South Korea & Australia People Business Partner, Commercial

Job title:South Korea & Australia People Business Partner, Commercial

• Location: Seoul (South Korea)

• Job type: Permanent, Full time 

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.

You will be the strategic partner to business leaders,identifying and advocating for business needs using data insights. Enables transformation, consults and coaches business leaders on effective people and talent management. 

We are seeking an experienced and passionate leader to partner with the organization’s leadership and People & Culture (P&C) team in MCO 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. 

You will be a member of the International Pharma and South Korea & AustraliaMCO People & Culture Leadership Team; you will be expected to work in close partnership with MCO business leaders & P&C team and related People Business Partners across Sanofi International Markets. 

Commercial scopeincludes(1)Sales, Marketing & Medical Vaccines and Pharma andMCO Lead Functions (Trade, Public Affairs, Communication & Market Access)

Main responsibilities:

• Coach and advise MCO leadership to shape and enable the people agenda and business strategy, by guiding them on strategic planning activities.

• Anticipate and identify business needs and challenges on MCOlevel.

• Contribute to global strategic activities, such as workforce and succession planning, talent and leadership development, culture, D&I by providing market & MCO view and context.

• Collaborate with COEs to shape and if requiredtailor global solutions and best practice solutions by providing MCO business context and ensure that business needs are met.

• Talent Acquisition – Provide local input to understand and shape requirements for respective workforce segment and partner with TA teams for hiring of L4+ talent (including select L3 roles) for respective MCO GBUs

• Talent Management* – Support activation of MCO, market and GBU talent priorities in alignment with the North Star Talent Strategy. Know Accelerate and selected Advance talents for MCO GBUs. Build manager capability in assessing potential and strengthening succession of MCO BUs Leadership pipeline. Advise leaders and employees on career development and talent activities. (approx. time spent on Talent is 30-40%)

• Insights – Advise business based on data and insights and leverage local people insights and analytics for strategic P&C agenda within respective area of responsibility and to provide voice of the customer. 

• Organisation Design and Effectiveness - Coordinate and manage business and organization changes in country (e.g., mergers, divestiture, NBM) in conjunction with other People Business Partners at MCO, market level and OC&T

• Culture and DEI – Promote Sanofi DEI and culture by driving programs and initiatives to increase engagement within respectiveMCO.

• Employee Relations - Advise on high-profile / severe cases and act as escalation point for high-profile cases in respective MCO.

About you 

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

- Minimum of 8-years of HR experience.  International exposure is desirable.