Business Process Coordinator
Ghent, Belgium Permanent Date posted Oct. 23, 2024We 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?
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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