External Job Description
About the role
As an Operational Excellence Head within our production department, you will lead the design and deployment of performance improvement initiatives to achieve your department's ambitions. Ready to get started?
Reporting to the Site OpEx & Smart Factory Manager, you will work within one of our production departments (Preparation & Filling, Visual Inspection & Packaging, or Technical Services). You will play a central role in the site's cultural and operational transformation, uniting teams around a culture of sustainable continuous improvement in service of our mission: producing medicines and vaccines that improve the lives of millions of patients around the world.
About Sanofi
Sanofi is a biopharmaceutical company that innovates in R&D and leverages AI at scale to improve people's lives and create long-term growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and our innovative pipeline – allows us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people worldwide. Together, we pursue the miracles of science to improve people's lives.
Key responsibilities
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Design and facilitate the department's performance roadmap in close collaboration with leaders, translating strategic ambitions into concrete action plans aligned with site priorities
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Drive transformation initiatives to achieve the department's performance ambition, acting as a catalyst for change and fostering a culture of continuous improvement
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Support the deployment of the site strategy within the department and establish effective governance to ensure the execution of the performance roadmap
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Develop the skills of the department's Continuous Improvement specialists by coaching and mentoring them to build a sustainable CI culture
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Orchestrate the department's performance initiatives with continuous monitoring of priorities, ensuring alignment between ongoing initiatives and overall performance goals
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Maintain and improve the level of standardization required within the Sanofi Manufacturing System, and ensure cross-functional coordination during the deployment of key initiatives
What we offer you
A fixed salary over 12 months, supplemented by individual variable compensation, as well as profit-sharing and incentive schemes based on Sanofi Group results.
Because taking care of our employees is also our mission: 31 days of paid leave + RTT days depending on your status, remote work up to 2 days/week, high-quality health insurance, up to 80% coverage of public transport costs; maternity leave (18 weeks) and partner leave (14 weeks), Savings Plans & Retirement Plans with employer matching, CSE benefits, internal and international mobility opportunities, a customizable training offer to support you throughout your career, and many other benefits to discover here.
About you
Experience:
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Proven experience in Operational Excellence, Lean, or Continuous Improvement in an industrial and/or pharmaceutical environment
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Experience in project management and change management
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Ability to lead and influence without direct hierarchical authority
Technical and soft skills:
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Solid knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma
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Proficiency in financial dashboards and performance indicators
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Strong leadership and excellent facilitation skills
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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Analytical and results-oriented mindset
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Ability to work in a cross-functional and multicultural environment
Education:
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Engineering degree or equivalent in a relevant field
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Lean / Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or Black Belt) desired
Languages:
- Spoken and written English
Why choose us?
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Play a strategic role by being a key player in the operational transformation of a leading pharmaceutical production site
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Develop your leadership by influencing without hierarchical authority and uniting multidisciplinary teams around a common vision
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Join a community of experts by joining a Sanofi-wide OpEx practice network to benefit from the best international benchmarks
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Contribute to a meaningful mission by participating directly in the production of medicines and vaccines that improve the lives of millions of patients
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Evolve in an innovative environment at the heart of the Sanofi Manufacturing System, with cutting-edge tools and methodologies
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Benefit from development opportunities thanks to personalized training and internal and international mobility possibilities
Always Progressing. Discovering the Extraordinary.
Join Sanofi and enter a new era of science – where your journey can be as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you so that you can go further, accelerate your thinking, and achieve what has never been done before. You will help push boundaries, challenge conventions, and design smarter solutions for the communities we serve. Ready to pursue the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's pursue progress and discover the extraordinary – together.
At Sanofi, we believe in equal opportunity, without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or any other criteria protected by law.
Pursue progress, discover extraordinary
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!
The salary range for this position is :€64 000,00 - €85 333
Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.