Contract Manager IFF all genders

Sanofi Group; Frankfurt; On-site; EUR 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi in Frankfurt is building a cutting-edge, fully automated insulin drug substance facility. You will oversee commercial and contractual governance across the construction lifecycle, ensuring proper cost control and contractor performance.

Fluent German and English are required to coordinate with international contractors and the owner’s team. The role involves close collaboration with project controls, change management, and risk mitigation, ensuring successful delivery from design through

Qualifications

• Must have contract management experience on large-scale construction or capital projects.
• Proven ability to work with owners’ side and EPCM partners.
• Fluency in German and English, with experience dealing with international contractors.

Responsibilities

• Act as owner's commercial and contractual authority across the construction lifecycle.
• Govern and assure contract management by the EPCM partner.
• Work with quantity surveyors on measurement, valuation and cost checking.

Skills

Commercial judgment

Contractual negotiation

Project controls collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in related field

Tools

VOB/B

FIDIC

Job description

Be part of a once-in-a-generation project that’s shaping the future of insulin. Sanofi is building a cutting-edge, fully automated insulin drug substance facility in Frankfurt – a bold investment that builds on our legacy of excellence in insulin manufacturing. This sustainable, next-gen biologics site will support the entire portfolio of insulins, from development to delivery. Join us at the forefront of this global transformation. As part of a cross‑functional program team, you’ll help bring this facility to life – from early design and construction through to readiness for commercial manufacturing. Your work will help turn the miracles of science into reality for millions living with diabetes.

Main responsibilities

• Act as the owner's commercial and contractual authority across the construction lifecycle, providing governance and assurance over the contract management performed by our EPCM partner.
• Build and sustain a strong, constructive partnership with the EPCM – challenging and validating their commercial positions, decisions, and reporting rather than duplicating their work.
• Work closely with the owner's‑side quantity surveyors on measurement, valuation, cost checking, and the independent assessment of contractor applications and claims.
• Oversee change and claims management: review and test variations, change orders, and contractor claims to protect Sanofi's position, and support negotiation and settlement.
• Ensure commitments, change orders, and payment milestones flow correctly from the contracts into the project cost forecast and change register, in step with project controls.
• Provide owner assurance over contractor performance, obligations, notices, warranties, securities, and insurances, through to clean contract close‑out.
• Identify and mitigate commercial and contractual risk to the owner, escalating early where exposure warrants.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Construction Management or a related field is required; Proven contract management experience on large‑scale construction or capital projects (pharma, EPC, or comparable regulated industrial environments), ideally on the owner's side overseeing an EPCM or main contractor; comfortable dealing with both German and international construction contractors.

Soft and technical skills

• Strong commercial and contractual judgement with a partnering mindset; effective change, claims, and negotiation capability; the ability to work hand‑in‑hand with quantity surveyors and project controls; familiarity with German and international construction contract forms (e.g. VOB/B – Vergabe‑und‑Vertragsordnung für Bauleistungen, the German construction‑contract standard – and FIDIC, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers forms); the confidence to hold a contractual line while keeping delivery moving.

Languages

• Fluency in German and English (project language); additional languages welcome.

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, ability or gender identity.

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The salary range for this position is :€88.800,00 - €133.200,00. Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.

We are an R&D driven, AI‑powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and creating compelling growth. Our team is guided by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We want to build a healthier, more resilient world, and turn the impossible into the possible by discovering, developing, and delivering medicines and vaccines for millions of people around the world.

Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi Start a career that makes a difference. Reinvention is in our DNA. It's what drove our evolution from a small French enterprise to one of the world’s leading biopharma companies. Whether it’s using AI to shorten drug‑discovery times or building trust in healthcare, you could be helping our teams make life better for patients, partners, and communities. This is where you grow your career. We open the door for you to explore new opportunities, push your limits, and connect with people who are driven by a shared purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.