M&S Vaccines Site Head

Sanofi; Toluca; On-site; MXN 2,600,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi is seeking a Site Head to provide strategic leadership for a Toluca manufacturing site and oversee services for a second site. You will drive operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and sustainable performance across both operations.

Lead the resource planning, budget alignment, and major projects with MSAT and Engineering. Build a high-performance culture, manage partnerships, and ensure reliable delivery to patients through continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Ensure reliable product supply, safety and quality compliance across sites.
• Define the resource plan, including headcount and expenses, in alignment with leadership to meet demand and capacity.
• Define and deliver strategic projects with MSAT and Engineering, on time and within budget.
• Drive a continuous improvement and performance mindset across the organization.
• Deploy programs to converge toward standard organization, processes and systems.
• Build and manage partnerships with Global Functions and the network to support site priorities.
• Anticipate future capacity and capability requirements for ongoing operations.

Job description

Job title: M&S Vaccines Site Head

• Location: Toluca, MX

About the Job

Site Head provides strategic leadership and overall accountability for a Sanofi manufacturing site and oversees the services and operational support provided to a second manufacturing site managed by Sanofi. The role drives operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and sustainable performance, while ensuring strategic alignment and effective use of capabilities and resources across both operations. The Site Head builds a culture of high performance, simplification, and continuous improvement, ensuring reliable delivery to patients and strong collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Join the engine of Sanofi’s mission — where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you’ll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions.

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

Ensure reliable product supply, safety and quality compliance

• Ensure product supply volumes are delivered on time and in full, safety and in full compliance with quality and regulatory requirements.
• Define the resource plan, including headcount and expenses, in alignment with the Cluster Head, considering demand, capacity and demonstrated performance to ensure the required site output.

Ensure financial performance and budget compliance

• Ensure site operations and projects are executed within the approved P&L and budget, in alignment with M&S global standards and Sanofi internal policies.
• Prioritize critical activities and make the necessary decisions to manage the site P&L within budget, in alignment with the Cluster Head.

Define and deliver strategic projects

• Define the projects required to deliver Sanofi’s strategy at the site, and ensure their execution on time and within budget, including launch activities, in partnership with MSAT and Engineering.
• Ensure critical projects are effectively executed and aligned with network priorities, in collaboration with MSAT, Engineering and other relevant functions.

Drive continuous improvement and operational excellence

• Drive a continuous improvement and performance mindset across the organization, leveraging the capabilities and support of M&S functions.
• Leverage OpEx and manufacturing systems, including SMS 2.0, to establish and execute the continuous improvement roadmap across the operations.

Drive standardization and deployment of M&S systems

• Deploy programs to drive convergence toward M&S standard organization, processes and systems.
• Ensure the effective implementation and sustainability of SMS 2.0 solutions, improvement levers and methodologies.

Manage strategic partnerships and stakeholder relationships

• Build and manage effective partnerships with Global Functions and the M&S GBU network to ensure alignment and support for site operations and strategic priorities.
• Represent Sanofi leadership internally and externally, acting as a key spokesperson for the site, as appropriate.

Anticipate future capacity and capability requirements

• Ensure industrial capacities, capabilities