Reference No. R2776240
Position Title: MES Senior Full stack engineer
Department: Digital Capability MES
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Data Hub
About the Job
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Sanofi strategic direction is to standardize processes across sites, to embrace the digital transformation of its Manufacturing & Supply perimeter, looking at the opportunity to simplify its current solution landscape and leverage advanced technologies to bring business value.
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In that context, the MARS program aims to implement the Computer-assisted batch review, enabled by the definition and roll-out of a core Manufacturing Execution System (MES). The MARS (MES Accelerated Roadmap @ Sanofi) program will transform Sanofi plants, improving compliance, cost and cycle time performance.
Over the last 3 years, Sanofi has deployed 30 Production sites across 4 GBUs (multiple and different pharmaceutical processes, 18 Weighing & Dispensing & 12 full MES), and a second wave, should start in the coming years (> 50 production sites, pending business case confirmation).
This represents a strategic opportunity for Manufacturing & Supply Transformation to:
- Design standardized end-to-end processes to generate business value and deliver best-in-class solutions to our industrial sites, with a high focus on electronic batch record management (content, execution) & review by exception process;
- Deliver innovative "state of the art" tools enabling performance for manufacturing processes across the Manufacturing & Supply sites;
- Allow new generation of deployment - more Agile & business centric
- Maintain robust and highly available solutions to operate industrial processes efficiently
The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Senior Full stack engineer drives the design, build and lifecycle of global end to end MES solutions (addition of interactive various components working together) as well as operational excellence to meet business needs in an operational and financially efficient manner. You guarantee and promote the right usage of Sanofi Digital and Industrial standards for Processes, Applications and Infrastructure environments. You leverage on Digital Portfolio the Detail Design document, catalogue of services and existing building blocks. You will work in close collaboration with MES Digital Product Owners, MES DevOps Engineers, MES developers, Product lines, Local digital & business teams, Business Process Owners and Archetype leads. You remain up to date on company's standards, Digital industry practices and emerging standards and contributes to Digital standards maintenance.
Main MES system in scope:
- Siemens MES Opcenter Execution Pharma Product (named MARS for Sanofi)
- Koerber MES PAS-X Product (named INOVA for Sanofi)
Business Processes covered in scope:
- Master data management (items, users rights, equipments, locations, Workorder...)
- Master batch record edition & approval (including workflows)
- Master batch record review & approval (by Exception)
- Guidances / instructions
- Production execution
- Weighing & Dispensing
- Communication to equipements or scada systems
- Equipment management
- Material flow management
- Traceability / Genealogy
- Labelling
- Reporting
- Articulation with ERP, quality, logistic & shopfloor systems (LIMS, Documentation, Deviation management, Serialisation, OEE...)
We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. We're also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?
Main Responsibilities:
Business Alignment:
- Understand the business requirements (including analytics ones) for the various processes in their domain, be able to challenge, to consolidate and to extrapolate them in order to build solutions expendable to multi-GBU use cases and plant configuration
- Provide functional & technical leadership during the full lifecycle and ensure adoption and adequate uses of the solution.
- Maximize customer satisfaction considering also to minimize build and maintenance costs, and risks associated with fulfillment of Business needs
- Propose innovative Digital solution to address new business needs creating competitive advantage
- Implement the appropriate services to ensure optimal allocation of all available capabilities
People Management:
- Ensure functional lead & expertise to project teams across the MARS program & the sites
- Facilitate the transfer of know-how, experience and best practices
- Contribute to Digital skills development within your domain
Delivery and Quality of services:
- Design and build core solutions as close to standard market solutions as possible,on the basis of state-of-the-art best practices and aiming at aligning processes and enabling industrial efficiency across the different industrial sites of Sanofi.
- Contribute of the on-time delivery of projects of domain ensuring robust, cost effective solutions while ensuring customer satisfaction, and business value focus
- Safeguard the proper deployment of core solutions on the different industrial sites
- Evaluate impact analysis on solution options and assesses and manages associated risks
- End-to-end business process analysis including integration with partner systems (ERP, other shopfloor systems, automation layers), labelling technologies, and mobile technologies
- Participate in the definition of indicators for performance and quality of service, monitor and communicate them
- Ensure the compliance of the solutions within the area in relation to legal and regulatory requirements
Strategy development and Implementation:
- Remain current on technology trends and Benchmark with other companies and partners to bring innovative inputs to our solutions, operating models and to our strategy
- Collaborate with peers (Enterprise Architects, other solution architects, Cybersecurity team, technical architects...) to review solution design and/or introduction of new technology to ensure compliance with Sanofi standards
- Explains / presents architecture and technical matters in an understanding way to Digital management team, staff and business stakeholders. Able to explain complex matters in a simple and understandable way
- Breaks current Gxp Validation established postulates to simplify and adapt to current and next generation technologies & methodologies (Cloud, Service Management, Agile), without Quality regression on documentations and validation processes
About You
Experience & Knowledge:
- 10+ years' work experience in Manufacturing/Automation domain
- Demonstrated experience in a multicultural/multilanguage environment and in a matricial organization.
- Broad knowledge of Manufacturing Processes in industrial plants
- Significant MES experience:market standards knowledges (solutions, technologies, integration), process industry within life science / pharmaceutical industries
- Core Product/Model concept
- Successful and significant Project Management experience would be a plus
Core Skills:
- Expertise in MES solution Werum PAS-X or Siemens OPCEnter Pharma execution
- Strong knowledge Manufacturing Execution System, including Master Batch Record and Review by Exception business processes and relevant MES solutions/modules/functionalities
- Strong Knowledge of pharma industry regulatory context (GxP)
- Strong communication, and interaction skills. Able to drive change management
- Knowledge of Solution architecture, infrastructure & integration(AWS, Azure, Windows / Oracle architectures, Middlewares, Cyber Security rules, low code platform as Mendix, mobility technologies...)
- Knowledge of Digital Development technologies (eg. C#, VBscript, HTML, CSS, Powershell, XML)
- Knowledge of Reporting tools (eg. Power BI, Crystal reports...)
- Automation layer (Scada, DCS, PLCs, industrial protocols)
- Agile mindset, Accountability, reliability
- Ability to challenge, open minded and active listening
- Ability to collaborate and build effective network inside and outside Sanofi
- Ability to evaluate processes/solution to improve performance and drive continuous improvement
- Proven vision, ability to anticipate evolutions due to internal and external factors.
Education:
- Engineering or master's in computer science or related field (or equivalent experience)
Languages:
- English
Mobility:
- Frequent
Why Choose Us?
- Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
- Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it's through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
- Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
- Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs
The opportunity is an ADDITION
Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants. Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.
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