Job detail for Production Sector Manager

Job Title: Production Sector Manager (M/F) – Fixed-term contract (CDD)

About the role

As a Production Sector Manager within our Manufacturing & Supply team at our Ambarès site, you will lead manufacturing and packaging activities as well as operator teams to ensure our treatments reach patients on time. Ready to get started?

Join a global network that optimizes how Sanofi delivers its solutions with fluidity, determination, and at scale. Within Manufacturing & Supply, you will contribute to reinventing how life-changing treatments reach patients faster, all over the world.

Shift work (morning 6:00 AM–2:40 PM, afternoon 2:40 PM–11:00 PM, night 11:00 PM–6:00 AM) or day shift depending on the site's flexible working hour policies.

About Sanofi:

Sanofi is a company that innovates in R&D and leverages AI at scale to improve people's lives and create long-term growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and our innovative pipeline – allows us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we pursue the miracles of science to improve people's lives.

Key :

• Ensure the safety of people, property, and products by implementing necessary measures in the event of an anomaly.
• Manage the execution of the production schedule: analyze variances, define action plans, and make decisions to meet the needs of internal and external customers.
• Organize human and material resources, ensure compliance of equipment and premises, and verify the availability of materials and documents required for planned batches.
• Verify, complete, and transmit batch records, and ensure declarations are made in production management systems.
• Apply and enforce Group and site regulations and standards (HSE, Quality, Supply, HR), and follow up on corrective and preventive action plans.
• Enforce production budget standards (OEE, productivity, yield) and conduct investigations in the event of an incident.
• Lead sector performance meetings and be an active participant in continuous improvement using Lean tools (5S, SMED, TPM, problem-solving, visual management).

What we offer:

A fixed salary over 12 months, supplemented by individual variable compensation, as well as profit-sharing and incentive schemes based on Sanofi Group results.

Because taking care of our employees is also our mission: 31 days of paid leave + RTT days depending on your status, remote work up to 2 days/week, high-quality health insurance, up to 80% coverage for public transport; maternity leave (18 weeks) and partner leave (14 weeks), Savings Plans & Retirement Plans with employer matching, CSE benefits, internal and international mobility opportunities, a customizable training offer to support you throughout your career, and many other benefits to discover here.

About you

• Experience: Knowledge of production processes for solid dosage forms and pharmaceutical manufacturing environments; team management experience is a plus.
• Technical skills: Proficiency in production information systems (ERP, CMMS, computerized batch records, planning) and HSE procedures.
• Soft skills: Autonomy, rigor, organizational skills, leadership, ability to unite teams, communication skills, analytical and synthesis skills, team spirit.
• Education: Master's degree (Bac +5) in Engineering or Pharmacy.
• Languages: Fluent French.

Why choose us?

• Shape the future of pharmaceutical manufacturing through cutting-edge technologies, digital innovation, and artificial intelligence to ensure smooth launches and a resilient supply chain.
• Transform lives worldwide by delivering essential treatments, anywhere and anytime — every year, we distribute more than 4 billion medicines and vaccines.
• Develop new skills, explore cross-functional roles, and grow in an environment that values learning and discovery.
• Join a company that invests in its talent and in the transition to a low-carbon and digital industry.
• Join a committed production team at the Ambarès site in a collaborative and stimulating work environment, with comprehensive benefits for your well-being.

Always Progress. Discover the Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and enter a new era of science – where your journey can be as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you so that you can go further, accelerate your thinking, and achieve what has never been done before. You will contribute to pushing boundaries, challenging conventions, and designing smarter solutions for the communities we serve. Ready to pursue the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's pursue progress and discover the extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we believe in equal opportunity, without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or any other criteria protected by law.

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!

The salary range for this position is: €54,400.00 - €72,533

Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.