!*Clinical Supplies Project Coordinator - Liverpool - Top Bio-Pharma globally!*
Location: Liverpool
Start date: ASAP
Shift Pattern: No
Work Arrangement: 50% on site in Liverpool. May need to be in more frequently at the beginning for training.
Type of position: Freelance. Minimum 12 month contract with the view to extend
Job Description
Planet Pharma are working with a global biopharmaceutical leader focused on discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines for serious diseases. It combines cutting‑edge research with advanced manufacturing capabilities to bring therapies to patients in areas such as oncology, immunology, cardiovascular health, and cell therapy. With a strong commitment to scientific excellence, patient outcomes, and ethical responsibility, it works across the full lifecycle of medicine development—from early research to large‑scale commercial production—while collaborating with partners worldwide to advance transformative healthcare solutions..
Description:
This role is responsible for managing end‑to‑end clinical supply projects, ensuring timely packaging, labelling, and release of investigational products. It involves coordinating materials, documentation, production schedules, and external vendors while maintaining strict compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements. The position oversees SAP transactions, quality documentation, deviation management, and cross‑functional collaboration to support the successful delivery of clinical trial supplies.
Key Responsibilities
- The role supports the delivery of clinical trial supplies through effective management of assigned projects. It involves overseeing multiple workstreams, coordinating packaging and labelling requirements, and ensuring production timelines align with agreed delivery dates. The position works closely with Drug Supply Managers to interpret study needs and translate them into operational plans. It includes developing detailed schedules, tracking milestones, and ensuring all required inputs—such as drug product, components, randomization files, and label text—are available on time.
- Key responsibilities include generating, reviewing, and approving internal and external packaging and labelling orders in accordance with clinical trial designs, product specifications, and regulatory standards. The role is accountable for creating and releasing Bills of Materials and process orders in SAP, ensuring accuracy and alignment with packaging specifications and Independent Requirement Orders. It also executes SAP transactions such as goods receipt and consumption, and converts planned orders into process orders with all required documentation.
- The position compiles and delivers complete batch documentation to support the release of finished clinical supplies and collaborates with Quality Assurance to secure final approval. It also supports outsourced projects by managing external packaging and labelling activities, reviewing vendor documentation, ensuring alignment with master service agreements, and issuing purchase orders in line with internal policies.
- The role ensures GMP compliance across all assigned activities, promptly reporting deviations and supporting investigations through root‑cause analysis. It manages change controls and deviations within the quality management system and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives. Additional responsibilities include cross‑functional collaboration, participation in required training, and authoring or reviewing procedural documents.
Requirements:
- Candidate needs to have previous experience within a GMP environment / application of GMP in their work
- Strong previous clinical trial supplies packaging & labelling experience, this can be UK only and global experience would be a plus – can come from external packaging vendors.
- Experience with SAP software - ERP/MRP
If this role isn’t suitable for you, please let us know if you can refer anyone – any recommendations are much appreciated! Planet Pharma offers a competitive referral scheme so you will be rewarded for your help!
About Planet Pharma
Planet Pharma is an American parented Employment Business/Agency that provides global staffing services with its head-quarters in Chicago and our EMEA regional office located in Central London. We have invested significantly in creating a robust international platform that enables us to work compliantly in 30+ countries with a current network of 2500+ active contractors globally as well as a very strong permanent / direct hire recruitment offering.
Our specialist knowledge and close relationships with our clients and the wider industry really makes us unique in our field. Just recently we were recognized by FORBES as the 17th best professional staffing firm, and have won multiple awards from industry accredited bodies for our commitment to excellence and service delivery. We have extensive functional expertise including: Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, QA, QC, Submissions experts, Clinical development, Quality, Biostatistics, and Medical Affairs / Writing.
We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.