CHC Digital Lean Expert - North America

Job description

CHC Digital Lean Expert – North America

 

·  Location: Chattanooga, TN
·  Hybrid and minimal travel expected
·  Job type: Full time

About the job

At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare , we have one overarching mission - to work passionately, challenging ourselves and our industry every day, to build a healthier future by helping people, help themselves, bringing “Health in Your Hands”.

Our teams are building trusted & loved brands that connect with hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide, enabling better self-care for individuals and communities, while also contributing to a healthier planet. To fulfill this mission, we are embarking our consumers, our customers, healthcare professionals, and our employees in this journey because this is what will make us become the

“Best Fast-Moving Consumer Healthcare (FMCH) Company In & For the World”.

We strive to act as a force for good by integrating sustainability along our business and employees’ mission and operate responsibly from both a social and environmental point of view.

To achieve this, we need strong talent who will help us shape the future of our Consumer Healthcare business and challenge our industry. At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we aspire to create a work environment where people can thrive, grow, and be at their best every day. Our priority is working with integrity to improve the health and well-being of people and communities where we operate, working towards making a positive impact in the world.

Our Team:

The Digital Lean Expert is part of the CHC Digital Manufacturing and Supply team in North America, collaborating with Product Owners and Global Teams. Also, focus on continuous improvement, optimization, and capturing value across North American Manufacturing and Supply. Additionally, they share improvement initiatives, best practices, and lessons learned globally.

Main responsibilities:

The Digital Lean role focuses on simplifying processes in Manufacturing and Supply in North America, using technology to optimize and capture value.

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Ensure efficiency, cost reduction, compliance, and risk management.

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Collaborating with various teams, the Digital Lean leads continuous improvement initiatives for better quality, speed, and service.

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Oversee the execution of value projects, manage work delivery, and work closely with stakeholders.

The role involves identifying and documenting transformation dependencies, analyzing business requirements, maintaining collaborative relationships, and striving for industry-leading process performance.

Additionally, the Digital Lean conducts training, tracks continuous improvement penetration, and presents demands in digital screening meetings. Regular meetings are held to review the impact of change requests and ensure successful execution of improvement initiatives.

About you

Experience :

·  Significant industry or consulting experience in Manufacturing and Supply domains (Manufacturing, Logistics, Quality).
·  Agile mindset with a proven ability to challenge the status quo.
·  Experience in pharma or consumer goods industry or Information Technology/Digital department is a major differentiator.
·  Preferably Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Trained/Certified or willing to pursue.
·  Strong expertise in Continuous Improvement enhancements or projects.
·  Project management experience using Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, PMP methodology.
·  Familiarity with Gemba.

Soft skills :

·  Strong written/spoken communication skills for articulating advanced supply chain concepts.
·  Results and process-oriented with an analytical mindset.
·  Dynamic, creative, and open to new ideas.
·  Teamworking ability and mindset.
·  Transversal collaboration.
·  Business Acumen.
·  Problem-solving.
·  Willingness to learn and be hands-on in technical topics.

Technical skills :

·  Information technology knowledge and mindset.
·  Proficiency with Microsoft Visio, HP-ALM, SAP Signavio.
·  Expertise in application processes and integration points with execution systems (SAP APO, PP, PI, MM, SD, QM, eWM, TM).

Other Skills

·  Challenge the status quo, prioritize what delivers the best outcomes, and reject mediocrity.
·  Prioritize the organization's interests over individual or team interests.
·  Take initiative & make informed decisions without waiting to be told what to do.
·  Role model for teamwork, integrity, respect, and courage.

Education :

·  Technology or engineering degree (industrial engineering, information technology).

Languages :

·  English. Spanish or French is a plus.

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, 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 !

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At Sanofi diversity and inclusion is foundational to how we operate and embedded in our Core Values. We recognize to truly tap into the richness diversity brings we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our colleagues, patients and customers. We respect and celebrate the diversity of our people, their backgrounds and experiences and provide equal opportunity for all.