Sanofi
HeadofSupplyChainAPU
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“Head of Supply Chain APU at Sanofi. Skills: supply chain planning, scheduling, leadership, stakeholder management. Scheduling in the firm horizon, in coordination with site & product planners. Permanently adjust schedule in the firm horizon down to frozen horizon, in collaboration sites operations’ stakeholder (Mfg, QC, MRP…)”
What You'll Achieve.
making best class medicines with excellent strategies and tools and delivering them to our patients; meet the targets; ensure proper execution, release, and closed, within agreed timing; ensure efficient scheduling; ensure all necessary resource are available for scheduled production runs; ensure optimal use of resources; ensure FIFO at the final step; ensure each step is completed in time by operations; meet net demand
Industry & Context.
issues resolution; Identify factors causing schedule instability, propose corrective actions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain planning, at least 3 years in leadership roles managing planning teams, Good communication and collaboration, excellent stakeholder management, ability to work effectively across functions, knowledge of planning, scheduling, material planning and inventory management, Proficiency in ERP platforms (SAP, Oracle, etc.), Chinese, English
Nice to Have
Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or MBA preferred
What You'll Do.
Scheduling in the firm horizon
in coordination with site & product planners
Permanently adjust schedule in the firm horizon down to frozen horizon
in collaboration sites operations’ stakeholder (Mfg
Contributes to the Site Capability Review
Contributes to Level 2 Supply Chain +QDCI meeting
Overseas monthly Process output with GSP
Lead review performance for excellence in APU
Manage Flow Execution
Consolidating Site E2E lead times and step deadlines together with level 2 leadership
Coordinate Release Planning and Prioritization
Coordinating with FaCT participants to make sure each step is completed in time by operations
Identify factors causing schedule instability
propose corrective actions
Provides feedback to the PCU in case of recurring issues on satisfying the demand
Escalated Flow Issues
Monitors daily flow in FACT addressing backlog issues
and escalating to leadership when necessary
Facilitates regular touch point on S&OE horizon (0-3m) with SC Product Planner from GBU SC
Ensures follow up on site actions to meet net demand
Provide critical information/ deviations on production schedule changes and changes in batch release to SC Product Planner
Review 0-3 months demand exception during S&OE meeting with GBU SC
Collaborate with the site scheduler on frozen horizon supply risks (i. e. delay of production which requires prioritization/ allocation) and escalates to supply Planner
Monitors forecast accuracy and bias by market GMID that is contributing to schedule instability
Escalate in case of recurring forecast discrepancies to GBU SC
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Coordination with site & product planners; Coordination with Supply Planner Site; Establishes guardrails of handshakes with different departments; Coordinate with different departments; collaboration sites operations’ stakeholder (Mfg, QC, MRP…); Adapts the schedule based on resolution (equipment and resources availability) with Production teams; Checks availability on material supply or releases issues, with Material Planners, Flow Controller and QC/QA; Schedulers should collaborate weekly wit manufacturing and maintenance; Schedulers should collaborate weekly with Site planner; Scheduler should collaborate with material planner & QC manager within the Factory Control Tower Meeting; Contributes to the E2E Flow Meeting & MRP Meeting; Schedulers should handover weekly the production plan on 2 week horizon to manufacturing; Collaborates with data steward; Consolidating Site E2E lead times and step deadlines together with level 2 leadership; Coordinating with FaCT participants; Facilitates regular touch point on S&OE horizon (0-3m) with SC Product Planner from GBU SC; Collaborate with the site scheduler on frozen horizon supply risks; Collaborates with Others
Communication Scope
Good communication and collaboration
Full Job Description
**Job title****职位名称** : Head of Supply Chain APU 供应链 APU 经理 * Location工作地点：Beijing 北京 **About the job工作职责** 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. Your job, as Head of Supply Chain APU within our M&S China-Beijing Site, will be to making best class medicines with excellent strategies and tools and delivering them to our patients. 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职责描述** **Scheduling in the firm horizon, in coordination with site & product planners** **固定计划期内的排程 （与工厂及产品计划员协调）** l Coordinates with Supply Planner Site to ensure proper handover of Firm Planned Orders in the Firm horizon+ works on issues resolution 工厂供应计划员协调，确保固定计划期内的固定计划订单得到妥善交接，并协助解决相关问题 l Oversees batch allocation based on quality and regulatory feedback 根据质量和法规反馈监督批次分配 l Establishes guardrails of handshakes with different departments to ensure efficient scheduling (prod/ quality/ GSP/ Flow C/ Material planner/ eng ..) 建立与各部门的协作规范，确保高效排程（生产/质量/GSP/流量控制/物料计划/工程等） l Coordinate with different departments to ensure all necessary resource are available for scheduled production runs 与各部门协调，确保计划生产运行所需的所有资源均已到位 l Ensure that optimal use of resources (e.g. personal, equipment, material) are reflected in the schedule to meet the targets 确保资源（如人员、设备、物料）的最优利用在计划中得到体现，以达成目标 l **Permanently adjust schedule in the firm horizon down to frozen horizon, in collaboration sites operations’ stakeholder (Mfg , QC, MRP…)** l Adapts the sc
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