Our Team:

At Sanofi's Insulin Campus Frankfurt (ICF), we're committed to setting world-class standards that enable diabetes patients globally to improve their lives through innovative and affordable solutions. Our recently merged campus brings together 3,600 talented professionals across 10 buildings in the Industriepark Höchst, producing a full insulin range, legacy pharma products, oncology and biologics packaging, and monoclonal antibodies.

About the Job

Your impact:

As our Site Head of Operational Excellence, you will be the driving force behind our site's performance transformation. You'll develop and execute our Site Performance Roadmap, lead breakthrough initiatives, standardize continuous improvement through SMS 2.0, and foster a culture of operational excellence and digital innovation

Main responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership:
  Develop and maintain the Site Performance Roadmap through strategy cascading, benchmarking, and defining performance ambitions
• Performance Transformation:
  Lead execution of focused transformation initiatives and continuous improvement through SMS 2.0 ecosystem deployments
• Digital Innovation:
  Partner with Smart Factory to drive adoption of cutting-edge solutions and capture performance gains
• Supplier Excellence:
  Own material and supplier improvement initiatives as the business interface for procurement
• Performance Governance:
  Lead operational KPI management, drive financial impact tracking, and represent the site in performance reviews
• Team Development:
  Build a high-performing OpEx & Smart Factory team while fostering a performance-driven culture

About You

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry (incl. operational and leadership roles)
• Knowledge of main Operational Excellence techniques (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, CI, etc.) 
• Basics of finance and strategy
• Experience in transformation and change management

Leadership and technical skills:

• Problem Solving:
  Managing priority/timeline/cost constraints and performance trade-offs with strong negotiation and conflict resolution abilities
• Professional communication and influencing:
  Ability to set-up and communicate organization priorities and to get buy-in from relevant stakeholders; ability to properly manage expectations
• Organizational Leadership
  Strong leadership, teamwork and decision-making skills; ability to set clear directions, motivate teams, and implement organizational change
• Operational Excellence
  Project and results-oriented mindset with ability to deliver objectives on time while driving scientific rigor and quality

Education & Languages:

• Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Management or Engineering
• Excellent communication skills in English and German

Why choose Sanofi?

• 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.
• Benefit from a well-thought-out benefits package that rewards your contribution and commitment.
• We take care of you and your family with a wide range of health and social such as high-quality healthcare, numerous prevention programs and coverage for long-term illness. Our 14-week paid family leave for both parents is outstanding as well as a wide range of childcare benefits.
• Start your career at an attractive location in the center / in the capital of Germany and experience our modern working environment and benefit from hybrid, flexible working time models.

Pursue Progress. 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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