Vaccine Site Leader, Global Manufacturing

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

Job summary

Sanofi Toluca site seeks a visionary Site Head to provide strategic leadership and overall accountability for manufacturing sites, ensuring reliable product supply, safety, quality compliance, and budget discipline. You will define resource plans, deliver strategic projects, and drive continuous improvement in collaboration with MSAT, Engineering, and Global Functions.

The role requires 15+ years in pharma with leadership of operative and strategic teams, a strong regulatory mindset, and proven

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Pharmaceutical, Chemistry, Engineering or equivalent Master’s degree – desirable
• Experience > 15 years within pharmaceutical industry with management of operative and strategic teams.

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 delivery 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 and competencies are proactively anticipated and aligned with future business needs, including risk management, as part of the M&S GBU and Cluster strategic plan.
• Develop the site strategic financial plan in partnership with relevant M&S functions, particularly Supply Chain, OpEx, Engineering and MSAT.
• Provide inspirational leadership and build organizational capabilities.
• Provide inspirational and enterprise leadership, fostering engagement and collaboration across teams and functions.
• Focus on people growth, talent development and capability building, while driving cultural transformation and employee engagement.
• Demonstrate strong accountability and a One Sanofi mindset.
• Ensure the organization identifies, develops, promotes and attracts the right talent for critical roles, in partnership with P&C.
• Proactively ensure the organization has the right leaders in the right roles, with the required leadership capabilities to successfully drive transformation.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic mindset

People development

Stakeholder management

Decision making

Change management

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Pharmaceutical, Chemistry, Engineering or equivalent

Master’s degree

Job description

Sanofi Toluca site seeks a visionary Site Head to provide strategic leadership and overall accountability for manufacturing sites, ensuring reliable product supply, safety, quality compliance, and budget discipline. You will define resource plans, deliver strategic projects, and drive continuous improvement in collaboration with MSAT, Engineering, and Global Functions.

The role requires 15+ years in pharma with leadership of operative and strategic teams, a strong regulatory mindset, and proven