iMove, the Sanofi VIE Program, is available to citizens of the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) aged between 18 and 28. 

PLEASE NOTE that since this program is primarily an international development program, candidates cannot apply to a VIE assignment in their own country of citizenship. 

PLEASE NOTE that applications that are only submitted in French cannot be considered by our non-French speaking partners at Sanofi worldwide. Therefore, only applications that are submitted in English will be considered. Please make sure to apply with your personal email address.  

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We are looking for a candidate for a VIE mission:

Quality Assurance and Quality Control Site Initiative Leader - VIE Contract (W/M)

Target start date: 01/10/2024

About the Team:

In a highly competitive environment, Manufacturing & Supply Vaccines (M&S V) is accelerating its transformation by improving the industrial performance on different streams: Engineering excellence, Yield & Batch performance, Supplier Excellence, Procurement Excellence and Quality Assurance & Quality Control Excellence. 

In the context, the position holder will assume the Quality Assurance and Quality Control Site Initiative Leader role for a set of initiatives under the Quality Assurance & Quality Control stream at the Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, United States site. In this role the incumbent is accountable for developing, planning, and managing the site performance execution for his/her initiatives. The incumbent will also work under the supervision of the strategic initiative leader and in collaboration with above-site support (Global M&S, Global Vaccines M&S) and the site Continuous Improvement (CI) specialists:  

Lead Quality process improvements and drive execution of assigned portfolio with detailed planning, deliverables and KPI targets:

• Check readiness CI mechanism to meet performance trajectory by full staffing of CI specialists and aligned PCU deployment .
• Execute the Quality control and assurance initiatives in alignment with overall performance trajectory roadmaps, SMS 2.0 deployment and in accordance to expected productivity improvement.
• Perform as-is analysis and identify pain point in assigned initiatives.
• Deliver data analysis on testing and other QA processes to simplify and assess value of automation and digital solutions.
• Coordinate work of various CI specialists to ensure progress on plan and prioritize according the value .
• Contribute to validation of material testing, automation and digital solutions.
• Support the impact analysis of the standard QA/QC organization.
• Contribute to development of QA/QC playbook and deliver requested documentation (test protocols, change controls...).
• Train and deploy at site assigned initiatives of the QA/QC playbook and new systems.
• Coordinate work of various CI specialists to ensure progress on plan and prioritize according the value.
• Participate to appropriate CI meetings or site tactical initiative committees.
• Ensure deployment of site practices consistent with the ecosystem and broader network.

Drive initiative detailed design at his/her site level with the support of the Global function Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Vaccines transformation Leader:  

• Drive diagnosis of current state including data crunching and design explicit future state (perf, organization, process).
• Set performance/financial targets in alignment with Compelling Business Needs (CBN) and site performance trajectory. 
• Drives workshops according to defined methodology and playbook.  
• Delivers Quality Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives in alignment with SMS 2.0.
• Determines resources required to deliver project (FTE, OPEX, CAPEX) and acts towards funding/staffing of his/her initiatives in scope.
• Plan execution with lean manufacturing methodology.

Manage Change:

• Drives competency upskilling, planning and dynamic staffing of local deployment teams.
• Provide required training and coaching to defined group of people.  
• Communicates on Site CBN / Continuous Improvement objectives /financial impact cascading and change story. 
• Engaging the Site/Function Leadership Team and Make sure key successes are celebrated and also leverages recognition system