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This position ensures the alignment of Business Units (BUs) and markets with Manufacturing and Supply (M&S) through collaboration with stakeholders at the market such as Commercial BUs, Regulatory, Finance and local Supply Chain (Demand Managers, Logistics and Customer Fulfilment/Engagement).\nThis is achieved by translating local conditions such as product life cycles, sales patterns and what-if scenarios in actionable data in our planning tools. Another element of the role is on continuous improvement through performance analysis and actions to help achieve the goals of the organization to supply products in a reliable and competitive way.\nAbout Sanofi:\nWe’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.\nMain responsibilities\nIn close collaboration with key stakeholders, mainly the Demand Managers, BUs and upstream M&S planners:\nGather past and future demand factors (e.g., tenders, competition, market share, price changes, new/discontinued products, short shelf-life impacts, out-of-stock situations, S&OE impacts, promotion plans, sales history cleansing) from Business Units (BUs) and forecast/model their impacts on demand in planning tools\nIntegrate statistical forecasting with local market knowledge to enrich demand planning, accounting for deviations from statistical models, ensuring that statistical forecasts are only adjusted when we expect the accuracy increase\nEnsure a strong focus on accurate master data in planning and ERP tools and proper use of demand planning parameters, such as code switches, disaggregation rules, phase in/out, sales attributes etc.\nAnalyze and question assumptions, consolidate sales forecasts from various markets, and ensure the coherence of the final plan.\nCapture active and inactive opportunities in planning tools to enable scenrio planning, including supply constraints.\nOversee overall product supply status; prepare and lead weekly supply review meetings with clear articulation of current situation, risks, and mitigation plan to ensure supply continuity.\nManage end-to-end supply visibility from product release at manufacturing plant to daily shipment schedule tracking, including ETD / ETA validation for standard shipments and air freight.\nProactively monitor at-risk shipments, asses impact, develop mitigation actions to prevent stocks-outs, and communicate timely and accurate updates to key stakeholders.\nReview significant deviations from forecast, budget, market trends, ensuring global data consistency.\nParticipate in the Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) by delivering root cause analysis of demand plan changes in the short-term horizon and sharing supply risks received from GBU Supply Chain teams upstream.\nWork towards continuously improving the objective of forecast accuracy to maximize OTIF to the client.\nAnalyze and track products at risk of destruction due to short shelf-life or lack of demand, and engage relevant stakeholders to set up and execute action plans\nConduct a Monthly Root Cause Analysis review of forecast deviations, Out-of-Stocks products to identify and implement actions to improve.\nPeriodically check data consistency in planning tools and data.\nWork in coordination with Product Planners to ensure an effective communication of demand shifts to enable agile changes in the supply plan.\nParticipate in all the committees where decisions are taken about new products, new adoptions, discontinuations, stock at risk due to short shelf-life etc, ensuring a good understanding of volumes, formats and dates. Update the Demand plan accordingly in Planning tools.\nSupport the preparation and presentation of demand plans in IBP meetings.\n\nAbout you\nSkills/Expertise/Experience\nBachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and min 3-5 years of experience in demand planning & supply planning.\nFluent English communication and writing skills\nFluent Mandarin / Cantonese communication is highly preferred\n\nPreferred Skills/Expertise/Experience\nKnowledge of pharmaceutical primary and secondary manufacturing processes preferred\nUnderstanding of basic manufacturing processes and ability to apply to supply chain management and specifically in demand planning\nBasic knowledge of regulatory processes and requirements an advantage\nSkilled in scenario planning, risk / benefit analysis, contingency planning and problem solving\nStrong willingness to drive change as well as good internal marketing and communication skills\nExcellent systems (SAP and Kinaxis an advantage) skills and basic understanding of financial function\n\nCompetency Requirements\nA high level of accountability and attention to details required\nDemonstrated high standards of integrity, professionalism, and commitment\nGood team facilitation and relationship building skills\n\nSanofi Values\nStretch to go beyond the level we have operated at up until now \nAct in the interest of our patients and customers \nTake action instead of waiting to be told what to do \nPut the interests of the organization ahead of my own or those of our team\nPursue progress, discover extraordinary\nBetter 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.\nAt 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.\nWatch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!","description_format":"text","description_chars":6102,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Prescription Drugs","Vaccines","Rare Disease Therapeutics","Immunology & Inflammation Therapeutics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-22T14:32:26Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":76,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.847,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":7,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sanofi-demand-planner-mandarin-speaker","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sanofi-demand-planner-mandarin-speaker.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-30T13:31:06Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":505,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-31T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":146},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=146"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsanofi-demand-planner-mandarin-speaker"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsanofi-demand-planner-mandarin-speaker"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsanofi-demand-planner-mandarin-speaker"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sanofi-demand-planner-mandarin-speaker\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsanofi-demand-planner-mandarin-speaker"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3089716}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"sanofi.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3089716},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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