Demand Planning Team Lead

Demand Planning Team Lead

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About Sanofi:

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

About the job

Job Purpose

The Demand Planning Team Lead is responsible for leading a regional demand planning team to ensure alignment with the organization’s vision and goals. This role is critical in driving demand planning processes, overseeing daily operations, mentoring team members, and acting as a liaison between the demand planning function, global hub leadership, and key stakeholders. The Team Lead will also ensure compliance with both internal and external regulatory frameworks while fostering continuous process improvements.

Key Accountabilities

Leadership & Team Management:

• Provide direction, oversee daily operations, and ensure alignment of demand planning activities with company objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and coach the demand planning team to ensure professional growth and high performance.
• Facilitate team performance evaluations and encourage continuous improvement and team collaboration.

Process Improvement & Performance Management:

• Drive improvements in demand planning processes and methodologies, leveraging advanced planning tools and ERP systems (SAP and Kinaxis preferred).
• Ensure accurate use of master data and proper configuration of demand planning parameters in planning systems.
• Conduct performance reviews and oversee root cause analysis for significant demand plan changes and forecast deviations.
• Implement corrective action plans to prevent recurrence of identified issues.
• Oversee team performance based on SLAs/KPIs to ensure efficient and effective operations.
• Ensure alignment with internal and external regulatory frameworks.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Reporting:

• Act as the communication bridge between the demand planning team, global hub leadership, and key stakeholders.
• Partner with stakeholders to integrate local market knowledge and operational requirements into planning processes.
• Prepare and present demand planning reports for senior management

About you

Skills/Expertise/Experience

• Advanced degree (e.g., master’s or PhD) in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the supply chain/manufacturing industry, preferably with exposure to pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
• Excellent English communication and writing skills, Mandarin/Chinese speaker preferable

Preferred Skills/Expertise/Experience

• Prior experience in demand planning roles with demonstrated team leadership capabilities, preferably with knowledge of pharmaceutical primary and secondary manufacturing processes.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the supply chain/manufacturing industry, preferably with exposure to pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
• Advanced proficiency in demand planning tools and ERP systems (SAP and Kinaxis preferred).
• Comprehensive understanding of internal and external regulatory frameworks, ensuring compliance in all demand planning activities.
• Ability to provide direction, oversee daily operations, and ensure alignment of demand planning activities with company goals, driving process and methodology improvements.
• Strong skills in mentoring, coaching, and team development to facilitate team performance evaluations and professional growth.
• Effective liaison capabilities to act as the communication bridge between the demand planning team, global hub leadership, and key stakeholders.

Competency Requirements

• A high level of accountability and attention to details required
• Demonstrated high standards of integrity, professionalism, and commitment
• Good team facilitation and relationship building skills

Sanofi Values

• Stretch to go beyond the level we have operated at up until now
• Act in the interest of our patients and customers
• Take action instead of waiting to be told what to do
• Put the interests of the organization ahead of my own or those of our team

Manufacturing & Supply (M&S)

Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you’ll help reimagine how life-changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster.

Manufacturing & Supply (M&S)– “Why Choose Us?”

• Shape the future of medicine and vaccine delivery with cutting-edge technology, ensuring seamless launches and a resilient global supply.
• Power industry-leading performance by leveraging digital, data, and AI-driven innovation – at speed and scale.
• Transform lives worldwide by delivering life-changing treatments anywhere, anytime.
• Grow, thrive, and make an impact in a workplace that empowers you to bring your best self every day, with pride.
• Work with AI, robotics, and next-gen automation to redefine global manufacturing and supply.
• Be part of world-first initiatives like our Modulus factory, smart factories, and AI-driven supply chain solutions.
• Help deliver 30+ new product launches by 2030, ensuring patients get treatments faster than ever.
• Develop new skills, explore cross-functional roles, and work in an environment that values growth and discovery.
• Every year, we distribute over 4 billion units of medicines and vaccines, ensuring people worldwide receive the treatments they trust.
• Be part of an organization that invests in people, technology, and sustainability, leading the industry in low-carbon manufacturing and digital transformation.
• Enjoy outstanding benefits, including flexible working options, comprehensive healthcare, and well-being programs designed to help you thrive.

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, disability, or gender identity.

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