External Manufacturing and Supply Specialty Care Large Molecule, Supply Chain Head

Job Title: External Manufacturing and Supply Specialty Care Large Molecule, Supply Chain Head

Location: Cambridge, MA, Northborough, MA, Framingham, MA, Swiftwater, PA or Morristown, NJ

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. 

Reporting to the Head of Specialty Care Large Molecules External Site Team is accountable to manage and transform the Supply Chain Role within EM&S; Leads Supply Chain personnel.

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:

The Head of Specialty Care Large Molecule Supply Chain Team will work:

in partnership

• Head of the External Site Team, External Manufacturing Product Teams (EMPT) heads and other functional heads

• External Manufacturing and Supply Central Supply Chain and Global Supply Chain teams

in alignment with EM&S business partners

• Supports on time & in full delivery of products for CMOs & External Suppliers on Supply Chain responsibilities within the External Site Team (EST).

• Accountable for reporting of EM&S +QDCI SC metrics. 

• Drives continuous improvement in the EST performance and supports performance improvement internally and at the CMO in areas of Safety, Quality, Cost & Delivery. 

• Accountable for all aspects of people management for EST Supply Chain personnel and accountable for financial resource planning within budget, including generation and maintenance of labor model. 

• Supporting Sanofi's DE&I initiatives. Develops and maintains a positive culture to create the right environment for highly productive teams in a psychologically safe environment.

• Responsible for ensuring alignment on all Supply Chain input in the financial planning processes including volume alignment, consolidation of inventory reconciliation activities in a compliant and timely manner, lead the internal material review board and serve as an advisor on all other supply chain topics related to the management of product/CMOs.

• Drives Standardization & Simplification initiatives working with functional heads and the Center of Excellence Technology, SMS, and Digital team.

• Support External Manufacturing Product Team & CMO Business Operations in the standardization of contracts.

• Work with EST and Procurement on implementation of cost saving initiatives.

• Serve as an advisor on problem resolution between Supply Chain personnel and internal or external business partners.

• Work transversally with other functional heads within EST to standardize and optimize the CMO management processes.

• Support EST in execution of related projects and sourcing activities as a CMO and product expert.

• Act as key contact for Global Supply Chain (GSC).

• Responsible to lead Material Review Board.

Technical skills

• Broad knowledge and experience of Supply Chain topics and systems

• Problem solving, technical writing, and verbal communication skills — clearly conveys

• Basic or good understanding of data management and IA digital products

• Knowledgeable in E2E product & industrial strategy, performance management, project management

• Knowledgeable in biotech/pharmaceutical industry technologies

• Strong analytical skills.

• Good command of KPI target setting & monitoring

Leadership skills:

• Strategic thinking: analyzes current and future scenarios, disrupts the status quo with innovation, while remaining pragmatic and focus on priorities. Able to shape a vision. Able to lead & animate networks, teams, experts - Strong communication skills

• Results orientation: Demonstrated ab