CMM: Critical Material Management).

• Lead claims financial process impact on site

ALL these tasks will have to be performed through strong collaboration with Procurement (PSL), Operational Excellence, Quality, Supply-Chain, MSAT, operating as a single team focused on a common supplier strategy and site performance.

About You

Technical & Behavioral Skills:

• Knowledge of SMS operating standards (certification) & main Operational Excellence techniques (e.g., GPS3, Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, CI, etc.)

• Experience in transformation and change management

• Understand finance P&L monitoring, BOI, GM, COGs, cash flow, etc.

• Good understanding of data management & IA digital products embedded into the SMS operating standards (e.g. eOEE, FaCT, iObeya, …)

• Ability to manage cross-departmental, cross-domain projects

• Communication skills (both verbal and written) with technical and operational fluency

• Good listening and interpersonal skills (good relationship with Department Leaders)

• Capacity to anticipate problems and organize proactive countermeasures

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Data Science or similar relevant disciplines.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a Pharma/Bio setting, preferably in a GMP manufacturing environment

• Operational Excellence and/or Supplier management expertise

Preferred Qualifications

• Successful, multi-year track-record of managing complex, cross-functional operational excellence / lean initiatives or transformations

• Technical background (eg: manufacturing, engineering, data science, finance)

Special Working Conditions

• Up to 10% international travel

• Ability to gown and enter clean room spaces.

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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