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Job Title: Supply Chain-Demand Planning Lead

Location: Us Remote

About the Job

Your job, as Supply Chain/Demand Planning Lead within our EM&S GoldBond, will be to provide leadership, guidance, support, and direction to the team.

EM&S GoldBond Supply department is responsible of the relationships with Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs), business partners involved in the manufacture, distribution and transport of GoldBond products.

Supply Chain Team interacts with CMO supply chain, customer service and planification organizations, functional units within GoldBond (Sales, finance, quality/regulatory, Strategic Portfolio Managers), GoldBond sites, and other organizations within the industrial network. The team is ensuring compliance with internal requirements and to supply finished products with quality/regulatory standards, within agreed time frames and at expected quantities and costs. They lead and implement supply solutions to any issues that may occur within the distribution channel from end-to-end.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with a focus on immunology that extends to innovation in diabetes and transplant medicine. Across different countries, our talented teams are determined to deliver a best-in-class customer experience using the best of digital, artificial intelligence and personal know-how. With a focus on immunology that extends to innovation in diabetes and transplant medicines, we pursue progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main Responsibilities:

Supply Chain leadership:

• Lead a competitive Distribution model and supply the products to Customers for sale.

• Manage supply chain set up for all GB products ensuring future system readiness with SHIFT and Kinaxis and maintaining product supply continuity across markets.

• Responsible for Supply Chain oversight of Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) and other partners involved in the manufacture, distribution, and transport of GB products.

• Responsible for EM&S Processes and CMOs portfolio Supply Chain activities

• Manage Supply Chain aspects of Agreements between GB EM&S and Contract Manufacturing Organizations

• Ensure availability of the products to customers thru a competitive distribution model, strive for availability On-Time In-Full. Keep developing the collaboration with CMOs and internal/external partners.

• Ensure Supply Issues are properly managed by CMOs, escalate any critical issue according to GB alert process

• Anticipate, identify and communicate risks in area of responsibility; create strategies and plans to manage risks,

• Ensure Supply Chain agreements are in place with each CMOs

• Lead the SC Processes of forecasting, planning, obsolescence, claims and returns. Monitor and optimize key indicators, inventory, stock-in-trade, forecasts accuracy, costs, provisions and destructions.

• Ensure management of documentation system and associated tools, ensure that procedures are consistent with all applicable corporate policies and standards,

• Accountable of the respect of GoldBond strategic projects impacting Supply Chain activities

• Respect Good Practices of Logistics, Distribution, GB Policy and other compliance principles.

Transversal Management:

• Influencing without authority by building relationships and trust establishing creditbility without formal authority in a matrix organization.

• Change leadership to commicate needs for change aligned with roadmaps and organizational goals

• Collaboration skills to work effectively across different functions and business units

• Decision Making, use of the DAI (Decide, Advise, Inform) model to clarify roles, involving appropriate stakeholders at the right time.

Operational performance

• Design the supply chain of the future. Propose and lead a distribution model according to the Global Supply Chain strategy and contribute to the achievements of the affiliate’s and GBU’s objectives thru competitive and innovative solutions. Specific support to new launches.

• Lead the compliance to Global Master Data rules and Supply Chain System and Tools

• Ensure effective interaction with other external & internal departments (EM quality & regulatory, controlling, finance, legal, business partners, global supply functions, CMOs, external suppliers)

About You

Education:

• Bachelor's degree. MBA is a plus.

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Supply Chain Consumer Health Care (CHC) products, manufacturing/packaging various dosage forms, including sterile products, medical device, biotechnology and technical project management.

Technical skills

• Strong Supply Chain experience

• Possesses experience dans practical knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices and CHC production

• Knowledge and experience with risk management programs

• Supervisory and/or management experience

• Ability to present information in an organized and informative manner

• Experience leading project teams

Leadership skills

• Negotiation skills

• Complex project management in a complex environment

• Interpersonal skills to interface with suppliers and customer to develop privileged communications and relationship

• Technical skills and Education

• Strategic view

• Pragmatic leadership Persistent, persuasion

• Inspiring leader, seeing how things can be improved, bringing others along, achieving result with and through others.

• Ability to Challenge the Status Quo

• Strives to assume his/her responsibilities when conducting his/her activities, is personally committed and takes responsibility for his/her performance

​Languages:

• Fluent 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 at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.

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