Site Supply Planner - GMP

Job Title: Site Supply Planner - GMP

About the Job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families. 

The new Global Supply Planning organization is a fully integrated team owning the 3-36 months’ Supply Planning horizon to provide a robust supply plan to sites, to increase reliability of IBP-horizon planning to the following nodes and to optimize our assets across the network to better serve our customers. The team is part of a network connecting the dots between demand, supply and logistics by close cooperation with Sites, local SC and global SC functions and focuses on Supply to meet patient and business needs. 

The Supply Planner Site  is responsible for managing the rough-cut capacity planning and Master Production Schedule (MPS) for the Site MBC focusing on the 3-36 months horizon. This role involves close coordination with various site functions like the Scheduler and Flow controller, conducts capability reviews, mitigates supply risks, supports budget cycles, and ensures smooth transitions between firm and fluid planning horizons. The Supply Planner Site also plays a key role in continuous improvement initiatives and supports special projects, ensures alignment between demand and capacity and the timely handover of plans to schedulers. 

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead the monthly capability review: clarify and validate key planning hypotheses/ bottlenecks to ensure accuracy of MPS plan, in collab. with key site functions (Ops, SMS, Sched., maintenance…) to validate the planning hypothesis to be considered in the next monthly cycle (shift openings, performance increase; maintenance activities, lead times, product rebalancing, launch priorities, …). Drive decisions on changes to the capacity within the capability review process or escalate to SSR if required. Prepare relevant scenarios (e.g. capacity increase required) to show the different options to be presented to SLT. 

• Facilitate net demand review: Ensure availability of validated net demand for their production step (across products, individual input provided by SCPP / SCPL) and understand relevant changes on the net demand.  

• Prepare & maintain timely and feasible production plan in the IBP horizon with handover to the site scheduler in the S&OE horizon.  

• Responsible for reflecting the site capacity parameters and MPS of a given manufacturing step (DS / DP / Pack) for one site within the Sanofi network in the ERP-system of the site / APS. 

• Encode hypothesis and potential supply scenarios within the ERP-system/ planning system (Kinaxis): capacity utilization, shift openings and calendars, OEE, recipe, BOM… 

• Analyze resulting plan (and identify bottlenecks at each stage) generated by tool & assess feasibility (with site teams – materials & capacity availability perspective) and escalate to the supply planner network where relevant. 

• Provide IBP horizon topics (collection and PowerPoint presentation) to Site SC Head to be presented to the monthly site supply review (key decision-making instance at site level) for endorsement by site leadership team: valorize elaborated scenario based on input from site and global finance (e.g., BOI, added value, etc.) and other site functions on feasibility (e.g., Ops., Scheduler, Mat. Planner, quality, etc.). Support in general on the preparation of Site Supply Review meeting (heatmaps, inventory, performance) 

• Coordinate with other site roles to ensure smooth transition into S&OE horizon: conduct handover meeting for week/month at edge between firm & fluid horizon with site scheduler and provide input on capacity utilization in IBP horizon; alert Material Planner if any gaps / challenge concerning material availability at the interface of firm & frozen horizon. 

• Provide input to meetings of monthly cycle (performance review, Inventory review, etc.)

• Keep control of shelf life/flavor management in inventory management when applicable for planned materials in scope also in the frame of supply scenario planning and ensure transparency in the monthly accrual process. 

• Support CI loop / performance check (e.g., MPS adherence, inventory projection, etc.): monitor site performance (inventory policies adherence, product cycle time, etc.); frequently monitor inventory, conduct variation analysis, identify inventory at risk (shelf-life, slow-movers); participate and support VSM activity by providing accurate set of data. 

Further responsibilities

• Support the site Supply chain team in ensuring a stable execution horizon by providing reliable production plan and also defending against short-term plan changes requested by market/ demand fluctuations. 

• Drive Budget cycles & support strat plan (accountability of Site SC Head) at site: support strat plan, drive budget activities by providing volumes of activity (shared with other site teams for establishing their own budget), in batches and gal. units; support production in assessing capacity needed & align on capacity hypotheses and coordinate with site Finance to translate into activity budget. 

• Adopt and improve standardized planning tools and process as defined by the Planning Center of Excellence 

• Facilitate best practices exchange across sites / clusters

• Collaborate on critical materials with Critical Material Lead (GSP), (i.e. provide forecasts, evaluate potential critical situations, validate proposed inventory optimizations) in alignment with Supply Planner Network. 

• Support the Level 2 and 3 +QDCI meetings with input from GSP

About You  

• Education: BS - Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or related field - preferred. Professional certifications (CPIM, CSCM, CPSM, etc.) - preferred. 

• Experience: Strong background in Supply Chain Planning, in the pharmaceutical industry, with proven track record of building plannings and aligning stakeholders, driving decision-making (recommender) and optimizing business outcome for its perimeter - required.

• Soft skills: Interpersonal skills: ability to engage and collaborate with multiple partners within site functions to gather information and assess feasibility. Change agent: ensure best practice implementation and system adoption / system evolution. Proactivity is a must, given the anticipation component of the position.  

• Technical skills: proficient with advanced planning system (Kinaxis is an advantage) and ERP (SAP). High analytical capabilities and creativity to analyze data, collect insights and build mitigations. Synthetic mind to build recommendations and drive decision making. 

• Languages: Fluent in English to work within a global function; native speaker in the language of the site he/she is in 

Manufacturing & Supply - Leadership Skills 

• Enterprise Leaders: Are able to have the E2E vision of the business, prioritizing the common interest for the benefit of Sanofi and the patients. Are able to connect the dots for their teams and keep them engaged with the vision. 

• Transformation Leader: Acts as change management and culture role model to foster employee’s engagement and build a psychologically safe and collaborative workplace. 

• Decision Maker: Takes timely and data-based decisions in a fast moving and complex environment to drive performance and progress. Promotes an environment where decisions are taken at the right level. 

• Performance Champion: Embrace digital innovation, AI, GenAI to democratize data and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, quality, safety, and cost effectiveness. 

• Business Ally: Understand business landscape Industry & business/client groups knowledge to translate the challenges & bring added value. Stay current with global external trends and integrate insights into strategies achieving sustainable competitive advantage. 

• People Developer: Unleashes the potential of each one and prepares the leaders of the future.  Takes bold decisions to ensure the right talents are at the right place.

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

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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