Senior People Excellence Partner Turkey & Levant

Job title: Senior People Excellence Partner Turkey & Levant

About the job

Our Team:

Sanofi is a leading global healthcare company going through a significant transformation. We are on a journey to attract and develop top diverse talent to join our mission to bring innovation to more and more patients around the world.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate leader to partner with the organization’s leadership and People & Culture (P&C) team in Turkey & Levant as the catalyst for the deployment of the One Sanofi People Strategy for the company. The incumbent will contribute to the achievement of the company's short- and long-term goals by providing P&C strategic leadership and support (talent management, performance, organization, culture, etc) whilst ensuring alignment to Sanofi’s Global Business Strategy as well as the Play to Win culture.  

Main responsibilities:

As a member of the Eurasia People & Culture team, you will be expected to work in close partnership with the business leaders and the rest of the P&C community across the geography.  On top you will informally lead a small team of People Excellence Partners Turkey & Levant and ensure excellence in execution of P&C activities.

• People Execellence Partners Team Leadership – informally lead the People Excellence Partners team through delegating tasks/projects, supporting/coaching the team, ensuring excellence in execution of P&C activities in order to provide the best employee experience

• DE&I Turkey & Levant – Lead the DE&I strategy for Turkey & Levant through guiding our Employee Resource Groups, collaborating with our global DE&I partners to ensure diversity on all fronts and an inclusive workplace.

• Employee Relations – Support People Director in liaising with local co-determination bodies and advise managers on employee relations matters & handle cases end-to-end. 

• Support delivery of people & culture activities that require on-site presence or where local language requirements cannot be covered by the hubs. 

• Project Management – Pro-actively initiate and lead end-to-end projects to provide the best employee experience in the organization. Seek continuously for improvement areas to ensure being best in class P&C team.

• Talent Acquisition – Support on-site activities as required in partnership with TA team to provide excellence in TA and best candidate experience. Obtain approvals from works council/union where applicable. 

• Talent Management* – Deliver P4G workshops to upskill People Managers. Engage and facilitate calibration talent reviews to support 1st line managers. Support employees and managers locally in development advice. 

• Performance Management – Facilitate calibration performance reviews with 1st line managers to support and ensure it’s managed according guidelines. Guide and support managers with low performance management.

• Ethics & Business Integrity cases – Support the EBI Head with investigating Speak Up cases.

• Learning – Deliver trainings after receiving Train the Trainer when needed.

Support on-site learning admin and handle local audit of learning delivery in partnership with Learning COE.

• Rewards and Recognition – Support adjustment and negotiation of collective labor agreements, manage personnel cost/ budget, local plans, and exceptions. 

• Insights – Handle reporting request using local data sources (e.g., local government reports) 

• Org Design and Effectiveness – Partner with the Strategic People Business Partners to implement organizational changes in local systems (if required), manage reorganizations by supporting union/ works council negotiations as well as managing the transition/ exit of people. 

• Reflect changes in local processes, procedures, and policies according to CoE guidelines. 

• Mobility - Support on-site relocation, if necessary, e.g., in-person confirmation of employment 

• Promote continuous improvement through feedback loops and process improvement ideas and implementation. 

• Proactively encourage all line managers and employees to utilize ESS/MSS and One Support

About you 

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field; master’s degree preferred. 

- Minimum of 7 years of HR experience.  International exposure is desirable. 

- Great leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization & ability to represent P&C externally. 

- Ability to lead a small team

- Ability to challenge and influence leaders

- Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions

- Curious mindset who challenges the status quo to look always for better and innovative solutions

- High learning agility

- Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

- Fluent in English and Turkish

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But 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. So, let’s be those people.  

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.  

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!