M&S Graduate Program-Operation (Production) Lead -Hangzhou

Job title职位名称: M&S Graduate Program-Operation (Production) Lead

Location工作地点： 杭州

About the job工作职责

About Sanofi

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

About Manufacturing & Supply (M&S)

Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers, seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you’ll help reimagine how life-changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster, reliably, sustainably and affordably, at the quality levels expected.

About the Program

Your Journey to Manufacturing Leadership Starts Here

The M&S Graduate Program is Sanofi's flagship early career accelerator, designed to fast-track exceptional talent into M&S China's core leadership pipeline. Over 3 years, you will gain cross-regional, cross-functional business immersion across critical M&S operations, building deep operational expertise, strategic thinking, and global perspective through real-world challenges. With industry-leading executive support, including a Site Head as your Career Sponsor and a Global M&S Leader as your dedicated mentor, you will benefit from direct access to M&S China Cluster and Global Business Leaders through regular executive dialogues, a personalized development journey with external professional coaching, and targeted capability building in Digital & AI, critical thinking, and leading change. This is your express lane to becoming a strong successor in M&S China's core leadership team.

Main responsibilities 职责描述：

Production Operations & Root-Cause Analysis Development

Support daily production operations and progressively develop root-cause analysis capability for technical deviations, building toward independent ownership by Year 2–3

Learn to organize and manage manufacturing resources, balancing facility/equipment capacity, workforce, and production cost under senior guidance

Process Improvement & Validation

Contribute to process optimization initiatives (parameter refinement, equipment adjustment) to enhance quality and output, practicing the structured problem-solving that defines future production leaders

Support the planning and execution of process validations to ensure quality stability through process changes, progressively taking ownership of validation projects

GMP, Quality & HSE Compliance

Implement cGMP practices in daily operations, aligned with Sanofi global standards, building rigorous compliance discipline from Day 1

Take accountability for HSE within your scope, learning to allocate resources effectively for risk assessment, training, and safety program execution

Participate in deviation, OOS, and complaint investigations alongside cross-functional teams, following up on CAPA implementation

Support change control, equipment/cleaning validation, and batch record/SOP authoring and review

Team Building & Cross-functional Project Leadership

Progressively build and develop a professional production team, strengthening GMP awareness and technical capability among peers as you grow into a people leader

Take on project leadership for cross-departmental initiatives, practicing influence, planning, and execution skills critical to future leadership roles

Ensure strict compliance with psychotropic drug safety management regulations, reporting abnormalities promptly and completing required certifications

About you 任职资格:

List here ideally the must-haves criteria to be successful on the role.

请列出胜任该职位所必须具备的条件。

Experience: At least 2–3 years of experience in production, manufacturing, or quality management within the pharmaceutical industry, experience in foreign/multinational manufacturing environments is a strong plus

Education: STEM background strongly preferred, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, or related technical disciplines; top MBA with relevant manufacturing exposure also considered

教育背景: 硕士以上

Soft skill 通用技能:

IT Skill电脑技能: middle(中级)

Negotiation skill 谈判技能

Leadership skill 领导力

Technical skill 专业技能: Management skill  管理技能

Lean management 精益管理

Communication skill 沟通技能

Languages: English

语言要求: 英语

What You'll Gain 你会获得

This program is designed to give you an advantage in your leadership career. Here is what you can expect:

A structured 3-year leadership accelerator with clear milestones, defined rotations, and a guaranteed landing role, no ambiguity about where you are headed

Real-World Business Immersion: Cross-regional, cross-functional rotations in live business environments, building operational expertise, business acumen, and strategic thinking

Industry-Leading Executive Support: Dual mentorship from a Site Head and Global M&S Leader, with direct access to top leadership through regular executive dialogues

Personalized Development: Customized career roadmap, external professional coaching, and targeted capability building in Digital & AI, critical thinking, and leading change

Express Lane to Leadership: 3-year systematic cultivation positioning you as a strong successor for M&S China's core management team

Why choose us?

Shape the future of medicine and vaccine delivery through the use of cutting-edge Digital and AI-enabled technology solutions, ensuring seamless launches and a resilient global supply of our medicines and vaccines

Power industry-leading performance by leveraging digital, data, and AI-driven innovation – at speed and scale.

Be part of world-first initiatives like our Modulus factory, smart factories, AI-driven supply chain solutions, and provide thought leadership to the future of BioPharma manufacturing in ˜2035+.

Help deliver 30+ new product launches by 2030, ensuring patients get treatments faster than ever.

Develop new skills, explore cross-functional roles, and work in an environment that values growth and discovery

Be part of an organization that invests in people, technology, and sustainability, leading the industry in low-carbon manufacturing and digital transformation.

Pursue Progress . Discover Extraordinary .

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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

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 !

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 !