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**Job Title:** Quality Operations Continuous Improvement Specialist

**Location** : Framingham, MA

About the Job

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.

Quality Assurance (QA) Operations is responsible for quality oversight of operations at Sanofi MA BioCampus facilities. QA’s main responsibility is to ensure adherence to cGMPs during manufacturing operations through partnership with the site and direct engagement with daily operations activities. The QA Process-Centric Unit (PCU) is a team that is responsible for the 24hour QA performance of a defined manufacturing area to support operations and drive continuous improvement.

The Continuous Improvements (CI) Specialist role is to drive industrial excellence to achieve the PCU’s strategic objective and performance ambition. The CI Specialist brings a high level of expertise and leadership in lean methodology, industrial performance, digital solutions, transformation and change management.

Main Responsibilities:

The main impact expected for the CI Specialist is to support the L1 PCU and L2 QA Operations team in performance and continuous improvement actions

+ Continuously analyses the performance of the PCU and supports the performance & continuous improvement actions.

+ Contributes to the definition of the PCU's trajectory with the PCU Manager and other CI Specialists in line with the site's compelling business needs.

+ Build, maintain and govern SMS standards used by the PCU to drive performance.

+ Improve data governance at PCU level.

+ Create, maintain capacity modeling for the QA Operations team to monitor efficiency and impact of CI initiatives and projects.

+ Project Manage CI Level 2 projects

Performance

With the PCU Leads, develop the PCU's performance plan (duration less than 1 year, action carried out by the PCU and specific to the PCU).

+ Collects and analyses performance data directly from Gemba or through digital systems (deviations from standards, improvements, etc.)

+ Performs the cost analysis and confirms the capture of gains

+ Monitors the performance of actions identified and the achievement of outcomes, managing roadblocks & risk management

+ Executes and supports team members to execute CI initiatives and projects under the direction of department management

+ Ensures CI initiatives are delivered on-time and within established budgets, while delivering the committed value to the PCU performance

+ Leads the continuous improvement meetings at L1 PUC & L2 level

+ Provide leadership and structure to monitor PCU performance initiatives with quantified outcomes

+ Through a strong Gemba presence, conducts regular Gemba's to coach the teams on waste identification and perform confirmation processes.

+ Contributes to the network with the community of continuous improvement specialists to align practices and advance SMS standards

About You

Expectations

+ Achieve SMS certification intermediate level within 6 months

+ Ability to analyze and make data driven proposals.

+ Ability to coordinate multiple CI programs/projects

+ Capability in data analysis and diagnostics

+ Good knowledge of plant operations

+ Strong communication skills

+ Ablility to lead teams in a matrix organization

+ Ability to influence at multiple levels within an organization

+ High level of autonomy

+ Problem Solving-solving skills

+ Strong Computer Literacy

+ Field approach and relational ease

+ Good communication skills

+ Ability to prioritize and decide

+ Results/solutions/customer oriented

Education:

+ Associate's degree and 8 years of experience, or a bachelor’s degree and 6 years of experience, or a master's degree and 4 years of experience, in Business, Engineering, Operations, Biology, Chemistry, or other similar relevant disciplines, preferably within a GMP manufacturing setting

+ Fluent English spoken and written

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.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !

_US and Puerto Rico Residents Only_

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

_North America Applicants Only_

The salary range for this position is:

$74,250.00 - $107,250.00

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK (https://benefits.sanofiusallwell.com/fleet/public/index/ba511bf8-5c32-4828-9861-ab985fffab90/?cid=sanofi) .

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Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions.

With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi (https://youtu.be/96EwNjb1TLo)

As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live.

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