Job title: Continuous Improvement Lead

• Location: Budapest, Hungary
• Hybrid working according to local policy

About the job

Sanofi is an innovative global healthcare company headquartered in Paris, France with one purpose: Chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

We are dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of the patients and families we serve, and we accomplish our goals through world-class research and with the compassion and commitment of our employees.

The company is focused on accelerating development to deliver breakthrough medicines and vaccines to patients, delivering excellence though Diversity.

Sanofi operates in 90 countries with 91 000 employees worldwide, working in 59 manufacturing and 20 Research & Development (R&D) sites. In 2022 business net income was €10.3 Billion, delivered by 4 Global Business Units: Specialty care, Consumer Healthcare, Vaccines & General Medicines.

Sanofi covers major therapeutic areas, including immunology, cardiovascular, diabetes, oncology, rare diseases, etc.

Purpose of the role:

This position is part of Sanofi Business Operations, within Process Excellence & Innovation organization and reporting to the Head of Continuous Improvement.

Process Excellence & Innovation (PE&I) drives continuous improvement and process excellence, ensuring existing service towers adopt a standard framework, methodologies and tools to deliver upon end-to-end process excellence ambition.

The role will provide Continuous Improvement leadership to help standardize and transform our end-to-end process. The role is focused on complex initiatives, that can span transversally across end-to-end process areas and regions, in an environment with a high degree of interdependency.

Main responsibilities:

• Provide Continuous Improvement (CI) guidance to Business Operations department:
  • Maintain and promote the CI framework and contribute to Business Operations CI Program, especially during assessment, design and execution phases.
  • Provide consultancy, mentoring, coaching to CI initiatives.
  • Lead some CI initiatives, especially the transversal ones. Develop and provide supporting tools and methodology.
    
• Disseminate CI culture across Business Operations department:
  • Design and execute CI training programs.
    
• Contribute to CI governance with various stakeholders:
  • Provide the right factual data to Process Owners so they can take the best decisions.
  • Identify and promote synergies across the different end-to-end process.
  • Liaise with other PE&I teams (e.g. Process Intelligence, Process Mining, Data, Automation, etc.) to reach the maximum of efficiencies.

About you

Experience:

• 3-5 years experience in GBS / BPO Shared Services industry or consulting industry.
• Certification in CI methodology (Black Belt certified or any other equivalent certification).
• Knowledgeable in business process in scope (e.g. Finance, HR, Procurement, Manufacturing & Supply, R&D).
• Proven track record of impactful contributions to CI programs with tangible results.

Skills:

• Knowledge/certification on Continuous Improvement methodology (minimum Lean Black Belt).
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including with senior stakeholders.
• Excellent written and oral communication & inter-personal skills, ability to develop high-quality documents.
• Ability to lead and motivate team members with indirect reporting relationships across multiple geographies through a CI journey.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, and ability to work independently and take initiative under pressure.
• Strong collaboration mindset with ability to work with a group of people with different functional expertise.
• Adaptability to deliver in ambiguous context, flexible, comfortable with changes.
• Efficient analytical skills, attention to details.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration or Science.
  

Languages:

• Fluency in English, other language is a plus.

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.
  

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

Discover our Code of Conduct, that serves as the moral compass that guides us when chasing the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Please ensure to have read this document before applying.

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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 and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!