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Job Title: External Manufacturing and Supply Specialty Care Large Molecule, Supply Chain Head

Location: Cambridge, MA, Northborough, MA, Framingham, MA, Swiftwater, PA or Morristown, NJ

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. 

Reporting to the Head of Specialty Care Large Molecules External Site Team is accountable tomanage and transform the Supply Chain Role within EM&S; Leads Supply Chain personnel.

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:

The Head of Specialty Care Large Molecule Supply Chain Team willwork:

in partnership

• Head of the External Site Team, External Manufacturing Product Teams (EMPT) heads and other functional heads

• External Manufacturing and Supply Central Supply Chain and Global Supply Chain teams

in alignment with EM&S business partners

• Supports on time & in full delivery of products for CMOs & External Suppliers on Supply Chain responsibilities within the External Site Team (EST).

• Accountable for reporting of EM&S +QDCI SC metrics. 

• Drives continuous improvement in the EST performance and supports performance improvement internally and at the CMO in areas of Safety, Quality, Cost & Delivery. 

• Accountable for all aspects of people management for EST Supply Chain personnel and accountable for financial resource planning within budget, including generation and maintenance of labor model. 

• Supporting Sanofi's DE&I initiatives. Develops and maintains a positive culture to create the right environment for highly productive teams in a psychologically safe environment.

• Responsible for ensuring alignment on all Supply Chain input in the financial planning processes including volume alignment, consolidation of inventory reconciliation activities in a compliant and timely manner, lead the internal material review board and serve as an advisor on all other supply chain topics related to the management of product/CMOs.

• Drives Standardization & Simplification initiatives working with functional heads and the Center of Excellence Technology, SMS, and Digital team.

• Support External Manufacturing Product Team & CMO Business Operations in the standardization of contracts.

• Work with EST and Procurement on implementation of cost saving initiatives.

• Serve as an advisor on problem resolution between Supply Chain personnel and internal or external business partners.

• Work transversally with other functional heads within EST to standardize and optimize the CMO management processes.

• Support EST in execution of related projects and sourcing activities as a CMO and product expert.

• Act as key contact for Global Supply Chain (GSC).

• Responsible to lead Material Review Board.

Technical skills

• Broad knowledge and experience of Supply Chain topics and systems

• Problem solving, technicalwriting, and verbal communication skills — clearly conveys

• Basic or good understanding of data management and IA digital products

• Knowledgeable in E2E product & industrial strategy, performance management, project management

• Knowledgeable in biotech/pharmaceutical industry technologies

• Strong analytical skills.

• Good command of KPI target setting & monitoring

Leadership skills:

• Strategic thinking: analyzes current and future scenarios, disrupts the status quo with innovation, while remaining pragmatic and focus on priorities. Able to shape a vision. Able to lead & animate networks, teams, experts - Strong communication skills

• Results orientation: Demonstrated ability to drive initiatives from concept to execution

• High level of autonomy. Executes, comfortable with ambiguity, ​and adapts with agility. Takes calculated risks and anticipates potential issues.

• People development: Engages and leverages everyone’s strengths while being highly self-aware. Instore the culture of feedback & empower people to grow & manage his/her career path.

• Relationship & Influence: able to manage ambiguity and partners without solid reporting line

• Stretched ambition and take action. Encourages the teams to stretch and do things differently & creates space for the teams to take action.

• Commit to Patients and full product quality.

• Makes sure the teams understand how to act for patients and customers.

• Approaches the role with humility and thinks Sanofi first.

About You

About You

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a Supply Chain Management related field or equivalent

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain Management roles ideally within biotech/pharmaceutical arena

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience within biotech/pharmaceutical industry

• Prior experience supporting External Manufacturing / CMOs is preferred

• Strong exposure to cross sites & cross GBUs networking is a plus

Languages:

• Fluent English

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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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.