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M&S-Head of SMS Program-Beijing

Beijing, China
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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.

Job title职位名称: Head of SMS Program

  • Location工作地点:Beijing北京

About the job工作职责

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. Your job, as Head of SMS Program within our M&S China-Beijing Site will be to making best class medicines with excellent strategies and tools and delivering them to our patients.

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职责描述:

• Being the OPEX representative (Business Partner) in Department / APU-PCU / Function

• Supporting execution of performance initiatives including the Continuous Improvement project portfolio defined at APU-PCU level, deployment of operating standards as codified in the respective ecosystems

• Leading problem-solving session leveraging existing SMS tools as GPS3

• Being the OPEX method and training referent for his/her area and supporting M&S network (e.g., Maturity Assessment execution, SMS Trainer…)

• Driving performance & transformation initiatives (e.g., SMS 2.0 deployment, boosters, Factory 4.0 solutions, etc.)

• Ensuring impact & sustainability

• Contributing to the development of operating standards in close partnership with dedicated ecosystem leaders and supporting M&S network (e.g. Maturity Assessment execution, SMS Trainer…)

• Responsible of Master Data Management Process application at site level, as defined in the Master data Playbook & associated Standards.

• Secure and communicate the direct link between Site Master Data KPIs and Site performance.

• Accountable of the site Master Data quality & Timeliness KPIs, and lead the continuous improvement loop

• Provides managerial support to Data Stewards team and contributes to upskilling • Ensures communication between site and Master data BPO through Master Data Community Management

• Responsible of sites adherence to Business Processes as defined in the Sanofi Operating Model, GOPs and more detailed for ERP in Signavio

• Secure and communicate the direct link between Site MySUA indicators and Site performance.

• Accountable of the site Transactional Data (Data from processes, e.g. Process Orders, Purchase Orders, etc.) Quality & Timeliness indicators in MySUA, and lead the continuous improvement loop

• Provides managerial support to all Key Users and contributes to upskilling

• Ensures communication between site and Smart Process (M&S BPOs) Team through Community of Practices and F&S Ambassador Networks

About you 任职资格:

Experience:

Experience in transformation and change management

Key transactional core systems minimum knowledge (SAP, LIMS, MES, VeeVa Vault, Kinaxis)

Soft skill: Good communication and collaboration

Technical skill:

• Knowledge of SMS operating standards (certification) & main Operational Excellence techniques (e.g., GPS3, Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, CI, etc.)

• Understand finance P&L monitoring, BOI, GM, COGs, cash flow, …

• Good understanding of data management & IA digital products embedded into the SMS operating standards (e.g. eOEE, FaCT, iOBeya, …)

Ability to federate all site functions through relying on communication skills

Ability to connect Master Data and Site Performance

Direct and Transversal management capability

Education: Bachelor’s degree in related field

Languages: Fluent English in verbal & written.

Take the Lead: Aim Higher, Act for Patients, Be Bold, Lead Together

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.

PursueProgress. Discover Extraordinary.

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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue Progress. And let’s 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, or gender identity.

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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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  • 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.

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