Sanofi Group
Global Supply Chain Product Planner
Sanofi Group, Cambridge, Massachusetts, us, 02238
**Job Title:**
Global Supply Chain Product Planner
**Location:**
Cambridge, MA
**About the Job**
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?
Our team is responsible for the End-to-End product supply for products within the Specialty Care Business Unit of Sanofi. Reporting into the Manufacturing and Supply organization, we support worldwide internal and external manufacturing for a portfolio of products representing
18B in revenue and growing.
The main purpose of a Product Planner is to ensure that market demands for a product are met by supply along the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) horizon.
**Job Purpose**
+
**E2E Supply Chain Planning:**
Executes IBP and own S&OE horizon ensuring product balancing between demand & supply and gap remediation, responsible for net demand propagation, validation, and product deployment plans in Kinaxis.
+
**Master Data & Planning Parameters:**
Responsible for creation and continuous accuracy of products related master data and planning parameters in Kinaxis, ensuring alignment with E2E Product Leader's strategy/segmentation guidelines.
+
**IBP monthly cycle:**
contributes to the standard monthly and weekly E2E Planning process & decision loop in collaboration with Supply Planning and Site Planners
+
**Long term Strategy Support:**
Assist in strategic and budget planning, provide data-driven insights for long-term decisions, and incorporate strategic changes into planning systems.
**Main Responsibilities:**
**Responsible for End-to-End Supply Chain Planning for a product or set of products leveraging Kinaxis, dVSM and Plai.**
+
**IBP Horizon**
+ Drive ownership of product supply chain by validating net demand across all nodes (E2E) in Kinaxis on IBP horizon for a product or set of products.
+ Shares net demand requirements with CMOs via EM&S
+ Decides on escalations on exceptions on demand replenishment and deployment rules to Supply Planners and/or Product Leader
+ Ensure that the deployment plan is aligned to the Global IBP Plan endorsed by the Franchise, to include enforcement/escalation of policy, inventory targets and financial impact.
+ Validates supply plan provided by Supply Planning for product(s) E2E and monitors closely safety stock health.
+ In relationship with other departments, especially GSP and Market Supply Chain, simulate scenarios across the network to develop risk management plans, address large scale supply issues and in response to GBU demand scenarios.
+ Find solutions for provided supply response scenarios (constraints) e.g. product prioritization.
+
**S&OE horizon**
+ Conduct Distribution Requirements planning: Finished Goods Packaging from markets to sites.
+ Support production prioritization in case of crisis situation.
+ Providing guidelines for sites to prioritize short-term issues.
+ Understand the impact of risks/issues on the sites/CMO side on scheduled deliveries/FG availability.
+ Report short-term issues impacting the IBP-horizon via S&OE process.
**Responsible for Products Inventory Management & optimization:**
+ Implement inventory strategy defined by E2E Product Leaders and set inventory planning parameters in system (Kinaxis) across all nodes at sites and CMOs.
+ Monitor and adjust inventory levels in Kinaxis to meet market demands and minimize costs, leveraging dVSM as a strategic tool.
**Responsible for creation and update of Master Data for a product or set of products in Kinaxis in accordance with the strategy defined by the E2E Product Leader**
+ Maintain proper product related planning parameters (e.g., BOD = Bills of distribution, inventory targets, PV=Production Version priorities) needed to support plans and ensure changes are made and formally aligned across the SC.
**Monthly Planning Cycle - IBP decision loop:**
+ Support preparation for the Global Supply Review
+ Maintain product performance metrics and drive corrective actions.
+ Assess, coordinate, and implement mitigation plan from IBP **.**
**Long term Strategy**
**Support:**
+ Support the E2E Product Leader in strategic tasks such as strategic planning and budget planning.
+ Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to facilitate long-term planning and decision-making.
+ Incorporate strategic decisions into planning and systems (e.g., Product to be produced in new site à reflect in planning system)
**About You**
**Education** : Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain or equivalent
**Experience:**
+ 5+ years in manufacturing or supply in the biopharmaceutical industry, or equivalent
+ 4+ years' experience conducting data-driven analysis and communication findings to management.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Advanced understanding and experience with the Integrated Business Planning process.
+ 3+ years of demand forecast or supply management experience.
+ demand forecast and supply management experience.
+ Knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing quality systems and regulatory submissions process.
+ Knowledge of management systems and tools as Kinaxis, SAP, dVSM and Plai
+ Experience of working with Financials and Budgeting
+ 5+ years of successful experience and demonstrated ability and successful experience working in matrix environments (cross Functional and multi global location stakeholders' management).
+ Capacity to work transversally (with different functions such as market SC-BP, Site product planner, External manufacturing....)
+ APICS certification
**Languages:**
Fluent in English
**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.
\#GD-SG
\#LI-GZ
\#LI-Onsite
\#vhd
**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) !
_US and Puerto Rico Residents Only_
Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; 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.
