Supply Chain Product Leader

Job Title: Supply Chain Product Leader

• Location: Framingham, MA

About the job

As Supply Chain Product Leader within our Manufacturing & Supply (M&S) team, you will manage the End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain for a product or specific set of products. You will be responsible for both the planning process and the end-to-end (cross-site) follow-up of execution, leading supply chain processes in collaboration with all functions and particularly with the relevant business unit organization.

In this role, you will represent Product Supply in the global Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process and represent the business unit supply chain in management committees. You will work in close partnership with the Commercial Franchise Head and Industrial Product Leader, as well as factories, to make customer satisfaction sustainable.

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

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.

Main Responsibilities

Product portfolio allocation is subject to evolve and will consist mostly of products with medium to high complexity.

Manages E2E Supply Chain for a Product or Set of Products

• Creates high-level Long-Range Plans (covers up to 10 years) aligning with GBU growth strategies considering current compliance regulations, practices, and costs.
• Balance Demand & Supply in the tactical and strategic horizons
• Single point of escalation for product supply issues
• Manages global crisis & monitors volumes (any broad-based allocation or supply disruption challenges)
• Represents product supply in the global IBP process
• Maintain Product(s) Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan
• Develops supply scenarios with recommendations for key stakeholders for major LCM changes, potential supply interruptions, other potential business decisions/proposed changes related to demand forecasts or supply changes.
• Ensure that the execution plan is aligned to and constrained by the Global IBP Plan endorsed by the Franchise, to include enforcement/escalation of policy, inventory targets and financial impact Global Supply Review preparation

Drives and supports new product launches & other life-cycle programs

• Cost reduction initiatives
• SKU complexity reduction (Regional or shared language pack)
• Pre-launch clinical activities, in conjunction with iCMC lead
• Sourcing selection

Sets product supply policies across the network within guidance

• Sets guidance for Stocking and planning levels for the network nodes to include global levels as well as allowable ranges
• Defines phasing of managed access and humanitarian item availability and logistics approaches through the pre-launch horizon

Coordinates the Strategic Plan development and communication with the sites & platforms (when needed)

• Liaises with production and material planners to identify potential supply alerts.
• Understands the impact of risks/issues on direct customers side on scheduled deliveries/FG availability.
• Follows up on CMO and/or Alliance Partner supply performance upstream, when applicable.
• Co-facilitates the identification of long-term capacity needs and associated sourcing process for their products across the Platform and ultimately Manufacturing & Supply (M&S) Sourcing Committees.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain or equivalent.
• 8+ years in manufacturing or supply in biopharmaceutical industry or equivalent.
• 2+ years of leadership experience in highly complex global work environment (indirect management, ability to influence, and complex stakeholder’s management).
• 5+ years of experience of conducting data-driven analysis and communication findings to management.
• 4+ experience with managing financials and budgeting (including inventory management).
• 4+ years of experience of product launches or transitions
• 4+ years of experience of lifecycle management in the pharmaceutical industry, or equivalent.
• Fluent in English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced understanding and experience with the Integrated Business Planning process.
• 8+ years of demand forecast or supply management experience
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing quality systems and regulatory submissions process.
• Knowledge of systems and tools such as Kinaxis, dVSM and PLAI
• 8+ years of successful experience and demonstrated ability working in matrix environments (cross Functional and multi global location stakeholders’ management).

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