US Government Contract Compliance Manager

Job Title: US Government Contract Compliance manager

Location: Bridgewater, 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. As a US Government Contract Compliance Manager within our Procurement Risk Management & Supplier Diversity Team, you will play a crucial role to ensure that Sanofi spends public funding in accordance with the highest ethical standards, driving our procurement support activities for Sanofi US Vaccines M&S and R&D of US Government-trained senior subcontract managers and administrators to comply with US Government Procurement regulations.

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?

Drive Compliance:

• Assessing Sanofi’s purchasing system readiness to pass a contractor purchasing system review (CPSR)

• Under legal oversight, will assist compliance efforts for Government contract team (training, reporting, procurement integrity, pricing integrity and auditing requirements)

• Prepare and assist with internal audit processes, planning, execution, reporting and follow-up.

• Monitor compliance of procurement function and other subcontracting as part of a broader government contract or award

External Engagement

• Close interaction with government team in charge of government contracts for the procurement of commercial items to coordinate practices and policies.

• Assesses information received from government contracting agencies and regulators and disseminates to impacted personnel.

• Adapting commercial procurement operations to address federal procurement regulatory compliance requirements and socio-economic regulations.

Internal Stakeholder management

• Conducting weekly staff meetings to assign tasks, track task completion, identify emerging problem areas and resolve conflicts or other issues as they arise.

• Monitoring procurement file establishment and maintenance Identifying compliance risk and escalating to corporate for resolution.

• Liaising with Accounting, Finance, Legal, Global Procurement and internal controls to achieve compliance activities in the areas of incurred cost submission support, invoice reviews for cost allowability, subcontract and solicitation template development and risk management.

Training

• Providing hands-on contract support to buyers and requesters in soliciting, negotiating, awarding and surveilling subcontracts under multiple workstreams

• Identifying and developing training required to achieve compliance in a variety of procurement aspect.

• Developing policies, processes and procedures as needed to implement compliance with federal procurement regulations.

• Onboarding and offboarding contingent staff, including addressing their computing, training and communications needs, and documenting performance reviews.

Database Management, reporting & advocacy:

• Overseeing procurement file peer review planning, scheduling, and execution

• Ensuring that all US Vaccines M&S and R&D buyers and requesters making purchases under a US government prime contract are adequately trained to understand compliance requirements, identifying target training populations and assigning training modules as appropriate to their roles and responsibilities.

• Briefing Steering Committee as needed regarding critical compliance matters (staffing, policies & procedures, compliance phase-in approach)

• Leading cross-functional working group to identify, strategize and implement needed compliance approaches.

• Conceptualizing, implementing, maintaining and expanding the GPCC Portal - a standalone, online s