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)
Global Supply Chain Product Planner
**Location:**
Cambridge, MA
**About the Job**
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?
Our team is responsible for the End-to-End product supply for products within the Specialty Care Business Unit of Sanofi. Reporting into the Manufacturing and Supply organization, we support worldwide internal and external manufacturing for a portfolio of products representing
18B in revenue and growing.
The main purpose of a Product Planner is to ensure that market demands for a product are met by supply along the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) horizon.
**Job Purpose**
+
**E2E Supply Chain Planning:**
Executes IBP and own S&OE horizon ensuring product balancing between demand & supply and gap remediation, responsible for net demand propagation, validation, and product deployment plans in Kinaxis.
+
**Master Data & Planning Parameters:**
Responsible for creation and continuous accuracy of products related master data and planning parameters in Kinaxis, ensuring alignment with E2E Product Leader's strategy/segmentation guidelines.
+
**IBP monthly cycle:**
contributes to the standard monthly and weekly E2E Planning process & decision loop in collaboration with Supply Planning and Site Planners
+
**Long term Strategy Support:**
Assist in strategic and budget planning, provide data-driven insights for long-term decisions, and incorporate strategic changes into planning systems.
**Main Responsibilities:**
**Responsible for End-to-End Supply Chain Planning for a product or set of products leveraging Kinaxis, dVSM and Plai.**
+
**IBP Horizon**
+ Drive ownership of product supply chain by validating net demand across all nodes (E2E) in Kinaxis on IBP horizon for a product or set of products.
+ Shares net demand requirements with CMOs via EM&S
+ Decides on escalations on exceptions on demand replenishment and deployment rules to Supply Planners and/or Product Leader
+ Ensure that the deployment plan is aligned to the Global IBP Plan endorsed by the Franchise, to include enforcement/escalation of policy, inventory targets and financial impact.
+ Validates supply plan provided by Supply Planning for product(s) E2E and monitors closely safety stock health.
+ In relationship with other departments, especially GSP and Market Supply Chain, simulate scenarios across the network to develop risk management plans, address large scale supply issues and in response to GBU demand scenarios.
+ Find solutions for provided supply response scenarios (constraints) e.g. product prioritization.
+
**S&OE horizon**
+ Conduct Distribution Requirements planning: Finished Goods Packaging from markets to sites.
+ Support production prioritization in case of crisis situation.
+ Providing guidelines for sites to prioritize short-term issues.
+ Understand the impact of risks/issues on the sites/CMO side on scheduled deliveries/FG availability.
+ Report short-term issues impacting the IBP-horizon via S&OE process.
**Responsible for Products Inventory Management & optimization:**
+ Implement inventory strategy defined by E2E Product Leaders and set inventory planning parameters in system (Kinaxis) across all nodes at sites and CMOs.
+ Monitor and adjust inventory levels in Kinaxis to meet market demands and minimize costs, leveraging dVSM as a strategic tool.
**Responsible for creation and update of Master Data for a product or set of products in Kinaxis in accordance with the strategy defined by the E2E Product Leader**
+ Maintain proper product related planning parameters (e.g., BOD = Bills of distribution, inventory targets, PV=Production Version priorities) needed to support plans and ensure changes are made and formally aligned across the SC.
**Monthly Planning Cycle - IBP decision loop:**
+ Support preparation for the Global Supply Review
+ Maintain product performance metrics and drive corrective actions.
+ Assess, coordinate, and implement mitigation plan from IBP **.**
**Long term Strategy**
**Support:**
+ Support the E2E Product Leader in strategic tasks such as strategic planning and budget planning.
+ Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to facilitate long-term planning and decision-making.
+ Incorporate strategic decisions into planning and systems (e.g., Product to be produced in new site à reflect in planning system)
**About You**
**Education** : Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain or equivalent
**Experience:**
+ 5+ years in manufacturing or supply in the biopharmaceutical industry, or equivalent
+ 4+ years' experience conducting data-driven analysis and communication findings to management.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Advanced understanding and experience with the Integrated Business Planning process.
+ 3+ years of demand forecast or supply management experience.
+ demand forecast and supply management experience.
+ Knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing quality systems and regulatory submissions process.
+ Knowledge of management systems and tools as Kinaxis, SAP, dVSM and Plai
+ Experience of working with Financials and Budgeting
+ 5+ years of successful experience and demonstrated ability and successful experience working in matrix environments (cross Functional and multi global location stakeholders' management).
+ Capacity to work transversally (with different functions such as market SC-BP, Site product planner, External manufacturing....)
+ APICS certification
**Languages:**
Fluent in English
**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.
\#GD-SG
\#LI-GZ
\#LI-Onsite
\#vhd
**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) !
_US and Puerto Rico Residents Only_
Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; 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.
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)