Head of Legal Procurement Transformation and Operations

Job title: Head of Legal Procurement Transformation and Operations

Location: Morristown, NJ

About the job

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.  

Ready to push the limits of what's possible? Join Sanofi as part of the Legal, Ethics and Business Integrity and Global Security ("LEBI & GS") team and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.

As Head of Legal Procurement Transformation and Operations within the Global Legal Manufacturing & Supply and Procurement team, you'll drive transformation and change at enterprise scale. The team is heavily focused on transformation, so there will be lots of opportunities for you to improve processes and implement best-in-class ways of working. You will lead projects optimizing supplier relationships, manage third-party risk, and support smart spending.

A flagship initiative for this role is leading the Sanofi Contracting Transformation (SCoT) Project — a cross-functional transformation program designed to simplify, standardize, and accelerate contracting across Legal, Contract Services, and Procurement through improved intake, simplified templates, and clarified governance.

This is a senior legal leadership role with global scope, operating in a highly matrixed, cross-functional environment. Reporting directly to the Global Head of Legal Manufacturing & Supply and Procurement, you will serve as the primary legal leader and strategic partner to Sanofi's Global Procurement organization, while simultaneously spearheading the legal team's own transformation — modernizing, digitizing, and future-proofing the way legal services are delivered across Procurement.

About Sanofi

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main responsibilities:

Strategic Legal Partnership & Procurement Advisory

• Serve as the lead legal advisor and strategic business partner to the Global Procurement organization, including representation of Legal on the Global Procurement Leadership Team

• Provide senior legal guidance on Global Procurement initiatives — including initiatives to free up cash flow (e.g., payment terms and inventory reduction) and transformation projects (e.g., smart spending, optimized supplier relationships, third-party risk management, and integrated risk management) — in close collaboration with LEBI & GS colleagues and other stakeholders

• Advise on global contracts for indirect Procurement categories of spend in close coordination with local Legal teams and other stakeholders

• Advise on supplier governance frameworks, including supplier qualification, due diligence, and performance management from a legal perspective

• Oversee legal aspects of strategic sourcing decisions, including make-vs-buy analyses, outsourcing arrangements, and strategic partnerships

• Provide legal guidance on competition and antitrust law considerations in procurement activities, including information exchange, joint purchasing, and supplier coordination

• Support dispute resolution and litigation management related to procurement and supplier matters

• Provide as-needed legal support to strategic initiatives related to Manufacturing & Supply transformation

Contracting Transformation

• Lead "Contracting Transformation" at Sanofi: improve, optimize, standardize, modernize, and digitize contracting methodology, processes, standards, and tools — including revision of the contracting risk matrix, Global Contracting Procedure, contract templates and playbooks, contract lifecycle management (CLM), training, and communication — in coordination with LEBI & GS, Global Procurement, Procurement Services, and other stakeholders

• Serve as Project Lead for SCoT Project, coordinating five priority workstreams, managing critical dependencies and preparing decision recommendations for senior leadership

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