Context  

Sanofi strategic direction is to standardize processes across sites, to embrace the digital transformation of its Manufacturing & Supply perimeter, looking at the opportunity to simplify its current solution landscape and leverage advanced technologies to bring business value.  

In that context, the MARS program aims to implement the Computer-assisted batch review, enabled by the definition and roll-out of a core Manufacturing Execution System (MES). The MARS (MES Accelerated Roadmap @ Sanofi) program will transform Sanofi plants, improving compliance, cost and cycle time performance.  

Over the last 3 years, Sanofi has deployed  30 Production sites across 4 GBUs (multiple and different pharmaceutical processes, 18 Weighing & Dispensing & 12 full MES),  and a second wave, should start in the coming years (> 50 production sites, pending business case confirmation). 

This represents a strategic opportunity for an Manufacturing & Supply Transformation to:  

• Design standardized end-to-end processes to generate business value for Manufacturing & Supply and deliver best-in-class solutions to our industrial sites, with a high focus on electronic batch record management (content, execution) & review by exception process; 
• Deliver innovative "state of the art" tools enabling performance for manufacturing processes across the Manufacturing & Supply sites; 
• Allow new generation of deployment – more Agile & business centric 
• Maintain robust and highly available solutions to operate industrial processes efficiently 

About the job 

The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) DevOps Engineer provide support for the design, build and lifecycle of global end to end MES solutions (addition of interactive various components working together) . Ensure and follow the local configuration that are aligned with the Core model and operational excellence. You guarantee and promote the right usage of Sanofi Digital and Industrial standards for Processes, Applications and Infrastructure environments. You leverage on Digital Portfolio the Detail Design document, catalogue of services and existing Core building blocks. You support sites in troubleshooting and remediation actions plans. You will work in close collaboration with MES Product Owner, MES Full Stack Engineer, MES developers, Product lines and local digital team, Business Process Owners, Archetype leads and Site modelers and Shopfloor experts. You remain up to date on company’s standards, Digital industry practices and emerging standards and contributes to Digital standards maintenance. 

Main MES systems in scope :  

• Koerber MES PAS-X Product (named INOVA for Sanofi) 
• Siemens MES Opcenter Execution Pharma Product (named MARS for Sanofi) 

Business Processes covered in scope : 

• Master data management (items, users rights, equipments, locations, Workorder…) 
• Master batch record edition & approval (including workflows) 
• Master batch record review & approval (by Exception) 
• Guidances / instructions 
• Production execution 
• Weighing & Dispensing 
• Communication to equipements or scada systems 
• Equipment management 
• Material flow management 
• Traceability / Genealogy 
• Labelling 
• Reporting  
• Articulation with ERP, quality, logistic & shopfloor systems (LIMS, Documentation, Deviation management, Serialisation, OEE,…)  

Main responsibilities: 

 Business Alignment:  

• Understand the business requirements  (including analytics ones) for the various processes in their domain, be able to challenge, to consolidate and to extrapolate them in order to build solutions expendable to multi-GBU use cases and plant configuration.
• Provide functional & technical support during the full lifecycle and ensure adoption and adequate uses of the solution. 
• Maximize customer satisfaction considering also to minimize build and maintenance costs, and risks associated with fulfillment of Business needs.
• Implement the appropriate services to ensure optimal allocation of all available capabilities  

People Management:  

• Coordinate, inform and ensure functional expertise in a matrixial context  
• Ensure the transfer of know-how, experience and best practices to sites. 
• Contribute to Digital skills development within your domain  

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Delivery and Quality of services:  

• Support local team to Design their local MBR, in configuring & implementing core solutions as close to standard market solutions as possible,on the basis of state-of-the-art best practices and aiming at aligning processes and enabling industrial efficiency across the different industrial sites of Sanofi. 
• Participate to regular design review with site modelers to ensure best practices are followed & appropriated 
• Ensure that technical solutions are in line with recommendations for Quality, Security and Accessibility of Digital are correctly understood and applied 
• Contribute of the on-time delivery of projects of domain ensuring robust, cost effective solutions while ensuring customer satisfaction, and business value focus 
• Safeguard the proper deployment of core solutions on the different industrial sites  
• Evaluate impact analysis on solution options and assesses and manages associated risks 
• End-to-end business process analysis including integration with partner systems (ERP, other shopfloor systems, automation layers), labelling technologies, and mobile technologies 
• Participate in the definition of indicators for performance and quality of service, monitor and communicate them  
• Manage preventive / corrective maintenance for components   
• Ensure that standards and rules for Platform Mgt (Release mgt, Solution Documentation, Testing) are correctly understood and applied  

Strategy development and Implementation:  

• Remain current on technology trends and Benchmark with other companies and partners to bring innovative inputs to our solutions, operating models and to our strategy 
• Collaborate with peers (Enterprise Architects, other solution architects, Cybersecurity team, technical architects…) to review solution design and/or introduction of new technology to ensure compliance with Sanofi standards 
• Explains / presents architecture and technical matters in an understanding way to Digital management team, staffand business stakeholders. Able to explain complex matters in a simple and understandable way 
• Breaks current Gxp Validation established postulates to simplify and adapt to current and next generation technologies & methodologies (Cloud, Service Management, Agile), without Quality regression on documentations and validation  processes  

About you  

Experience & Knowledge:  

• 8+ years work experience in Manufacturing/Automation domain  
• Demonstrated experience in a multicultural/multilanguage environment and in a matricial organization. 
• Broad knowledge of Manufacturing Processes in industrial plants 
• Significant MES experience : market standards knowledges (solutions, technologies, integration) , process industry within lifescience / pharmaceutical industries 
• Core Product/Model concept 
• Successful and significant Project Management experience would be a plus 

Core Skills:  

• Expert  of MES solution Werum PAS-X ( &/or)  Siemens OPCEnter Pharma execution 
• Strong knowledge Manufacturing Execution System, including Master Batch Record and Review by Exception business processes and relevant MES solutions/modules/functionalities 
• Strong Knowledge of pharma industry regulatory context (GxP) 
• Strong Knowledge of Digital technologies & concepts 
• Automation layer (Scada, DCS, PLCs, industrial protocols) 
• Accountability, reliability
• Customer Driven 
• Communication, and interaction skills. Able to drive change managementAgile mindset , Ability to challenge, open minded and active listening. 

• Education: Engineering or master in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience) 
• Languages: English 

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, disability, or gender identity.  

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.

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