UPSA is a 90-year-old pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Agen, France, operating one of the country's largest pharma production sites. The tech stack is enterprise-heavy (SAP, Oracle Hyperion, Snowflake, Tableau) with legacy finance and operations dominance, but recent hiring velocity is accelerating across sales (26 open roles) and manufacturing (16), alongside quality and lean deployment projects—indicating a push to scale production and commercial reach. Pain-point backlog reveals operational friction: compliance overhead, incident response speed, production efficiency, and profitability measurement gaps typical of mid-sized manufacturers automating legacy processes.
Notable leadership hires: Quality Control Lead, Regional Sales Director, Sales Director
UPSA manufactures and distributes over-the-counter pain relief, respiratory, digestive, sleep, and women's health products across 63 countries, with 1,941 employees and over 2,500 indirect jobs supported. The company exports more than 60% of production from its Agen facility internationally, with primary markets in Europe, francophone Africa, China, and Vietnam. In 2024, UPSA achieved B Corp certification and Origine France Garantie status, signaling commitment to social, environmental, and supply-chain transparency. The product portfolio spans six therapeutic areas, with pain and fever as the flagship category. Sales, manufacturing, and quality teams drive the largest hiring initiatives, while projects focus on S&OP integration, lean quality improvement, and new production capacity deployment.
SAP and Oracle Hyperion for enterprise finance and operations; Snowflake and Tableau for analytics and reporting; HPLC for pharmaceutical lab automation; Cornerstone for learning; Microsoft 365 and AWS for general infrastructure.
UPSA is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France, with its largest production facility in Agen. The company employs 1,941 direct staff and supports over 2,500 indirect jobs in the region.
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