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Toulouse, Occitanie, France
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We’re excited to share this opportunity is part of the Sandoz acquisition of Just-Evotec Biologics in Toulouse. Through this opportunity you will impact the lives of hundreds of millions of people through bold ideas supported by an inclusive, agile company culture. Join us to help make healthcare fairer and faster, help us to pioneer access to medicine! Click to learn more.
Location: Toulouse, France.
Type of contract: Permanent
Reporting to the P&O Site Head in Toulouse, the Senior People & Organization Business Partner (P&OBP) acts as a trusted advisor to business leaders and employees across a dedicated client group. You will partner closely with management teams to align HR initiatives with business objectives while ensuring compliance with French labor law and company policies.
Joining our team means becoming part of a significant transformation journey.
Since becoming part of the Sandoz Group in December 2025, the site has entered an ambitious phase of growth, integration, and organizational development. This evolving environment presents exciting opportunities to influence the future of the organization, support the integration of global practices, and help create a high-performing culture that combines entrepreneurial spirit with the strength of a leading global pharmaceutical company. The Senior P&OBP will be a critical partner in enabling this transformation while ensuring a positive employee experience and strong business performance.
What You’ll Do:
Strategic Business Partnership
Partner with senior leaders to drive organizational effectiveness and support business growth.
Translate business priorities into people strategies and actionable HR plans.
Provide coaching and guidance to managers on leadership, employee engagement, organizational design, and talent development.
Support workforce planning and succession planning activities.
Employee Relations & Labor Law
Advise managers on complex employee relations issues and employment law matters.
Ensure compliance with French labor legislation, collective agreements, and company policies.
Partner with employee representative bodies and support social dialogue initiatives.
Manage performance management situations, disciplinary processes and individual employee cases.
Talent Management
Work closely with the talent acquisition team to attract & retain our talents
Lead talent review and succession planning processes.
Support employee development, career management, and internal mobility initiatives.
Identify critical talent and implement retention strategies.
Coach managers on performance management and development planning.
Compensation & Benefits
Support annual compensation review cycles, promotion processes, and merit increases.
Advise leaders on reward practices and internal equity considerations.
Contribute to compensation benchmarking alignment and organizational workforce analyses.
Change Management
Lead and support organizational transformation projects.
Drive change management initiatives linked to business evolution, integration, or cultural transformation.
Facilitate communication plans and employee engagement activities during periods of change.
HR Operations & Projects
Ensure effective deployment of global and local HR programs.
Monitor key HR metrics and provide data-driven recommendations.
Participate in cross-functional and international HR projects.
Contribute to continuous improvement of HR processes and employee experience.
Who You are:
Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Labor Law, or a related field.
Experience: minimum 8-10 years of progressive HR business partnering experience, including significant HR Business Partner responsibilities in the pharmaceutical industry (essential).
Ideally, experience in a biosimilars manufacturing environment would be highly valued.
Fluent French and English, both written and spoken.
Previous experience within the pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, healthcare, and ideally highly regulated manufacturing sectors.
Strong knowledge of French labor law and employee relations.
Experience supporting senior leaders in a matrix and international environment.
Strategic thinking with strong business acumen.
Data-driven mindset with strong analytical skills.
Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to influence and challenge constructively at all organizational levels.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
Experience managing organizational change and transformation projects.
High level of discretion and professional integrity.
Why Sandoz
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!
The future is ours to shape!
ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.
FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.
ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.
