People Excellence Lead

About The Job

Sanofi is a leading global healthcare company going through a significant transformation. We are on a journey to attract and develop top diverse talent to join our mission to bring innovation to more and more patients around the world.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate leader to partner with the organization’s leadership and People & Culture (P&C) team as the catalyst for the deployment of the One Sanofi People Strategy for the company. The incumbent will contribute to the achievement of the company's short- and long-term strategy and objectives.

As a member of the India People & Culture team, you will be expected to work in close partnership with the business leaders and the rest of the P&C community across the geography.

• Ensure the deployment of One P&C agenda and P&C culture change at country level.
• Drive P&C function matters at local level and provide input to market view.
• Own P&C support for employees and line managers. Provide input on workforce planning for the respective country.
• Provide input to People Services management improving service experience and efficiency.
• Own the local deployment of Social Unions /Labor Relations strategy aligned with Global and market Labor Relations. Be the liaison to the co-determination bodies and negotiate collective labor agreements at local level.
• Manage personnel cost/ budget for the country.
• Provide coaching at leadership level.
• Champion “learn, share & re-apply” across the Sanofi organization by collaborating with PBPs, CoEs and People Services
• Act in advisory capacity concerning escalations for key and leadership roles on satellite country level.
• Ensure talent strategy deployment at satellite country level: Partner with the country leadership to support their individual development. Review the country talent pipeline depth to ensure appropriate talent density in partnership with the respective market and GBU/GF PBP and TM Leads, drive the importance of the talent principles through coaching of the leaders in country, including encouraging bold moves on talent and supporting talent acquisition activities in the country.
• Partners with leaders and Talent Acquisition CoE on senior leadership hires for the country and on hires into roles which help to build deep skill/knowledge in a critical capability area aligned to strategic plans.
• Partnering with Learning COE to help build deep skill/knowledge.
• Provides support and expertise on all people-related and HR management matters within the organization, ensuring compliance to legal requirements, ethical standards, and best practices.
• Manages employer-employee relations in a fair and transparent way, promoting diversity, employee relations culture, values, and behaviors. Creates and maintains a climate for effective collaboration.
  
  

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field; master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 12 years of HR experience. International exposure is desirable.
• Great leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization & ability to represent P&C externally.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Strong leadership experience in HR management, in an Indian context, preferably with multinational corporations and experience in a working in a Matrix reporting Organization.
• Leadership experience in a public listed company in India with ability to interface with board members
• Business and outcome oriented with experience handling complex business transformation
• Thinks and acts strategically equally being operationally strong and results oriented
• Proven ability in change management and successful stakeholder management.
  
  

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