Job title: Contract Solutions Partner Team Lead - CENTRAL & SOUTH EUROPE

• Location: Budapest, Hungary

About the job

At Sanofi we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We are dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of the patients and families we serve, and we accomplish our goals through world-class research and with the compassion and commitment of our employees.

As we continue to transform the practice of medicine, the next chapter of Sanofi’s Play to Win strategy will require a focus on delivering transformation and simplification of our core processes, optimizing resource allocation and deployment to fuel business growth and investment in science.

This team will enable the delivery of best-in-class business support capabilities across the organization, incorporating and engaging disparate teams from across areas such as R&D, M&S, the Corporate Functions and GBUs into new global Service Delivery Towers with initial services spanning Commercial, Finance, Procurement, and People & Culture.

Reporting to the Head of MCO Contract Solutions Partner, the Contract Solutions Partner Team Lead plays a critical role in Sanofi’s Key Markets and Multi-Country Organizations (MCOs), providing contracting guidance and advice, triaging Contracting issues, driving adherence to the Contracting Core model, and working collaboratively with the business and Contract Services teams to anticipate annual contract volumes in an effort to ensure the right-level of resourcing and support is available to manage demands.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead local Contract Solutions and Partnering team and oversee efforts of local contract solution partners based in your assigned Key Market or MCO to provide strategic contracting guidance, advice and triage support to Procurement and the business.
• Drive adherence to contracting core model, working across the enterprise to ensure contracting needs and related services within Key Market or MCO align to contract lifecycle management standards and are integrated as part of the end-to-end contract delivery framework.
• Identify and monitor deviations to core model and define remediation plans if needed.
• Work closely with Key Market or MCO teams to anticipate annual contract volumes and resourcing needs to ensure the right-level of support is available to manage demands across each GBU and Corporate Function; provide customer service and triage support in effort to address contract -related issues and bring solutions to resolve.
• Collaborate with Key Market or MCO management to measure progress and value delivery, including adherence to performance metrics and service specific KPIs.
• Maintain strong stakeholder and customer relationships across the business to drive simplification and standardization in contracting operations / processes, and to strengthen the contracting control environment.
  

About you

Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in complex, global transformations, strategy, operations, and/or consulting, with a focus on contracting services.
• Proven leadership in managing global teams and delivering contracting services with executional excellence.
• Experience working with diverse, cross-functional teams, preferably within the healthcare or life sciences industry.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through change and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Skilled in driving operational excellence through data-driven insights.

Soft skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective collaborator with trust-building and influencing abilities.
• Results-oriented with excellent problem-solving capabilities.
• Adaptable leader with the ability to navigate change and inspire team alignment.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% if needed.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies, Legal, Finance, or another relevant discipline.
  

Languages:

• Fluency in English is a must.
• Additional languages like Greek, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Romanian or Hungarian are a plus.

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.
• Play an instrumental part in creating best practice within our Procurement Team for Indirects having a great opportunity to be part of a diverse team while you will gain Manufacturing and Supply chain procurement knowledge as well.
  

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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