Head of Asset Management - Vaccines

THE MISSION:

Sanofi Vaccines, Manufacturing & Supply has 10 manufacturing sites globally. The Head of Maintenance and Calibration will work in a matrix organization to drive engineering performance improvements across these manufacturing sites, implementing best practices, and standardizing ways of working across

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Act as a lead within Sanofi’s Global Maintenance Community, collaborating in a matrix organization with site engineering teams and other global engineering business units

• Define and align best-in-class, Sanofi maintenance management standards, asset performance metrics, and improvement objectives across all Vaccine sites

• Support the development of multiyear, continuous, site maintenance improvement programs aligned to VDM management methodologies

• Drive the development of site master plans and reliability strategies across all Vaccines sites including strategy plans, obsolescence plans, OEE, spare parts management, etc.

• Collect and drive efficiencies to reduce site’s Total Maintenance Costs (TMC)

• Where needed support Maintenance, Compliance, and Performance (MCP) site projects to ensure sites maintain their cost competitive advantage

• Partnering with sites and Procurement align a global standard organization and resource sourcing strategy to provide agile support for maintenance, calibration and project delivery

• Partnering with Global Asset Management to standardize a digital asset management environment, including CMMS, calibration programs and predictive maintenance strategy

• Partnering with HSE support the development on sustainable site objectives to meet Sanofi’s Planet Care objectives to reduce energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and reduce water usage

• Champion a safety first, quality always culture across the organization including regular maintenance and project specific activities

• Actively participate as a GMP asset management SME across both internal cross-function communities and external professional organizations to exchange and promote innovation

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• Global Engineering Team

• Vaccines Manufacturing Site Engineering Teams

• Other Global Business Units (GBU) Maintenance Leaders

• Procurement

• HSE

• Quality

• Digital, IT/IS

• R&D and MSAT

BASIC QULIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Operations, or other similar, relevant disciplines

• Minimum of 10 years in Engineering experience, having spent time at complex site or Sites and in a function with responsibility for maintenance, calibration and asset management

• Experience of coaching, developing and influencing people at different levels of the organization in a matrix organization

• Command of change management methodologies at leadership level

• Ability to work transversally: cross-culturally and cross-functionally

• Ability to lead and drive global standardization

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to facilitate complex workshops and trainings and experience working with senior leaders within an organization

• Lead, influence and engage stakeholders regardless of hierarchical position and build effective working relationships

• Proven capabilities in program management

• Good functional knowledge on business processes

• Fluency in English

PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High autonomy and strong transversal capabilities

• Strategic vision/value creation understanding

• Languages: French a strong advantage

• Ability to travel occasionally both domestically and internationally

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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