Product Lead - HR, Legal & Procurement

Job Summary

Reporting solid line to the Head of ERP & Corporate functions for CHC, this position is a Senior Digital leadership role with accountability to set strategy, roadmap and lead deployment of solutions that drive value in the Corporate Functions area.

As a member of the Global ERP and Corporate Functions team, he/she will partner closely with the CHC Business teams to ensure that we are clearly identifying business and customer needs, prioritizing the right features, guiding the work and developing the vision and roadmap. This role drives the overall awareness, prioritization, and orchestration of resources (budget and manpower) to deliver a workable product that brings business value.

The position will require close collaboration with the CHC ERP architecture team, the business analysts responsible for the application landscape and the wider Sanofi global digital organization.

This position will require leadership, motivational and collaborative skills as well as working knowledge of technologies and solutions being implemented with the ability to understand solutions being proposed and how existing solutions can be adapted to match evolving business conditions and needs. He/She will actively manage business expectations and proactively work on closing any gaps while ensuring strategic principles are maintained. He/She will need to have good communications and interpersonal skills to convey complex information in a clear and concise manner to all stakeholders while acting as main technology leader before our business organization.

Requirements

Education

Bachelor s Degree (B.A.) or equivalent in Information Technology / Supply Chain or Engineering

Required knowledge and/or experience

• 10+ years of work experience, including 5+ years as technology lead in Supply Chain
  
• Experience managing transversal teams
  
• Broad background in different sectors with a preference for previous FMCH experience
  
• Proven hands-on experience with modern technologies, development methods (Lean & Agile practices) and tools
  
• Proven experience from having led/steered large size complex programs
  
• Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
  
• Demonstrated conflict resolution & problem-solving skills in a global environment
  
• Role model our 4 values: teamwork, integrity, respect, courage.
  
• Fluent spoken and written English
  

Required Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Thinking - ability to evaluate relevant areas of operation, formulate objectives and set priorities in a contextually relevant way, and develop plans consistent with long-term organizational interests.
  
• Judgement- The ability to draw logical conclusions based on acquired information and analytical rigor in problem-solving, the ability to make effective decisions even when information is ambiguous or incomplete.
  
• Team Leadership Ability to build cohesive, high-performance teams that take accountability and achieve required results.
  
• Interpersonal relationships - treating others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect.
  
• Change Leadership - The ability to demonstrate support and drive for innovation and organizational transformation.
  
• Personal Leadership - Personal leadership translates into courage, choice, and commitment through the pursuit of excellence, trust, and accountability. Ability to put patient, stakeholder, and organizational interests above personal interests.
  
• Drive -Takes the lead and initiates activities with a high degree of passion and commitment as well as the drive, desire and need to achieve challenging goals, to improve performance or to meet personal standards of excellence