Head of SMS Supplier Excellence

Job Title: Head of Sanofi Manufacturing System (SMS) Supplier Excellence

Location: Framingham, Northborough, MA

About the Job

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.

The role of the Operational Excellence (OpEx) team is to drive industrial performance to achieve the site’s strategy and ambition. The OpEx team brings a high level of expertise and leadership in Sanofi Manufacturing System (SMS) methodology, transformation and change management. OpEx teams collaborate with all functions at the site, with Global SMS and actively contribute to the Sanofi SMS network.

This role serves as the OpEx representative (business partner) for the site to drive supplier performance. The role operates on three key missions: 1) fill the pipeline with initiatives will support the site in delivering its target of materials (direct) and services (indirect) cost reduction, 2) improve site competitiveness by leveraging supplier performance, 3) support and/or lead risk management (single source risks and driving initiatives related to dual sourcing, etc.,) to avoid shortages. As an SMS Leader, the person must achieve SMS Intermediate level certification, at a minimum. This role leads problem solving sessions using root-case-analysis methodology to determine corrective actions.

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:

Fill & implement the pipeline with initiatives which will support the site in delivering its target

• Ideation & prioritization in alignment with the site’s performance external spend target:

• • Lead value added improvement (OEE, Yield, Productivity…) related to 3rd party material & expenses, included the assessment of the total cost of ownership (TCO) vs. the return on that investment in the market

  • Collect and leverage relevant site data to build business cases and allow projects impact & feasibility evaluation

  • Jointly with procurement:

  • • Review & challenge site specifications for better alignment vs Cluster/MnS wild standards.

    • Assess and optimize, with Supply-chain, from the demand with volume forecast accuracy to goods reception at Sanofi site.

    • Assess opportunities potential (internal and/or from suppliers’ suggestions) by gathering site’s stakeholder to build opportunity business cases: specification clarification, technical feasibility assessment and implementation cost, contribution to new products launches in alignment with site material specification & support the best supplier selection regarding cost & quality.

    • Contribute to Productivity @ vendors site’s improvement.

  • Prioritization, jointly with procurement

  • • Align with site leadership team the opportunities prioritization and their integration into the site’s roadmap to guarantee manpower, asset availabilities and funding’s.

• Execution

• • Coordinate all the functions required at site (Regulatory, Quality, Production, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, MSAT, SMS) to roll out external spend initiatives through a TIP (Tactical Implementation Plan approach)

  • Manage the execution on time of the action plans for all initiatives agreed related to supplier

  • Lead structured root cause problem solving to identify & implement actions for the problem defined, does not happen again

  • Drive the site material’s cost savings pipeline ensuring the achievement of the proposed targets and P&L impact in alignment with Finance.

  • Create and/or update SIEVO / 3P card for all non-commercial negotiation initiatives

  • Jointly with Global and GBU Supplier Excellence

  • • Deploy and implement Global Projects and Initiatives aiming supplier & material optimization in alignment with