About Us

At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we have one overarching mission - to work passionately, challenging ourselves and our industry every day, to drive what we believe is the next health revolution: evolving from simply serving consumers, to helping people help themselves - bringing “Health in Your Hands”.

Sanofi Consumer Healthcare US (formerly Chattem) is a leading marketer and manufacturer of a broad portfolio of branded over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare products, in such categories as allergy, upper and lower gastrointestinal, skin care, topical pain care, oral care and other OTC toiletry products.  The US CHC portfolio includes well-recognized brands such as: Allegra, Nasacort, Xyzal, Dulcolax, Gold Bond, Cortizone-10, Icy Hot, Aspercreme, ACT, Unisom, and Selsun Blue.

To achieve this, we need strong talent who will help us shape the future of our Consumer Healthcare business and challenge our industry. We aspire to create a work environment where people can thrive, grow, and be at their best every day. We believe in operating with integrity and prioritizing the health and well-beingAt Sanofi CHC, we have one shared purpose - we work passionately, every day, to ‘serve healthier, fuller lives. Our marketing philosophy is driven by this purpose and everything we do is centered around people – our consumers, our customers, healthcare professionals, and our employees – across the world.

Position Summary

• The Global Brand R&D lead will be accountable for the end-to-end ideation to launch and then ensuring sustainable growth in market of innovation projects for their brand globally. It is expected that he/she will be a science partner for their respective brand innovation lead and IPM to create a pipeline and portfolio for their respective brand as well as ensure that base business is protected.  They will act as the representative and single point of contact for the science hub for their brand and will ensure that the right science hub expert & resource is engaged as needed to drive brand growth.  They will lead the strategic direction of brand innovation and ensure that there is strong technical feasibility to deliver differentiated products to market (how to win) and ensure that there is clarity on resources in the country/region needed to deliver prioritized opportunities.

• The job holder will be a strong technical leader with strong business acumen, who has the ability to translate science & technology into relevant consumer unmet needs.  It is expected that they influence a broader science hub community to reach go/no go decisions and to accelerate brand led opportunities. 

Key Results and Accountabilities

• Be the representative of the Allegra brand to represent science hub and act as single point of contact for a strategic overview of what is needed from science hub to be successful.

• Work closely with the Global R&D Brand Head, Brand Innovation lead, and science teams within R&D

• Initiate regional/local projects for their respective brand with end-to-end accountability (close collaboration with Product Managers & Marketing Departments of key countries)

• Align with Brand Innovation lead and Brand Head to make sure that all innovation initiatives are suitable to drive growth and deliver health in their hands for our consumers

• Align with Brand R&D Head before each Global IC

• Be responsible for delivering a sustainable innovation pipeline for their sub-category within their region as well as ensuring business protection projects are identified and executed

• Influence and advise key stakeholders and the leadership team on industry trends and new opportunities for their brand

• Build a consolidated view of all projects for their brand, identify cross-fertilization / scale-building opportunities, and prioritizes budget and resources between projects to deliver the ambition (close collaboration with portfolio)

• Collaborate closely with the countries (Marketing) of their global brand to identify their needs based on clear consumer insights

• Should collaborate closely with other R&D functions (platform R&D, consumer science), science departments (Medical & Regulatory affairs), legal/IP, and marketing of the sub-category & region

• Evaluate innovations (external or in-house) for their global brand

• Evaluate innovations such as BD opportunities, NPD, claims with significant impact that need clinicals, novel ingredients & formulation technologies, sustainable solutions

• Utilize decision making criteria, recommend innovation investment allocations for the brand and assist in clear communication of decisions across the organization to ensure aligned execution

• Support the development and implementation of frameworks that enable rigorous and objective decision-making within and across platforms to drive prioritization and trade-offs

• Support and execute regular innovation reviews to pressure test strategic areas of focus in the country/region for the global brand.

Key Working Relationships

• Global Science teams within R&D; technical development teams/New Product Development (NPD) centers; key countries/Marketing departments; Portfolio & PM, IA including EM; Packaging Innovation, M&S

Job Requirements

Education

• Degree in Science or Higher degree (Ph.D.).

Experience

• Knowledge of pipeline data (financial, timing/milestones, and value propositions) and disease state data, to enable concise executive level communication of critical insights, decision-making aids, and recommendations to senior management.

• Experience (at least 5 years) in pharmaceutical, FMCG, consumer healthcare and/or Cosmetics industry is required with proven delivery to brand in their past experience.

• Ability to partner and influence across a matrix environment with strong communication skills.

• Ability to apply a variety of analytical techniques to derive insights from a set of objective and subjective data inputs.

Cultural traits / P2W (Play to Win) Behavior

• Push to go beyond the level we have operated until now:
  constantly challenge the status quo focusing on the priorities that will deliver the best outcomes and letting go what won’t: be intolerant to mediocracy, believe we can and must do better and aim at higher but never at the expenses of our values and judgement.

• Put the interest of the organization ahead of own of those of his/her team:
  consider both short- and long-term impact of decisions; puts collective and global goals above individual or local goals; share resources and capabilities with those with the greatest need and impact; enable decision making at appropriate level.

• Act in the interest of our patients and customers:
  actively engage with customers to know their current and future needs; brings an external perspective into decisions.

• Take action and don’t wait to be told what to do:
  take smart and informed best bets with the information at hand and anticipate the consequences of her/his actions; use personal judgement and others’ advice to make bold and impactful decisions which move us forward.

• Role model our 4 values: teamwork, integrity, respect, courage

Professional Skills

• Business Acumen – Ability to effectively use economic, financial, market, stakeholder, and industry-specific indicators to fully understand and improve business results.

• Judgement- The ability to draw logical conclusions based on acquired information and analytical rigor in problem-solving, the ability to make effective decisions even when information is ambiguous or incomplete.

• Interpersonal relationships - treating others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect.

• Personal Leadership - Personal leadership translates into courage, choice, and commitment through the pursuit of excellence, trust, and accountability.  Ability to put patient, stakeholder, and organizational interests above personal interests.

• Drive -Takes the lead and initiates activities with a high degree of passion and commitment as well as the drive, desire and need to achieve challenging goals, to improve performance or to meet personal standards of excellence.

• Learning Agility – Ability to navigate first time/unfamiliar situations effectively by extrapolating from other areas of expertise and knowledge. Ability to continuously improve and develop self.

What's In It For You

• Competitive Pay
• Three (3) Weeks Paid Vacation
• Robust 401(k) + Employer Match
• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Parental Leave
• Learning and Developmental Opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups

EEO/AA Employer: Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Location: Bridgewater, NJ, USA

Relocation: Relocation assistance is not available.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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