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SC Advanced Analytics Manager

• Location: Barcelona - Spain

• Hybrid

• Full time

About the job

At Sanofi we are chasing the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We at Global Supply Chain Strategy & Excellence support this ambition by driving strategy and excellence through innovation and digitalization, redesigning work, enabling people, and providing expertise.

At Supply Chain Business Analytics Center of Excellence, we are on a mission to ensure everyone can harness the power of data in every decision. Our ambition is to transform and disrupt the SC practice to make it data-driven and digitally enabled to simplify, accelerate and improve the impact of the decision making processes steering for best-in-class SC performance.

We believe in empowering the business with execution visibility, advanced analytics and with interactive data visualizations from multiple data sources.

Our scope includes all Supply chain processes: Customer Care, Logistics (Warehousing, Distribution and transportation), Supply chain planning (Distribution requirements planning, Demand planning, Integrated Business Planning, Inventory and Supply Planning) and Production/Scheduling Planning, across all Plants, Regions and Markets and for all Business units (GBUs).

You will contribute to empower the life of our patients worldwide by extracting meaning from data and providing tangible and actionable outcomes using the latest available technics and technologies (AI/ML/GenAI).

Join us in this adventure!

Main responsibilities:

• Lead SC Advanced Analytics strategy to provide GSC, SC GBUs and Markets advanced analytics capabilities like Forecast & Respond, Configure & Optimize, and Correlate & Automate to simplify, accelerate and improve impact of decision-making processes, in close collaboration with COE Heads.

• Manage external budget (>1M) and team of 7-9 Project Managers, Data Scientists, Business Analysts.

• Prioritize development and direct implementation of advanced analytics applications, leveraging cutting edge technologies (AI, ML, GenAI).

• Orchestrate the plan and execution and take decision on the trade-offs in project/solution delivery.

• Prepare Governance and ensure seamless integration of advanced analytics solutions within SC processes and adoption.

• Lead the build of advanced analytics solutions and ensures seamless integration within SC processes and adoption

• Define and run support model of applications through life cycle management, and steer continuous improvement.

• Act as a focal point to disseminate information, update, and share progress of ongoing projects in a cross-functional environment.

• Define and execute upskilling program and learning path for whole SC organization to increase level of digital and analytics savviness

• Animate the community of practice for analytics.

• Liaise with the SC teams in the plants, SC teams in the markets, SC Teams in Export DCs, Strategy & Excellence CoEs and Global SC representatives to agree on the overall strategy and priorities.

• Promotes in the team the continuous mining of data warehouses to identify trends and patterns to generate insights for business units and senior leadership in SC

• Promotes in the team continuous large-scale experimentation to identify hidden relationships between variables in large datasets, seeking for new use cases that bring value SC.

• Researches cutting-edge techniques and tools in machine learning/deep learning/artificial intelligence to make data analysis more efficient

• Ideate frameworks and processes to analyze unstructured information collected through social media platforms i.e., wikis, blogs, instant messaging, etc. and traditional sources such as e-mail and SharePoint

• Gather business needs in terms of data, data visualization, self-service analytics, automation, and value-driven optimization.

• Manage and execute roadmap and priorities based on business value for the business and feasibility

• Understand the complexity of the required solution and define the right design approach to the developing team.

• Identify opportunities for business-led delivery; coach employees to make use of technology and information. Infuse appetite for digital solutions.

• Think of user experience first, drive adoption

• Fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation and enabling the team to be at their best.

• Tracks project resources in terms of availability and level of expertise.

• Deliver projects with Agile methodology

• Lead and mentor the team of Project Managers, Data Scientists, Business Analysts.

• Support the development of supply chain strategies by providing data-driven insights.

• Lead design and integration into the business of advanced analytics and optimization tools that will enable Sanofi to increase efficiency and competitiveness for instance:

• Optimization: Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization, SC facilities localization, Milk run optimization, Routes determination

• Discrete Event simulation: Identification of bottle necks, validation of the inventory policy determined by MEIO

• Machine learning: KPI target settings, product segmentation, detection of abnormal patterns in systems usage

• AI/GenAI: SC GenAI assistant, OOS probabilistic prediction.

• Lead the interaction between the data scientists and business stakeholders

• Provide expertise in business processes design. Understands the decision-making process, workflows, and business and information needs of business unit heads in SC

• Drive best practices in analytics to delivery robust and reliable solutions meeting business requirements.

• Partner with Digital to deliver robust and reliable solutions meeting business requirements.

• Strive for standardization, simplification & digitization.

• Ensure that data is managed/analyzed in compliance with applicable quality, regulatory (Data Privacy, GxP, SOX, etc.) and cybersecurity requirements

• Lead innovation

About you

• Experience :

• +10/15 years of experience in Supply chain

• Strong background in Supply Chain Management AI, Digital, Data & Analytics.

• Significant Project Management experience, (Agile and Digital methodologies are a plus).

• Proven experience working in a data-centric business environment.

• Proven track record delivering business value through disruptive solutions

• Experience in a complex global organization

• SC operations experience is a plus

• Soft skills :

• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to drive transformation and innovation; ability to engage and collaborate with external partners to develop and deliver short, medium- and long-term projects; demonstrated ability to collaborate & inspire at all levels across a matrix structure. High level of emotional intelligence and business integrity;

• Technical skills :

• Advanced software development skills in at least two of the standard data science languages (such as Python, R, Scala, C++, Julia), and with database systems (e.g. SQL, NoSQL, graph,..).

• Experienced working in cloud high-performance environments (e.g. Snowflake, AWS, GCP, Apache Spark).

• Advanced in AI/ML development (MLOps, CI/CD).

• Expertise in advanced statistical modelling, or broader aspects of mathematics such as optimization or deep ML expertise e.g NLP, imaging

• Advanced skills in PBI and QS and other data visualization tools.

• Languages : Fluent in English

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.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

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.

• Contribute to a company that is not only a leader in healthcare but also a pioneer in digital transformation, shaping the future of global health.

• Work on Global programs in a truly International and multi-cultural environment.

• Work with highly qualified teams using state-of-the-art technologies to shape the future of Sanofi.

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, disability, or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !

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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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !

Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions.

With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi (https://youtu.be/96EwNjb1TLo)

As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live.

All in for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Sanofi - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=2s)