Job Description

Sanofi CHC Mission & Vision

At Sanofi CHC, we have one shared Mission - we work passionately, every day, to put Health in Your Hands, by making healthcare as simple as it should be and thus helping people help themselves. Our marketing philosophy is driven by this Mission and everything we do is centred around People; whether our consumers, customers, HCPs, or our employees and our CHC Brands that support them.

At a time when consumers are even more aware and concerned for their and their families health, wellness and happiness, we are building trusted & loved brands that serve more than 1bn consumers worldwide and that have the opportunity to positively change lives, support healthcare systems and impact on the communities and society that we live in.

In order to do this better than anybody else, we have a bold ambition: to become the best Fast Moving Consumer Healthcare (FMCH) company IN the world, FOR the world, being the most Consumer-Obsessed, Innovative, Purpose-driven and Sustainable Consumer Healthcare company.

As a top 3 global CHC player, we also want to raise the bar higher as we have the Ambition to Grow and Perform even stronger and faster, ahead of the Market and as a critical enabler of our Play-to-Win corporate strategy, we are also building a fully standalone CHC business within Sanofi (separating the Business Unit from our Pharma company heritage), to create an agile and responsive organization to deliver our vision and mission.

That\xe2\x80\x99s why, we need the best talents to help us shape the future of CHC and be successful in our Mission, while sharing in our Challenger spirit of Driving Results, Differentiating where it Counts, Challenge each other to Grow & Enjoy the Ride Together!

Job Purpose & Mission

In this context, CHC AMEA (Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa) with 1.3Bn\xe2\x82\xac sales accounting for almost one quarter of the GBU delivery, covering diverse geographies from Japan to India, is looking for a Region Brand and Innovation Lead.

With our 6 Global Brands (Allegra, Enterogermina, Essentiale, Buscopan, Dulcolax, Mucosolvan) now reporting Globally with full e2e accountability, the scope of this role from a brand building and innovation point of view is laser focused on our Local Brands. In AMEA today, they account for 70% of our Region sales and 50% of our growth. She/He will raise the bar in all areas of brand building and consumer led innovation, in close collaboration with local market, global teams & cross-functional stakeholders and build a best-in-class holistic consumer-centered brand approach, creating true Love Brands, activating meaningful Brand Purpose, and ensuring Excellence in execution all along the delivery of this strategy, to achieve stronger competitive and market leadership advantage.

Within CHC AMEA our Brand Portfolio includes local gems such as EVE & Alesion in Japan, Lactacyd in SEA, Doliprane in Africa, Depura in India and Cenovis in South Korea & Australia with opportunities abound. Working hand in hand with the B&I Head this role will lead critical partnerships with identified brand/market combinations to drive best in class brand building and consumer led innovation development. Whilst also raising the bar on creativity and thus capability in pursuit of our Mission and cutting through the sea of sameness in our industry to win.

Key Accountabilities

Brand Portfolio Strategy & Development

• Enable the delivery of our Region choices to grow & win.
• Support the development of strategies for our local brands to drive above market growth while delivering sustainable competitive advantage, focused on our greatest opportunities or issues to address.
• Raise the bar on creativity in all that we do to cut through the sea of sameness in OTC and make health simple for our consumers.
• Focus on improving the quality of our e2e local brand execution with a specific focus on moving Sanofi to a Digital & data-first approach to brand building.
• Ensure that consumer insights and customer needs are at the heart of the strategy.
• Build strong, strategic partnerships with creative and media agencies upon need.
• Build strong relationships with global consumer experience SME\xe2\x80\x99s and ensure BIC tools and frameworks are effectively deployed as needed across key AMEA brand/mkts to help build greater marketing capability and performance across the region.

Innovation

• Identify gaps in our local innovation pipelines and support where/if needed to create truly consumer inspired winning concepts.
• Identify and apply appropriate winning business models and go-to-market strategies including to leverage key channels such as Ecommerce
• Identify growth opportunities, innovation and ideas that are shared with the global team for expansion beyond AMEA.
• Partner with Snr Innovation Project Manager to ensure the e2e innovation process is optimized across key markets to facilitate speed to market.

Transversal Relationships

• Establish close working relationships with Brand & Innovation teams in key Zones whilst also partner with key Global & Regional stakeholders, from Growth Hub, Commercial, Science Hub teams to ensure a consistent approach, in line with our global CHC strategic priorities

Ideal Background

Experience

• Global business leader with an excellent track record (at least 10 years of marketing experience in FMCG / CHC)
• Significant leadership experience in building high performing, culturally diverse teams
• Extensive experience and strong track record in strategic and operational marketing including insight generation and activation
• P&L management and accountability
• International experience: working outside of own cultural environment; across multiple countries / geographies
• Experience with driving organizational transformations

Qualification

• Business or Marketing degree; an MBA is a plus

Competencies

• Strategic and analytical thinking
• Creativity and problem solving
• Mental agility and ability to adapt to changing circumstances
• Leadership: autonomy, personal presence and the ability to inspire others
• Strong communication skills

Our \xe2\x80\x98Challenger Mindset behaviors:

• Take Action - We drive results: We are focused on delivering performance and ambitious outcomes. We implement & follow-through with agility to execute at speed
• Stretch - We differentiate where it counts We relentlessly challenge what good looks like to raise the bar within CHC & the industry. We boldly drive consequential change where it can make a real difference
• Feedback - We challenge each other to grow: We never back down from an opportunity to learn, to help ourselves & others grow through constructive recognition & developmental feedback. We double-down on strengths & act on areas for improvement
• Value Togetherness - We enjoy the ride together: We all trust & support each other towards common goals. We win, we learn, we laugh, and we grow together
• Role model our 4 core values: team work, integrity, respect, courage

Languages

• Fluent in spoken and written English

What makes this position unique?

A great opportunity to take brands with huge heritage and create relevant, loved brands, for a very significant regional scope and within the context of building a world-class CHC organization, in a truly purpose-driven Company.

At Sanofi diversity and inclusion is foundational to how we operate and embedded in our Core Values. We recognize to truly tap into the richness diversity brings we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our colleagues, patients and customers. We respect and celebrate the diversity of our people, their backgrounds and experiences and provide equal opportunity for all.

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