Current Vacancies at Sanofi

ABOUT THE JOB:

• The HR Training Coordinator reports directly to the People & Talent Development Manager. The purpose of this role is to provide learning information to internal and external stakeholders, as well as a variety of administrative services to the Learning team. Coordinate and administer all Learning & Development activities relating to employees.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Manage SETA legislation reporting requirements:

• Ensure that all SETA & legislative reporting requirements are met both in terms of content and deadlines.
• Submit accurate Workplace Skills Plans and Annual Training Reports to relevant SETA
• Ensure Skills Levies are recouped in line with the Skills Development Levies Act
• Implement and monitor all recoverable grants and service fees in association with the Learnership program and ensure maximum recoverable grants are achieved as per the service level agreement with the relevant SETA’s.

Learnership project management

• Coordinate the Learnership project, partnering with business and the Talent Manager to ensure successful implementation of the program.
• Monitor and quarterly review progress of learners as per the Learnership programme ensuring that all milestones are met within the allocated timeframe.
• Ensure that the Training Providers understand the scope of work and timeous delivery to ensure effective execution of the Learnership programme
• Conduct regular feedback sessions with the service provider and proactively agree on mechanisms to ensure that the learners gain the skills and experience to successfully complete the NQF qualification
• Liaise with the various Business Units to plan any additional training required.
• Ensure integrated practices, processes and programs, whilst ensuring compliance to all legislative requirements
• Communicate with Payroll regarding any changes to salary payments in line with progress made by learners and the agreed reward programme and payment plan.

Reporting & analysis

• Track and report on SETA related funding on a monthly basis
• Monitor training spend and report on Skills development aspects for B-BBEE & EE reporting
• Ensure that all data presented for tracking, reporting and analysis purposes are accurate so that we can utilize the information gained to make effective talent development decisions

• Ensure that all daily, weekly, monthly reports are maintained and updated on a regular basis
• Regularly report to the People & Talent Development Manager on progress of the Learnership program

Stakeholder liaison

• Central point of contact for employee internal and external training
• Obtain feedback from employees following training intervention
• Manage the relationship between SETA’s, Sanofi and any other training providers
• Manage any SETA led initiatives as approved by the business including Learnerships, workplace skills opportunities and pivotal programmes
• Communicate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders
• Communicating SETA initiatives, grants and benefits to the employer.

ABOUT YOU:

Qualifications & Accreditations

• Business related degree
• SDF Accreditation
• OD-ETDP (Occupationally Directed Education Training Development Practice) level 5 certification.

Experience & Skills

• Competent in Skills Development strategies (e.g., learnerships, skills programmes, ETQA, skills levies and SETA functions)
• Extensive knowledge of SETA’s and legislative bodies
• A thorough understanding of the roles, involvement & operations framework, South African Qualifications Authority, Skills Development Act
• In depth knowledge of the skills development framework and associated legislation (e.g., SDA, SDLA, Employment Equity Act (Codes of Good Practice related to EE and B-BBEE), Labour Relations Act and SAQA Act.
• Excellent understanding and implementation of talent acquisition policies, procedures and best practices
• Competent in MS Office packages
• Experience building slide decks will be an advantage.
• Agile project management knowledge will be an advantage.

Attributes & Behaviors

• Professional, energetic, dynamic and positive team player with great business acumen
• Strong interpersonal skills and great relationship building ability
• Clear communicator with the ability to communicate and influence at all levels – both verbal and written
• Strong problem-solving skills with effective decision- making
• Analytical & detail focused – driven to achieve new standards of excellence
• Structured approach with excellent attention to detail
• Take ownership, be accountable and reliable
• A high degree of integrity and transparency
• Excellent planning, organizational and prioritisation skills
• Ability to work well under pressure – independently as well as within a team.
• Self-motivated, targeted result and deadline driven.

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ABOUT THE JOB:

Manage the Present

Deliver the financial and Market Share KPI’s

• Responsible for the delivery of profitable market share growth of the country
• Responsible for the delivery of the Volume Sales, Gross & net Sales KPI’s
• Responsible for delivering the Gross Margin and BOI targets of the country
• Management of the Gross to Net Line of the P&L including ROI of all promotional activity

Gross to Net Management and visibility

• Drive visibility of Gross to Net investment choices throughout the organisation including activation choices and channel investment strategies
• Drive visibility of internal and external (retailer) profitability for the organisation
• Review all investment choices made through Gross to Net and ensure positive ROI and purpose to all of our investments including Promotional Activity, Instore activation, HCP engagements, financial payment terms, returns and customer rebates
• Provide guidance to key commercial leaders on investment choices and how we can improve our Gross to Net performance
• Drive the roll out of the POT tool in the country to drive visibility of promotional ROI
• Support the Customer Lead with the definition of the channel strategy through profitability analysis to determine which channels to invest in
• Support with the design of the country commercial policy, linking investments to brand activation strategies and growth lever work as well as defining key KPI’s such as SIT KPI’s
• Manage Tender pricing opportunities to ensure Tender bids are inline with brand and profitability strategy
• Manage, review and report on channel investment. The execution of contracts & agreements and the ROI by channel, by customer (customer account profitability – CAP)

Build awareness of pricing and gross to net opportunities as well as building capability throughout the commercial organisation to identify and execute.

• Drive awareness of pricing as a key building block and risk factor as part of the annual brand plan including the identification of risks and opportunities on freely priced and price controlled products.
• Bring focus and transparency to our pricing strategy at a country level with a clear list of opportunities and risks highlighted on a monthly basis for all key commercial roles taking into account inflation, category inflation, competition, discount ladders and brand positioning
• Work with the regional revenue lead to execute the identified pricing opportunities
• Drive the conversation at a local, regional and global level around relevant reference pricing for price controlled products, highlighting and eliminating risks through cross country negotiation
• Build capability throughout the organisation on the methodology behind looking at pricing opportunitie

Create the Environment

Build a culture and environment that is transparent on investment and focuses on driving ROI

• Drive visibility of country/ channel/ account Investments to ensure a focus on ROI and profitability from the whole organisation
• Raise awareness of our Gross to Investment amounts to continually drive review and improvements
• Ensure an ROI mindset is embedded throughout the whole organisation including cross functional roles such as the brand team.
• Build capability throughout the organisation on the methodology behind looking at pricing opportunities and reviewing gross to net
• Ensure all of the above is done in line with Sanofi CHC Commercial Policy and Compliance guidelines
• Support the design of the local commercial policy
• Develop/ activate the tools to visualize commercial net revenue opportunities such as the POT tool/ TPM.

Create the Future  

Ensure our pricing strategy is shopper and consumer focused whilst our GTN strategy takes into account changes in retail landscapes.

• Ensure we take a future focused view to our pricing strategy that is externally, and shopper focused forecasting possible changes to category and country inflation rates and taking into account brand price positioning and price elasticity.
• Review our channel investment strategy to ensure we are investing in the right channels for the future e.g., do we have the right level of investment in E-Commerce and white space.
• Ensure we have a fit for future tool set available at the country level to drive visibility of trade spend.

ABOUT YOU:

• Related Degree, with at least 8 years Business experience in commercial roles
• Prior working experience in MNC or Local Firm for FMCG/OTC Healthcare industry
• Multi country experience preferred.
• Strong Financial Analysis skills required.
• Dynamic, results-oriented individual with a "hands on" style
• Shopper Focused
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; team player

Key Relationships:

• Country: Customer Leads, GM, Country & Regional Finance, Regional Revenue Managers, Country Trade & Shopper Marketing, Key Account Managers, Regional Sales Managers
• External: Retailers, Wholesalers & Distributor Partners