Project Planner - Bioanalysis job by Next

We have 4x permanent Project Planner opportunities available to be responsible for a number of projects to support Project Managers in scheduling projects and resource requirement working for a company providing solutions to the life science industry. This would suit someone who is looking to move out the laboratory and to develop their project planning or project management skills or already a project planer within a pharmaceutical environment.

Responsibilities:

Liaise with Analytical Project Managers to maintain up-to-date and accurate project schedules in ‘PlanView’
Responsible for ensuring the following information is up to date for your portfolio of projects

project resource requirements (aligned with agreed project budget)
timing and status of invoice milestones; indicate when customer invoices can be raised
tasks requiring support outside of the immediate project team e.g. QA audits, Pharmacokinetic analysis, Data Management
status of all project milestones

Maintain oversight of the delivery backlog and awareness of all live and upcoming projects within your portfolio
Use resource plans to provide updates on when new work can be scheduled
Support Team Leaders with weekly resource planning; attend team meetings and prepare weekly schedules for Scientists
Work with Team Leaders to review team forecasts and ensure resource allocation is aligned with project budgets and is appropriately scheduled to meet monthly revenue targets
Provide accurate reports on a variety of PlanView data including resource demand profile, customer deliverables, revenue forecasts and KPIs as requested
Support Analytical Project Managers with customer communication – creating emails, take meeting minutes and share information on project timelines.
Advise on the flexible movement of resource across teams where it will have a positive impact on customer delivery and/or revenue recognition
Understand the risk profile in the backlog, and work with Analytical Project Managers to flexibly schedule project work to fill any gaps resulting from project delays, ensuring monthly revenue targets are not negatively impacted
Apply a detailed understanding of future demand to advise operational managers on resource planning

Experience:

Degree educated Biological Sciences with experience working in project planning supporting projects in bioanalysis, biomarkers, small or large molecules or pharmacokinetics within a laboratory services or pharmaceutical company would be ideal.
You will need to have excellent planning and organisation skills, good understanding of project finances and the ability to work in a fast – paced environment with high sense of urgency and attention to detail
You will need to be able to have good communication skills and the ability to “push back” on requests that are not feasible or not in the best interest of the business
Familiarity with project management software would be an advantage