SanofiEmployee Life Cycle Excellence Lead Africa
Sanofi is hiring an Employee Life Cycle Excellence Lead Africa. Level rates it ; you can apply on Sanofi.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include AI Tools, hr operations and process automation.
- Level classifies it as a lead role.
- Level lists 1,000+ other open roles at Sanofi.
- The role was posted within the past week.
AI in this role
HR lead driving employee lifecycle operational excellence across Africa while leveraging AI tools for process automation and data quality.
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.
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How we rate this
Employee Life Cycle Excellence Lead Africa at Sanofi rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a project where hr operations was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where process automation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where data analytics was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where payroll was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where change management was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Hr Operations, Process Automation, Data Analytics, Payroll, and Change Management. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.
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