Manufacturing and Supply
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Project Schedule Lead IFF (all genders)
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Our teams produce and deliver over 4 billion units of medicines and vaccines every year, ensuring every breakthrough gets to the people who need it most.
Our state-of-the-art facilities, AI-powered smart factories, and cutting-edge automation are redefining what’s possible: ensuring treatments reach patients faster, safer, and more sustainably than ever before. This is where your skills, ambition, and passion can shape the future of healthcare.
AsIFF Project Schedule Leadwithin our Manufacturing & SupplyInsuLINKprogram,you'llown the full project schedule for one of Sanofi's most ambitious capital investments — a €2Bnstate-of-the-artinsulin manufacturing facility in Frankfurt, Germany.You'llset the scheduling strategy, drive Progress monitoring, and keep a large, complex multi-year program on track from engineering through to commissioning and validation. This role requires routine on-site presence in Frankfurt during construction and CQV phases. Ready to get started?
Main responsibilities:
- Build and own the master project schedulein Primavera P6 — definingobjectives, setting margin strategy, integrating sub-project schedules, and structuring the project using functional breakdown and internal best practices
- Develop detailed schedulingin close collaboration with project teams, including activity sequencing, resource estimating, and duration estimating, to keep stakeholders informed on short, medium (3-week look-ahead), and long-term actions
- Drive schedule controlthroughout engineering, execution, and validation phases by measuring physical and hourly progress, tracking milestones, and monitoring schedule performance indices (SPI)
- Identifyand manage deviationsfrom baseline proactively —analyzingschedule impacts, alerting the project manager, proposing corrective actions, and following through on resolution
- Ensure compliancewith project change management procedures, supporting the project manager in scope changes and integrating associated impacts into the schedule
- Produce regular schedule reports— including dashboards, progress curves, and performance indices (PO tracking, deliveries, SPI) — on a weekly and monthly basis for project and leadership audiences
- Lead schedule workshops and update meetings, using cloud-based collaboration platforms (includingLoadspring) to align Engineering, Construction, CQV, and Procurement teams on a common, up-to-date schedule
About you
- Education/Experience: MSc/Diplome in Engineering or equivalent technical qualification with familiarity in pharma, biotech, or chemical industry environments; extensive background in project scheduling and control on large, complex capital projects of €1Bn+ scale preferred
- Soft and technical skills: Advanced Primavera P6expertise(schedule creation, baseline management, critical path analysis, resource loading); strong command of earned value management (SPI), progress measurement, variance analysis, and recovery planning; experience with cloud collaboration platforms such asLoadspringis a strong plus; Strategic thinker with the ability to translate complex schedule data into clear narratives; proactive risk manager who identifies deviations early and drives corrective action; skilled at influencing and gaining buy-in across diverse stakeholder groups (A/E, CM, Sanofi teams) without direct authority; highly collaborative, detail-oriented, and resilient in dynamic project environments
- Languages: fluency in englishrequired; German isadvantageous; additional languages welcome
Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.
Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.
Please note that for Tariff positions in Germany, compensation is based on the federal collective bargaining agreement of the chemical industry.
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Why work with us
- We’re problem-solvers and pioneers. United by the belief that everyone deserves a healthier future. We create best-in-class vaccines that prevent disease and protect lives.
- Innovation drives us. From AI and mRNA to next-gen science, we push the boundaries to deliver first- and best-in-class vaccines for infectious diseases worldwide.
- Growth happens here. With bold investments in R&D and world-class facilities, Sanofians across the entire vaccine lifecycle are shaping the future of global health.
- We do what’s right. Sustainability and DE&I drive our positive global impact—because the diverse communities Sanofians represent are the patients we serve.
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