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Business Process Coordinator

Ghent, Belgium Permanent Posted on   Nov. 28, 2024 Closing on   Dec. 12, 2024
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  • About the Job

    Business Process Coordinator will ensure that business processes at R&D Belgium are supported from an operational point of view withparticular focus on collaborations with Sanofi’s Corporate Functionsand Shared Business Services.Beyond the day-to-day activities (operational), they will be responsible to help identify and to implement cross-functional improvement projects to increase organizational efficiency and effectiveness. They may be assigned to certain projects and represent Business Process Operations at the site-level or beyond (e.g. Sanofi initiatives in R&D Global Operations).

    Key responsibilities

    Operational:

    • Act as the focal contact person at R&D Belgium towards key vendor (e.g.Thermofisher) and other vendors (for lab consumables, supplies & equipment) – internal & external coordination.

    • Provide advice and support in case of complaints, issues, delivery delays, invoices, etc. with a focus on the external contacts (operational)

    • Maintain a strong relationship with one or more key vendors (as assigned) in particular with the preferred vendor for lab consumables, supplies & equipment (e.g. Thermo Fisher) or LAMM vendor.

    • Build up an excellent relationship with key stakeholders within the R&D Departments such as Decentral Requisitioners and Business Users:

    • Interact with BPCs (or equivalent) in R&D Global Operations, Workplace experience, Procurement, P2P and other Global Sanofi Functions on an as-needed basis and for specific identified projects

    • Act as a local eBUY expert(Purchasing system) and train newcomers as appropriate (hands-on)in particular on specific Sanofi tools (Purchasing, Invoicing, contracting)

    • Identify opportunities & best practices across business processes and technology solutions to improve processes and minimize excess workload and non-value adding activities. 

    • Identify trends in business needs (at the site) to help determine the need for additional automation of the Purchasing process (e.g. catalogs, price lists)

    • Apply process excellence and lean principles where applicable

    • Act as backup for other BPC roles at site level as appropriate

    About You

    • BSc in business or economic studiesor equivalent by experience

    • Minimum 2years work experience in equivalent role

    • Experience with purchasing system (e.g.eBUY)as a plus

    • Strong ability to train and teach/coach others,good communication & interpersonal skills

    • Administrative consciousness and correctness, accuracy

    • Work autonomously for the daily operational tasks

    • Analytical, process-oriented with a keen interest to drive continuous improvements. A can-do attitude 

    • Solution oriented

    • Well equipped with digital tools

    • Fluent in English and Dutch

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