People Business Partner - General Medicine & Vaccines/CF

• Location: Netherlands (Amsterdam)

• Job type: Permanent, Full time

• Hybrid working

About the job

Our Team:

Sanofi is a leading global healthcare company going through a significant transformation. We are on a journey to attract and develop top diverse talent to join our mission to bring innovation to more and more patients around the world.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate leader to partner with the organization’s leadership and People & Culture (P&C) team in MCO as the catalyst for the deployment of the One Sanofi People Strategy for the company. The incumbent will contribute to the achievement of the company's short- and long-term goals by providing P&C strategic leadership and support (talent management, performance, organization, culture, etc) whilst ensuring alignment to Sanofi’s Global Business Strategy as well as the Play to Win culture.

Main responsibilities:

As a member of the People and Culture Key markets Team you will work in close partnership with Northern Europe MCO business leaders & P&C team and Key markets broader community of People Business Partners to define the business strategy that will allow the business to achieve its goals, while maintaining alignment with Sanofi people strategy.

You will be the Strategic partner to business leaders, identifying and advocating for business needs using data insights. In this role you enable transformation, consult and coach business leaders on effective people and talent management.

You will cover different functions (1) within your MCO including Sales & Marketing GenMed and Vaccines, & Medical Vaccines and Pharma.

Key Accountabilities

• Coach and advise MCO leadership to shape and enable the people agenda and business strategy, by guiding them on strategic planning activities.

• Anticipate and identify business needs and challenges on MCO level.

• Contribute to global strategic activities, such as workforce and succession planning, talent and leadership development, culture, D&I by providing market & MCO view and context.

• Collaborate with COEs to shape and if required tailor global solutions and best practice solutions by providing MCO business context and ensure that business needs are met.

• Talent Acquisition – Provide local input to understand and shape requirements for respective workforce segment and partner with TA teams for hiring of leadership roles

• Talent Management* – Support activation of MCO, market and GBU talent priorities in alignment with the North Star Talent Strategy. Know Accelerate and selected Advance talents for MCO GBUs. Build manager capability in assessing potential and strengthening succession of MCO BUs Leadership pipeline. Advise leaders and employees on career development and talent activities. (approx. time spent on Talent is 30-40%)

• Insights – Advise business based on data and insights and leverage local people insights and analytics for strategic P&C agenda within respective area of responsibility and to provide voice of the customer.

• Organisation Design and Effectiveness - Coordinate and manage business and organization changes in country (e.g., mergers, divestiture, NBM) in conjunction with other People Business Partners at MCO, market level and OC&T

• Culture and DEI – Promote Sanofi DEI and culture by driving programs and initiatives to increase engagement within respective MCO.

• Employee Relations - Advise on high-profile / severe cases and act as escalation point for high-profile cases in respective MCO.

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field; master’s degree preferred.

• Minimum of 7 years of HR experience, with preferably multi country experience/ exposure (GIG, Projects, Assignment …)

• Proven experience in leadership development, compensation, employee relations, culture transformation, and change management.

• Great leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization & ability to represent P&C externally.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.

• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Management of a remote and diverse team a +.

• Fluent in English

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

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Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!