M&S-Head of Smart Factory-Beijing
Sanofi
Posted: May 11, 2026
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We are seeking a highly skilled Head of Smart Factory in Beijing, China to lead a team and develop innovative solutions to deliver high-quality medicines to patients.
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Job Description
Job title职位名称: Head of Smart factory
• Location工作地点: Beijing 北京
About the job工作职责
We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families. Your job, as Head of Smart factory within our M&S China-Beijing Site, will be to making best class medicines with excellent strategies and tools and delivering them to our patients.
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职责描述:
Developing, owning, and maintaining the Site Digital Roadmap by:
• Working in collaboration with Digital, Global Functions, and Business Owners, to
define a prioritized portfolio of digital projects to deliver business continuity,
modernization, and performance, including Core models, Smart Factory solutions
and local applications
• Define and manage the associated digital budget (Capex/Opex), and lead all the
connected global processes and systems (e.g., SP/budget, business case
preparation/approval, Shine, etc.)
Lead implementation of IT projects (e.g., iShift, MARS, LIMS, global/local solutions, etc.)
by • Defining execution approach and masterplan in alignment with key stakeholders
• Ensuring finding (e.g., Capex/Opex) and line up project team ensuring capacity
and capabilities (e.g., Project Mgr, KU’s, SME’s, etc.)
• Monitoring execution, planning adherence, escalation through appropriate
governance
• Ensuring in place, in use with formal handover to operations
• Providing first line solution support during operations
Lead the deployment of Smart Factory (incl. GenAI) solutions by
• Driving locally the technical implementation in partnership with Product Owner, and Digital
• Partnering with Business and OpEx team to ensure adoption and value capture
• Providing technical support and troubleshooting when required
Ensure Master Data accuracy by
• Leading Head of Data & Processes and Data Stewards as per standard
organization
• Driving standard governance to assess MD accuracy and update in collaboration
with the concerned functional leads (i.e., Data Content Owners)
Provide analytical capabilities to site functions by developing a pool of Data Analysts to be deployed as per business needs (e.g., performance monitoring/deep dives, big data
analytics, data visualization/dashboards, etc.)
About you 任职资格:
Experience:
• Knowledge of main IT/Digital solutions (e.g., ERP)
• Knowledge of Manufacturing 4.0 and AI/GenAI
• Knowledge of key business & pharma processes
Soft skill: Good communication and collaboration
Technical skill: Project Management
Education: Bachelor’s degree in related field
Languages: Fluent English in verbal & written.
Take the Lead: Aim Higher, Act for Patients, Be Bold, Lead Together
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 and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.
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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!
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.
At 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.
Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!