Location: Budapest, Hungary
Job type: Permanent, full-time, hybrid
At Sanofi we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We are dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of the patients and families we serve, and we accomplish our goals through world-class research and with the compassion and commitment of our employees. As we continue to transform the practice of medicine, the next chapter of Sanofi’s Play to Win strategy will require a focus on delivering transformation and simplification of our core processes, optimizing resource allocation and deployment to fuel business growth and investment in science.
To facilitate this transformation, a new Business Operations Business Unit is being established, bringing together existing business service activities, and driving further expansion of centralized services at scale into a global unit, with a focus on driving simplification, efficiency, and productivity.
This new Business Unit will enable the delivery of best-in-class business support capabilities across the organization, incorporating and engaging disparate teams from across areas such as R&D, M&S, the Corporate Functions and GBUs into new global Service Delivery Towers with initial services spanning Commercial, Finance, Procurement and People & Culture.
We are seeking a high-caliber, analytically driven professional to join our team as Performance Management Support for Indirects. This role is designed for individuals with a background in consulting, performance management, or FP&A, who are motivated by financial impact, data-driven decision-making, and problem solving.
Reporting into the Performance Management Lead for Indirects, you will be supporting the tracking and management of the Procurement value pipeline for Indirects, act as a finance and analytics business partner to Indirects Procurement and play an active role within the end-to-end governance of value creation, validation, and capture. You will work at the intersection of Procurement, Finance, and Business Units, ensuring that procurement value initiatives are financially robust, analytically sound, and clearly translated into business and budget impact.
Main responsibilities:
Performance Tracking:
Own the financial tracking, validation, and reporting of the Indirects procurement value pipeline, ensuring alignment with Finance methodologies and performance standards
Drive E2E value management across cost savings, Scope 3 CO₂ reduction, social impact, revenue generation, and innovation, with a strong focus on measurable financial outcomes
Develop and challenge business cases and financial models, ensuring assumptions, risks, and value realization plans are robust and decision-ready while acting as a financial integrity gatekeeper, ensuring transparency, consistency, and auditability of reported value
Strategic Alignment:
Ensure alignment between Procurement targets and Indirects delivery plan
Foster strong relationships with internal business units and external partners to drive collaborative efforts
Operate as strategic advisor to Indirects category teams to understand risks & opportunities, functioning as a neutral sounding board to test business case maturity while working closely with Procurement Agile Squads to support in the prioritization of transversal high-value projects
Value Measurement and Reporting:
Support the tracking of savings metrics and KPIs in partnership with the Domain Heads and Finance stakeholders while tracking Indirects’ contribution to BOI through value-driven reports and analyses
Work in close alignment with Finance teams to capture value in budget and drive BOI impact
Data, Analytics & Insights:
Own the quality, structure, and usability of performance data, ensuring a single source of truth for value reporting
Work closely with the Procurement Performance Analytics team to enhance:
reporting logic and KPI definitions,
analytical depth,
automation and scalability of dashboards and reports
Use data to identify value leakage, performance gaps, and upside opportunities, proactively driving corrective actions
Reporting and Presentations:
Support the preparation and delivery of executive-level reports and presentations that highlight strategic insights and recommendations, gathering buy-in from Procurement Leadership Team
Support Performance Management Lead for Indirects in the design and build of strategic presentations to Procurement Leadership Team
Work closely with Procurement Performance Analytics team to align and agree reporting to Finance
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, or other relevant fields
Master's degree in relevant field, or MBA (preferred)
Experience:
Experience (5+ years) in Consulting, FP&A, Controlling or Performance Management roles.
Strong experience in financial modeling, business case development, and performance tracking
Exposure to Procurement, Supply Chain, or Indirect spend categories (nice to have, not required)
Consulting background (strategy, Big 4, or internal consulting) (preferred only)
Soft and technical skills:
Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguous, cross-functional environments
Excellent analytical, structuring, and problem-solving skills, with a strong value-creation mindset
Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; strong comfort working with large datasets and performance dashboards
Experience in performance analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, or similar) (preferred)
Languages:
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Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what's never-been-done-before. You'll help push boundaries, challenge conventions, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary - together.
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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!