Logistics Project Manager

Location: Belgium

SIRE Life Sciences® is the market leader in life science recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continues innovation. We like technology, in a life science market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!

THE COMPANY

Our client is a professional Pharmaceutical organization, based in Antwerpen Belgium.

Multinational pharmaceutical company in Antwerp, Belgium

ROLE DESCRIPTION

This full time and on site role is initially for 6 months with the possibility for an extention, the succesfull candidate will work via payroll.

The reporting lines are direct into the Temperature Control Director within the US and dotted to the Transportation Director.
- 25%: Define Standards. Perform adequate industry benchmarking and identify regulatory/ technology standards.
- 25%: Develop global/regional qualification solutions and standards, develop structure and provide visible data repositories. Establish shipping route verification cycles and strategies.
- 25%: Deploy identified solutions and perform cost assessments to optimize supply chain. Monitor and drive improvement projects to mitigate costs within the set GDP compliance directives
- 25%: Leads COE support functions. Interacts with Quality representatives to ensure alignment on requirements. Interacts with EMEA Logistics Leadership team to provide updates and gain alignment on identified strategies.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Project Manager:
- Identifies and deploys optimal solutions that address the storage and distribution temperature needs of the EMEA Region.
- Develops standards to meet compliance and EU GDP regulations.
- Identifies and incorporates new guidelines and regulations in collaboration with Compliance & Global Temperature Control COE.
- Leverages solutions across sectors and regions as applicable.
- Interacts with manufacturing and R&D (in OTC and Pharm) to properly include all distribution and transportation requirements in the new product design/launch processes.
- Develops/implements qualification and validation guidelines and standards for temperature solutions in coordination with the Global Temperature Control COE.
- Ensures consistency and interpretation of temperature requirements.
- Assists in the Development of strategy to optimize the portfolio of current and future temperature solutions.
- Develops and maintains strong collaborative relationships with all distribution site managers, transportation team and quality owners.
- Interacts with various regional members to provide consistency in approach towards temperature control matters.
- Proactively drive ongoing improvements to the business processes and systems in support of key business objectives.
- Engage 3rd party subject matter experts as required to support studies, strategies and data analysis.

REQUIREMENTS

- Degree in Engineering/Supply Chain
- Strong knowledge and experience in transport, compliance and import/export
- Experience in Temperature Control, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry with GDP regulations
- Min. 7 years professional experience
- Experience in improvement projects

Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Jonas Houweling.