Site Head of Opex & Smart Factory Head
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Job title: Site Head of Opex & Smart Factory Head
- Location: Le Trait
About the job
As Site Head of Opex & Smart Factory Head within our Le Trait Senior Leadership Team, you’ll bring the site to the next level in terms of Performance & Innovation, in particular in the digital & IA fields. Ready to get started?
Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you’ll help reimagine how life-changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster.
The job is located at Le Trait, Normandy, France. The site belongs to Dupixent Cluster – Specialty Care GBU within Sanofi M&S Network.
Le Trait site is a center of excellence for innovative injectable products: a modernized, digital & attractive factory at the heart of the Group Strategy as Leader in Immunology by Shifting our Safety (Towards 0 accident) and Quality Culture (100% batch RFT) , Shaping our future (state of the art processes & equipment, starting innovative products, paperless & powered by AI) & Enhancing the competitiveness of our products and their availability (Best in class PCT, Towards Top Q).
About Sanofi:
We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.
Main responsibilities:
- Lead and execute the Site Performance Roadmap, driving strategic initiatives and performance breakthroughs
- Spearhead digital transformation through Smart Factory solutions implementation, including AI and data analytics
- Drive operational excellence through SMS 2.0 ecosystem deployment and continuous improvement initiatives
- Manage site performance governance and KPIs across Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Innovation dimensions
- Lead the development and execution of the Site Digital Roadmap
- Build and develop a high-performing OpEx and Digital team
- Oversee master data governance and analytical capabilities deployment
About you
Experience:
- Proven track record in driving performance improvement initiatives in manufacturing
- Experience with smart manufacturing technologies and digital solutions implementation
- Soft and technical skills:
- Strong leadership experience in operational excellence and digital transformation
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Advanced project management expertise
Education:
- Engineer or pharmacist or Master degree in sciences or equivalent
Languages:
- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus
- French is a must
Why choose us?
- Power industry-leading performance by leveraging digital, data, and AI-driven innovation – at speed and scale
- Grow, thrive, and make an impact in a workplace that empowers you to bring your best self every day, with pride. Help deliver 30+ new product launches by 2030, ensuring patients get treatments faster than ever
- Sustainability, leading the industry in low-carbon manufacturing and digital transformation
Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.
Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and 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, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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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!