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The Senior Demand Lead is accountable for ensuring that these elements are properly coordinated locally and reflected in planning tools.\nWe 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?\nMain Responsibilities:\nLead the execution and continuous improvement of the five-step IBP process at market level.\n\nDrive cross-functional alignment with Demand Planning, Business Units, Finance, Regulatory, Quality, and upstream teams using a unified one set of data.\n\nEnsure an efficient, streamlined planning cycle in close partnership with Demand Planners and other Demand Leads.\n\nChampion IBP best practices through active engagement in the CoE-led Community of Practice.\n\nCollaborate with key stakeholders to deliver on critical KPIs: Sales Performance, OTIF, MAPE, BIAS, Inventory, and Write-offs.\n\nUtilize AI and digital reporting tools to monitor performance and enable data-driven decisions.\n\nOptimize working capital and cash flow through regular reviews of inventory targets, lead times, and end-to-end flows.\n\nLead supply chain initiatives to enhance forecast accuracy and support commercial execution.\n\nDrive ODR (Obsolescence, Destruction, Returns) discussions, implementing mitigation actions with Business Units.\n\nAbout You\nEssential:\n- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.\n- Proven successful experience in the Supply chain / manufacturing industry.\n- English language skills.\nPreferred Skills/Expertise/Experience:\nProven experience and strong understanding of pharmaceutical primary and secondary manufacturing processes is essential..\n\nUnderstanding of manufacturing finances and processes and ability to apply to supply chain management and changes and improvement projects.\n\nBasic knowledge of regulatory processes and requirements an asset.\n\nSkilled in scenario planning, risk / benefit analysis, contingency planning and problem solving.\n\nStrong willingness to drive change as well as good internal marketing and communication skills.\n\nStrong negotiation and communication skills.\n\nAbility to motivate and influence resources that do not report directly to incumbent.\n\nExcellent systems (SAP and Kinaxis preferred) and project management skills and basic understanding of financial function.\n\nDemonstrated high standards of integrity, professionalism, and commitment.\n\nStrong team facilitation and relationship building skills.\n\nDemonstrated ability to anticipate future consequences of scenarios and identify mission critical issues.\n\nCompetency Requirements\nStrategic Leadership & Collaboration.\n\nA high level of accountability and attention to details required.\n\nDemonstrated high standards of integrity, professionalism, and commitment.\n\nGood team facilitation and relationship building skills.\n\nAnalytical & Business Acumen.\n\nEmbraces digital transformation and emerging technologies.\n\nWhy Choose Us?\nBring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.\n\nDiscover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.\n\nEnjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.\n\nTake good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.\n\nJoin us in shaping the future of respiratory care and making a difference in the lives of patients across the NHS.\n\nVisas for those who do not already have the right to work in the UK will be considered on a case by case basis according to business needs and resources.\nWe are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to offering interviews to candidates who request consideration under the Scheme and meet the minimum requirements for this role.\nIf you have a disability and require adjustments for the interview process, please email us at . We are dedicated to ensuring an inclusive and supportive experience for all applicants.\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":5775,"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":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Equity","Hybrid work","Parental leave","Wellness"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Prescription Drugs","Vaccines","Rare Disease Therapeutics","Immunology & Inflammation Therapeutics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-14T11:29:59Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-11-09T09:42:49Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-11-10T21:04:45Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":18,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.648,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":58,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sanofi-senior-demand-lead","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sanofi-senior-demand-lead.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T16:15:47Z","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":34039,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"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-senior-demand-lead"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"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-senior-demand-lead"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"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-senior-demand-lead"},{"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-senior-demand-lead\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsanofi-senior-demand-lead"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":901173}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"sanofi.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":901173},"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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