Specialty Care GBU Global Demand and Portfolio Lead

Job Title: Specialty Care GBU Global Demand and Portfolio Lead

Location: Cambridge, 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.

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?

Sanofi aims to become the world’s leading immunology company. Our M&S mission is clear: we need to launch an unprecedented number of new products, and become the industry benchmark, by building a modern, fully integrated and digitized M&S network connected to R&D and commercial.

The Demand & Portfolio Lead is accountable for the consolidation and the risk assessment (de-risking or buffering) of the demand in collaboration with Supply Chain Product leaders. This person is accountable for the product life cycle management process in the IBP horizon (Product Management Review – PMR Process). Responsibilities require ensuring End-to-End collaboration across Supply chain, Finance, Commercial, Franchise, & Manufacturing & Supply.

Role reports to Specialty Care Global GBU Supply Chain Head of Integrated Business plan, Sales & Operational Excellence and Performance.

The Demand & Portfolio Lead is accountable for the consolidation and the risk assessment (de-risking or buffering) of the demand in collaboration with Supply Chain Product leaders.

They are accountable for the product life cycle management process in the IBP horizon.

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:

Accountable of the consolidation and the risk assessment (de-risking or buffering) of the demand in collaboration with Supply Chain Product leaders.

• Builds standard & harmonized Demand Reviews process and slide-decks across Therapeutic area to simplify & optimize IBP process.

• Coordinates with Product Leads Global unconstrained demand forecast on 36months horizon, reviews main R&O ant GBU level and aligns on demand escalation topics to MBR.

• Identifies main variations & collaborate with SC Product Leaders in understanding root causes and proposing action plans to mitigate Demand variations.

• Runs demand risk assessment for High volatile brands/markets in collaboration with SC Product Leaders/ TA Head, proposing demand de-risking or demand buffering to drive demand stability

• Runs demand scenario planning with Finance to identify breakeven points of demand opportunities to help decision making.

• Ensures consistency of 0-3y Tactical horizon with 4-10y Strat Plan Franchises assumptions

• Reviews current commercial product portfolio (including product rationalization), New product pipeline and activities for market products which has impact on demand, Supply and Financial Plans.

• Identifies demand and supply impacts through product portfolio changes. Share an overview of portfolio evolution, complexity reduction, market trends & innovations.

• Leads the preparation and animation of the Product Management Review (PMR)

• Drives timely readiness of master data in support of new launches

• Drive yearly SKU portfolio review to identify candidates for discontinuation (low sales value, dilutive margin, low batch size)

• Leads the SKU portfolio rationalization program in collaboration with Franchises, TA Lead, Regulatory Affairs, Finance & Com ops

About You

Skills/Expertise/Experience:

• Experience in developing strategies and budgeting long-range planning

• Solid knowledge of IBP process