Job title: Head of Source to Pay Delivery – Hyderabad

• Location: Hyderabad
• Job type: Permanent, Full time

At Sanofi we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We are dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of the patients and families we serve, and we accomplish our goals through world-class research and with the compassion and commitment of our employees.

As we continue to transform the practice of medicine, the next chapter of Sanofi’s Play to Win strategy will require a focus on delivering transformation and simplification of our core processes, optimizing resource allocation and deployment to fuel business growth and investment in science.

To facilitate this transformation, a new Business Operations Business Unit is being established, bringing together existing business service activities, and driving further expansion of centralized services at scale into a global unit, with a focus on driving simplification, efficiency, and productivity.

This new Business Unit will enable the delivery of best-in-class business support capabilities across the organization, incorporating and engaging disparate teams from across areas such as R&D, M&S, the Corporate Functions and GBUs into new global Service Delivery Towers with initial services spanning Commercial, Finance, Procurement and People & Culture.

About the Job

Our Team:

Reporting to the Head of Source-to-Pay (S2P), the Head of S2P Delivery Hyderabad plays a critical role in leading the Source-to-Pay (S2P) Delivery organization. They manage a dedicated team responsible for executing the organizations S2P program and associated processes, with a focus on ensuring efficiency, quality, and compliance while scaling capabilities for Sanofi. Additionally, they directly oversee the animation of the Hub community, fostering talent development, and ensuring the seamless delivery of services for the global business.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead the Source-to-Pay (S2P) delivery organization in the Hyderabad Hub, overseeing the global delivery of S2P capabilities. Manage a dedicated team focused on executing and improving S2P processes, ensuring efficiency, quality, and compliance.
• Supervise and drive the day-to-day operations of S2P sub-processes in the Hub, including sourcing lifecycle management, contracting, vendor master data management, indirect purchasing, invoice reception and processing, payments, travel and expense management, tail spend management, and supplier relationship management.
• Collaborate with Global Process Owners to ensure effective governance and adherence to the S2P Core Model and the end-to-end technology landscape.
• Implement initiatives for continuous improvement and process optimization based on strategies defined by Global Process Owners.
• Establish and monitor clear program metrics, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure the success and performance of S2P Delivery.
• Engage and support the Hub community across the entire Source-to-Pay process to facilitate talent development and retention, ensuring seamless S2P delivery for the entire business.
• Cultivate a culture of change agility within the S2P Delivery organization, encouraging proactive adaptation to evolving business needs such as AP monthly closing & reporting.
• Collaborate with BPO delivery teams to ensure best-in-class end-to-end user and supplier experience and performance efficiency.

About you

Experience

• Proven experience (10+ years) in Source-to-Pay or Procure-to-Pay leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of S2P processes at scale in a global context.
• Demonstrated experience in process optimization, standardization, and change management. Experience in implementing source-to-pay technology solutions (e.g., e-procurement, spend analytics).
• International experience working with diverse cultures and global teams.

Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate strategy into actionable plans.
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence to drive adoption of standardized S2P processes.
• Results-oriented with strong analytics skills; ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate information with attention to detail and accuracy.

Education:

• Master’s degree in business administration or a related field.
• Professional certifications such as Certified Procurement Professional (CPP) or Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP).

Language:

Fluent in English (spoken and written)

• Ability to travel approximately 30% of the time.

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.

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.

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