Smart Factory & Digital Solution Expert - OpEX & SF

Job Title: Smart Factory & Digital Lead

Location: Anagni, Italy

About the job

Getting prepared for a successful future demands cutting-edge manufacturing, robust organization and processes, new skills and new ways of thinking. Continuous problem-solving skills, data driven mindset and agility are key capabilities needed to deliver our Play to Win strategy.

Sanofi is starting an accelerated journey for all our sites to improve performance and transform into digital plants: paperless in all operations, capturing and leveraging data, changing the user experience from shopfloor to management.

To meet these challenges, Manufacturing & Supply has built a unique production system leveraging Lean and Digital, called the Sanofi Manufacturing System (SMS), reflecting the company's mindset, culture, and industrial heritage.

The main impact expected for the Smart Factory & Program Lead is to support the site to reach the targeted level of performance related to the Sanofi strategy 

Main responsibilities:

• Directly:  Simplification, standardization and digitalization processes are the main activities that enabling transparency and data-driven decision making driving performance & transformation initiatives (e.g., SMS 2.0 deployment, boosters, new solutions, etc.).
• Ensuring impact & sustainability supporting the continuous improvement initiatives identified in the APU/PCU functions linked to the site goals and works strictly with the CIs to align the performance priorities.
• Drive: promoting data analytics at site level in collaboration with KPI & Performance Analytics Lead Train / coach staff on the importance of KPIs and how to use performance data effectively (visual communication and data visualization).
• Implement best practices and standardize working methods: developing, owning, and maintaining the Site Digital Roadmap working in collaboration with Digital, Global Functions, and Business Owners, to define a prioritized portfolio digital projects to deliver business continuity, modernization and performance, including Core models, Smart Factory solutions and local applications.
• Provide: contributing to the development of operating standards in close partnership with dedicated ecosystem leaders and supporting M&S network (e.g Maturity Assessment execution, SMS Trainer…).
• Manage:  Digital budget - resource allocation for performance & transformation initiatives.

About you

• Experience: Experience and agility on digital tool supporting project execution and monitoring; Strong knowledge of project management and project portfolio management in a manufacturing site environment, with a proven experience in managing complex projects; Exposure to Production, Supply Chain, Chemical Engineering, Process Technology, Project Investment, Finance, Quality, and Regulatory Requirements; Former experiences in Agile project management are a preferential title.
• Soft and technical skills: Knowledge of SMS operating standards (certification) & main Operational Excellence techniques (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, CI, etc.); Good knowledge of the constraints and regulations in force in the pharmaceutical industry (GxP, FDA, etc.); Good understanding of data management & IA digital products embedded into the SMS operating standards (e.g. eOEE, FaCT, iOBeya, DEC, eBR); Information Technology background with experience in Programming languages, Data Modelling and SQL software; SAP modules expertise (FI/CO, MM, SD, PP); Team working​; Intermediate to advanced user in  Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint.
• Education: Scientific bachelor degree preferably in Information Technology or chemical/biochemical Experience in project Management and Team coordination.
• Languages: Fluent with Italian and English.

Why choose us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

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