Quality Global Visual Inspection Expert

Sanofi; Lyon; Hybride; EUR 76 000 - 101 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Remote work up to 2 days/week

Health insurance

Transport coverage 80%

Paternity leave & mobility programs

Résumé du poste

Sanofi recrute un Expert Global Visual Inspection pour diriger la stratégie visuelle au sein du Quality team et soutenir les sites de fabrication et d’approvisionnement. Vous supervisez les programmes d’inspection, les méthodes et les investigations, en collaboration avec les équipes multifonctions et les autorités réglementaires.

Le candidat idéal possède 10+ années d’expérience, un Master, et une maîtrise avancée du français et de l’anglais.

Qualifications

• Plus de 10 ans d’expérience en inspection visuelle de produits pharmaceutiques.
• Superviser et gérer les processus d’inspection visuelle et qualifier les opérateurs.
• Master ou équivalent en sciences et maîtrise du français et de l’anglais.

Responsabilités

• Rédiger et valider les documents techniques (stratégies, contrôles, investigations).
• Développer et harmoniser les procédures à l’échelle des sites.
• Établir la philosophie d’inspection visuelle et former les opérateurs.

Connaissances

Visual inspection

Project management

Regulatory oversight

Cross-functional collaboration

Anglais & Français

Formation

Master of Science

Outils

Test set kits

Defect libraries

Description du poste

Job Title: Quality Global Visual Inspection Expert

• Location: Gentilly ; Lyon

About the job

As Global Visual Inspection Expert within our Quality team, you’ll drive the company strategy for visual inspection processes from an organizational, technical, skills, and regulatory standpoint — providing ad hoc technical capability support at manufacturing sites and overseeing the visual inspection program across Sanofi Manufacturing and Supply sites. Ready to get started?

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

• Author, review, or approve technical documents including personnel qualification strategies, control strategies, investigations, change controls, expert opinions, and defect classifications.
• Develop and implement harmonized procedures across manufacturing and supply sites.
• Partner cross-functionally to establish a philosophy for visual inspection and qualification for operators.
• Provide technical oversight on defect classification, visual inspection technique, and qualification programs supporting production operations.
• Perform root cause analysis applying scientific principles related to defect creation, prevention, and detection.
• Develop and monitor statistically based metrics in real time to assess process variability and capability.
• Train and coach others, and influence internal and external stakeholders cross-functionally, including as a subject matter expert during regulatory inspections and complex investigations.

What we offer you

A fixed salary over 12 months, supplemented by a short-term incentive, as well as a collective variable compensation based on Sanofi Group results.

Because taking care of our employees is also our mission: 31 days of paid leave + RTT depending on your status, remote work up to 2 days/week, quality health insurance, public transport coverage up to 80%, extended maternity/parental leave (18/14 weeks), Group Savings Plan & PERCOL with employer matching, PERO, numerous CSE benefits, internal and international mobility opportunities, learning & development opportunities, and many other benefits to discover on jobs.sanofi.com/fr/rewards-and-benefits.

About you

• Experience: Significant experience (10+ years preferred) in visual inspection of liquid and lyophilized pharmaceutical products, within a pharmaceutical industrial environment with hands‑on experience.
• Soft and technical skills: Experience using and/or developing test set kits and defect libraries; experience supervising and/or managing visual inspection processes (manual, semi‑automated, fully automated); ability to influence and communicate with diverse groups on complex regulatory, business, or technical issues; strong project management skills.
• Education: Master of Science or equivalent.
• Languages: Advanced English and French (written and spoken).

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.
• Be part of world‑first initiatives like our Modulus factory, smart factories, and AI‑driven supply chain solutions.
• Develop new skills and explore cross‑functional roles in an environment that values growth and discovery.
• Enjoy outstanding benefits, including flexible working options, comprehensive healthcare, and well‑being programs designed to help you thrive.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never‑been‑done‑before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

La fourchette salariale pour ce poste est:€76000,00 - €101333

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.