Global Head Of Logistics Control Tower

Job Title: Global Head of Logistics Control Tower

Location: Morristown, NJ, 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. 

The Head of Global Logistics Control Tower is responsible for leading the strategic and operational activities of Sanofi’s logistics control tower, providing global visibility over transportation and warehousing networks. This role ensures the smooth execution of logistics flows, manages event escalation and mitigation, and drives the adoption of digital solutions to enhance visibility and performance. The position collaborates closely with internal stakeholders such as planning, customer fulfillment, global engineering, and business continuity leaders to optimize decision-making and risk mitigation. The role also develops and steers the global control tower strategy, ensuring alignment across regions and key functions.

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:

Strategic Leadership of Global Control Tower:

•  Develop and implement the overall strategy for the global logistics control tower, ensuring it aligns with the company’s broader supply chain and business objectives.

•  Oversee the establishment and ongoing enhancement of control tower capabilities across different regions to ensure standardized practices and seamless operations.

•  Ensure the control tower's capabilities are scalable and adaptable to the company’s growth and evolving market needs, including supporting new product launches, market expansion, and regulatory changes.

Build from scratch with the Horizon Project the Control Tower Capabilities:

• Drive the Business and Technical requirements collection and validation.

• Drive the Control Tower Orchestration layer through the whole project cycle, from detailed design to post go-live implementation support.

• Responsible for the execution of GAP & Impact analysis

• Drive the deployment of Control Tower Orchestration layer, including the implementation of advanced analytics, enhanced decision making, supply chain resilience and visibility solutions.

• Coordinate with other projects that will be included in the Control Tower Layer like (IOTC, Distribution)

• Coordinate implementation teams and provide SME recommendations (different Sanofi teams, Consulting partners and Vendors)

• Setup hyper care and support post-implementation.

Global Logistics Visibility and Event Management:

•  Lead the event management function, responsible for detecting and resolving any disruptions within the global logistics network, including transportation delays, warehouse issues, or unforeseen external challenges.

•  Ensure global visibility across the logistics network, including transportation routes, warehousing operations, and real-time tracking of shipments, providing transparency to stakeholders.

•  Trigger mitigation actions in response to logistical disruptions and lead cross-functional coordination to minimize the impact of supply chain disruptions on business operations.

Digital Solutions and Process Innovation:

•  Define and implement digital solutions to enhance visibility, transparency, and execution across global logistics operations, ensuring data-driven decision-making and real-time responsiveness.

•  Oversee the deployment of technology platforms that support control tower operations, including predictive analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) for real-time event detection, and automation tools.

•  Continuously evaluate and integrate emerging techno