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 function 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

Following the announcement in December 2019 of the creation of a standalone Global Business Unit, Sanofi’s Consumer Healthcare (“CHC”) has grown into a leading consumer healthcare platform with a presence in 150 countries and over 11,000 employees, dedicated resources in R&D, manufacturing, information technology as well as its distinct sustainability roadmap. In Q3 2023, Sanofi announced its intention to separate the CHC Business as it increases its focus on innovative medicines and vaccines. The intended separation will seek to create two entities, each better equipped to pursue its own business strategy, resourcing and capital allocation and enabling each to focus on long-term growth in its respective markets. Sanofi believes that the separation will unlock further opportunities for CHC to leverage its portfolio of leading brands and continue to drive growth and shareholder value.

The Global People success function encompass all the vital elements of CHC’s  people strategy, including talent acquisition & talent management, cultural enhancement & communication, development & learning initiatives, and diversity & inclusion, thereby centralizing the focus on the holistic success and growth of our people for CHC globally.

The Global Learning and Development Head will transform the learning environment in CHC establishing a standalone learning operating model and learning culture that supports a self-developing mindset and shared learning directed toward our mission and vision.

He/She collaborates with the business and People & Culture community to assess people development opportunities and gaps associated with the future capability needs to identify relevant, sustainable learning solutions for all CHC employees including Executives.

The Global Head of L&D defines L&D frameworks, KPIs, budget, platforms and mandatory guidelines at Group level, to be leveraged by learning institutes and development teams.

Main responsibilities:

• Take end to end accountability for the preparation and leadership of the implementation of the future learning operating model for CHC.
• Manage the key business stakeholders to ensure the alignment of the model with the strategic vision of CHC, whilst considering financial, functional, and commercial goals and aspirations.
• Drive the conversation with Sanofi to design in detail what services are to be taken over by CHC, and those maintained under service agreements.
• Participate in the consultation with, and selection of, potential vendors/third parties, capable of managing all outsourced activities.
• Transfer and translate the current offer and consider external partnerships or internal program creation to meet CHC ambition.
• Contribute to the design of global and local programs to underpin the needs of the business both currently and in the future.
• In partnership with other team members, shape ongoing training options to support an inclusive and diverse environment (D&I, sustainability).
• Design a fit-for-future leadership competency framework and leadership curriculum and coaching framework for CHC.
• Design progressive, companywide, coaching frameworks and mentoring programs to support development opportunities.
• From a best-in-class perspective, define and recommend the required HR Services to drive the learning roadmap.
• Articulate appropriate metrics to measure all relevant aspects of learning to provide updates to the key stakeholders on individual and business benefit.
• Stay current on learning and development best practices, programs, and metrics outside of our organization to optimize and integrate within our own strategic approach especially using all digital opportunities.
• Bring foresight regarding how we build to achieve our ambitions.
• Lead with sustainability at the heart of everything we do

Profile:

• Experienced L&D lead (population size 10,000): track record in international environment with a matrix organization and CPG focus.
• Experience in managing outsourced L&D: specifications and contracting with vendors.
• Strong Experience with company Transformation (carve out, merger...).
• Good understanding of technology / systems: ability to challenge technical options.
• Strong Leadership. • Self-starter, and goal oriented.
• Federator with ability to work in a transversal role with multiple stakeholders.
• Managing ambiguity, and ability to make decisions.
• Imperative strong English fluency as a working language
• Be disruptive and not be afraid of failure. You raise the bar, try and show how the experience has helped the business learn for the future and benefitted all.
• Strategic thinking and passion for personal growth and development
• Excellent Communication skill.

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.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!