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Vaccines Bulk Process Equipment Leader M/F

Permanent contract
Lyon
Salary: Not specified
No remote work

Sanofi
Sanofi

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Le contenu du poste est libellé en anglais car il nécessite de nombreuses interactions avec nos filiales à l’international, l'anglais étant la langue de travail.

MISSIONS

  • Under the guidelines of Engineering Technical Services (ETS) management and in accordance with Sanofi Pasteur IA & R&D strategy and priorities, the Bulk Process Equipment Leader will bring a reliable technical expertise to the network for engineering projects and for supporting manufacturing sites
  • He/She will collaborate with multiple business partners at all levels of the organization
  • His/Her strong industrial and operational knowledge will help to build connections, to capture innovations, to propose state-of the industry solutions for making a valuable difference with competitors

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Support:

  • Interface with Project Design Teams to ensure that technical risks are well captured within projects and Propose technical solutions when needed
  • Evaluate competencies gap of technical project team skills and advise project team during design and during execution when required,
  • Contribute to bring innovation with a solid sense of adding value, especially for the integration of digital technologies at equipment level,
  • Participate proactively in ad-hoc technical reviews (i.e. Technical, PFDs, Hazop, Value Engineering, Risk analysis, Peer reviews) to bring a solid operational expertise to project design and execution
  • Support manufacturing sites for technical troubleshooting when needed
  • Support projects for International sites occasionally

Knowledge & Standardization:

  • Maintain and develop a technical knowledge within ETS for bulk equipment technologies
  • Define and Maintain technical documentation within ETS Management System as Standards, Procedures and in collaboration with others Sanofi GBUs network
  • Ensure application of Good Engineering Practices, Technical Standards & Global Quality and HSE requirements in design and execution
  • Lead a network “bulk process equipment”, sharing proactively lessons learned, innovations (i.e. through Training, Technical Days…)
  • Interfaces with other functions as MTECH, PMF, Quality, HSE, Strategy and with suppliers for awareness of new technologies

SCOPE AND DIMENSIONS

Breadth of responsibility:

  • This is a Global role for Technical Support within the ETS organization. Geographic scope for support includes EU, Asia, Americas (US, Canada, Argentina mainly) regions

Key dimensions:

  • Ensure to control key technologies selection of a project portfolio
  • Use expertise and industry experience to improve risk mitigation of Strategic Project
  • Maintain and develop technical standards
  • Provide mentoring and coaching to less experienced staff in developing high quality technical deliverables according to standards, industry best practices
  • Work in a Matrix relationship with ETS network, Sites Engineering & Maintenance, MTECH, Quality, Sanofi referents

Freedom to act, level of autonomy:

  • Recommend on technology choice
  • Show capability to influence decisions
  • Demonstrated ability to achieve results within an international corporate environment
  • Sensibility to the “full picture” of industrial challenges (i.e. total cost of ownership, CO2 footprint)

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Specific degree, duration of experience (Required to hold the job):

  • Superior education degree in Biochemical or Process Engineering, or General Engineering
  • Master's degree or professional certification desirable
  • Solid operational experience in vaccines or sterile processes (10 years plus) in manufacturing sites

Key competencies the job holder will be evaluated on:

  • Act for internal Customers / Understand current and future needs
  • Cooperate Transversally / Strive for Results
  • Focus on deliverables and solutions

Key technical competencies and soft skills:

  • Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical industry, GMPs and regulatory requirements
  • Significant experience in upstream and downstream processing equipment including instrumentation
  • Demonstrated track record for analyzing PFDs, PIDs and leading of HAZOP reviews
  • Knowledge in Clean utilities is an asset
  • Excellent communication skills, up to top management and down to project team members, ability to manage cross-sites and cross functional communication with appropriate level of details
  • Interest in detecting new technologies and capacity to shape and communicate a vision
  • Fluent in English (speaking and writing)

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