Global Buyer External Manufacturing

Job title

Global Buyer External Manufacturing

Entity:

Procurement

Location:

FR - Neuilly-sur-Seine

Reporting to:

Procurement CHC External Manufacturing, Head of Global Licenses

SANOFI CHC Purpose and Aspiration 

At Sanofi CHC, we have one shared purpose - we work passionately, every day, to ‘serve healthier, fuller lives. Our marketing philosophy is driven by this purpose and everything we do is centred around people – our consumers, our customers, healthcare professionals, and our employees – across the world. 

We are building brands that serve 2bn consumers worldwide, so that they can live healthier, fuller lives. In order to do this better than anybody else, we aspire to become the most consumer-centric Consumer Healthcare company. We want to be market shapers and achieve category leadership in the categories that we play in - delivered through strong global-local partnership. We are a people first business, placing consumers at the heart of everything we do through uncovering and activating deep consumer and shopper insights, for example. 

As a top 3 global CHC player, we want to raise the bar in terms of our strategic and operational capabilities to enable sustainable, above-market growth. In order to achieve this, we need strong talents that will help us shape the future of CHC while sharing our core values of courage, teamwork, respect and integrity. 

A fully standalone CHC business in SANOFI targets to create the best FAST MOVING CONSUMER HEALTHCARE company, which will require us to retain, attract and grow the best leaders in our industry. 

Job purpose

External Manufacturing Procurement ambition is to deliver Business Continuity with outstanding Value Creation.

Act as Procurement CHC External Manufacturing, Global Buyer BD&L category.

Be responsible:

• contribute to and drive the implementation of the CHC Growth Strategy together with Business and respective Regional functional teams incl the establishment of a competitive and trusted local C(D)MO panel
• to work closely with the Business and Regional Innovation team(s), ensuring alignment of strategy, portfolio, execution, and investment for innovation & NPD. Be a Strategic partner for the Development teams/New Product Development (NPD) centers working for their regional category
• as the focal point and work closely as strategic partner for the Development teams/New Product Development (NPD) centers, ensuring alignment of strategy, portfolio, execution and investments.
• translate CHC Business strategy into Procurement CHC External Manufacturing (EM) strategy with full End to End scope
• for delivering world class total savings objectives at regional level to execute 100% of all levers
• for ensuring procurement technical excellence (TCO, SRM, Market Intel, Risk Management, Innovation, CSR, HSE, compliance, quality, Sustainability…),
• for contributing to make vs. buy strategy in the Region, in line with the global strategy, the competitive environment and the local needs
• for driving savings and gross margin journeys thanks to early involvement and all procurement levers, Design to Value program, procurement development and improvement initiatives jointly with Business: life cycle management, COGS improvement initiatives, products launches/switches
• for supporting and deploying the Procurement global category strategy and execution for Business Development & Licensing categories
• for enabling an e2e consistent/innovative/fruitful development of CHC brands
• support establishment of sound market intelligence on CDMOs and CMOs, ensure a state-of-the-art supplier panel to support CHC Science hubs to deliver on their priorities, focusing on cores expertise, global presence, innovation footprint, capacities, financial health, competitor landscape, benchmarking, and competitiveness.

Ensure that global performance meets expectations on fundamentals (HSE/Sustainability, Quality, Sanofi Manufacturing System, Supply) while identifying and evaluating potential strategic business partners

This mission is aligned with the values, the ethical charter and the code of conduct of CHC Business Unit.

Key Accountabilities

External Manufacturing Strategy

• Identification and evaluation of potential strategic business partners/new products and new licensing opportunities within Growth, Global Scientific and M&S Teams
• Implement and execute e2e procurement relevant strategy to support CHC brands growth and gross margin
• Establish sound market intelligence on CDMOs and CMOs in BD&