The main purpose of this role is to Drive operational excellence across the
entire employee lifecycle (hire to exit) by optimizing processes, systems, and data
driven insights and ensuring a seamless, efficient, and employee-centric experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive operational excellence across PLC business processes (Hire, Onboarding, Job Change, Time, Termination and data quality.

• Responsable of systems efficiency in alignment with sanofi standards and global policies:

Deploy and evolve end-to-end ELC processes (onboarding, mobility, contractual changes, offboarding).

• Focal point for P&C System & tools requests: take ownship & follow-up on all  Service, Support & change request related to systems development.

• Drive performance analytics: own KPIs and SLAs, lead data quality reviews with countries, run audits and remediation plans.

• Payroll Inputs Control for Africa.

• Follow up on PLC actvities supported by Hub’s.

• Manage local legal specificities, with a focus on African countries.

• Drive continuous improvement: identify opportunities for simplification and harmonization across Africa.

• Ethical Leadership Take accountability for the P&C tools and systems provided, maintain strong knowledge and support smooth adoption, demonstrating leadership in applying these across all assigned work.

What We Expect From You:

• A mindset geared toward continuously improving employee satisfaction.

• Taking and anticipating action rather than waiting to be told.

• Embodying the "One Sanofi" spirit

Profile Sought:

• Proven experience in HR operations / People Services.

• Strong expertise on HR Systems & tools with a good level use of IA tools.

• Fluent in French & English.

• Hands-on experience using AI tools to improve HR operations (e.g., data quality, reporting, process automation)

• Cross-functional, People leadership & influence.

• Strategic Thinking.

• Good knowledge of labour law and African HR practices.

• Ability to identify, prioritize and drive AI and automation opportunities.

Collaboration:

The Employee Life Cycle Excellence Lead Africa works closely with People Life Cycle Head Africa, People Excellence (PE), T2P, Digital Business Partners, Workplace Experience, and People Services front-line teams across countries and regions. The role may be assigned specific sub-processes or countries.

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.

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