Logistics Coordinator - Central Labs

PPD’s mission is to improve health. It starts as an idea to cure. It becomes a life saved. All in-between, it’s you! We know that meaningful results not only require the right approach, but also the right people. We invite you to re-imagine health promoting protocols with us, working alongside our talented, bright and energetic teams.

Envision a workplace where you have a direct impact on improving health, work alongside expert scientists, use newest technologies and collaborate with industry thought leaders and therapeutic experts. Welcome to PPD® Laboratories, where science is our passion, quality is our commitment and people are the cornerstone of our success.

Currently, we are expanding our Logistics team in GCL Belgium and we are looking for:

Logistics Coordinator - Central Labs

Responsibilities:

Assist in the Global oversite of the outsource kit vendors providing support to the Senior Manager for the proper distribution of kit production and order fulfillment ensuring supplies are processed in a timely manner.

The Logistics Coordinator ensures a high level of support, service, reliability, and availability to external kit vendors and internal departments. Assisting with monitoring workload and key performance indicator matrices as well as analyzes data to surface inefficiencies and provide solutions. Investigates and resolves process deviations with regards to kit vendor related issues.

PPD’s mission is to improve health. It starts as an idea to cure. It becomes a life saved. All in-between, it’s you! We know that meaningful results not only require the right approach, but also the right people. We invite you to re-imagine health promoting protocols with us, working alongside our talented, bright and energetic teams.

Envision a workplace where you have a direct impact on improving health, work alongside expert scientists, use newest technologies and collaborate with industry thought leaders and therapeutic experts. Welcome to PPD® Laboratories, where science is our passion, quality is our commitment and people are the cornerstone of our success.

Currently, we are expanding our Logistics team in GCL Belgium and we are looking for:

Logistics Coordinator - Central Labs

Responsibilities:

Assist in the Global oversite of the outsource kit vendors providing support to the Senior Manager for the proper distribution of kit production and order fulfillment ensuring supplies are processed in a timely manner.

The Logistics Coordinator ensures a high level of support, service, reliability, and availability to external kit vendors and internal departments. Assisting with monitoring workload and key performance indicator matrices as well as analyzes data to surface inefficiencies and provide solutions. Investigates and resolves process deviations with regards to kit vendor related issues.

Education and Experience:High School diploma or equivalent required and minimum of two years general logistics experience with clinical trials required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the individual with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:• Excellent client and phone service skills• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practices and laboratory principal's pre-analytical, analytic and post-analytic influences on specimens and results Intermediate level of computer literacy• Accurate data entry skills• Superior analytical, interpersonal and time management skills• Excellent verbal communications and customer service skills in the English language - additional languages are an advantage• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills to support quality decision making• Proven negotiation and problem resolution skills• Maintains confidentiality of client protocols and study data

At PPD we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognise the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organisation but with a local feel.

- We have a strong will to win - We earn our customer’s trust - We are gamechangers - We do the right thing -We are one PPD -

If you resonate with our five principles above, and ultimately wish to accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics for some of the world’s most urgent health needs, then please submit your application – we’d love to hear from you.

Education and Experience:High School diploma or equivalent required and minimum of two years general logistics experience with clinical trials required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the individual with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:• Excellent client and phone service skills• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practices and laboratory principal's pre-analytical, analytic and post-analytic influences on specimens and results Intermediate level of computer literacy• Accurate data entry skills• Superior analytical, interpersonal and time management skills• Excellent verbal communications and customer service skills in the English language - additional languages are an advantage• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills to support quality decision making• Proven negotiation and problem resolution skills• Maintains confidentiality of client protocols and study data

At PPD we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognise the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organisation but with a local feel.

- We have a strong will to win - We earn our customer’s trust - We are gamechangers - We do the right thing -We are one PPD -

If you resonate with our five principles above, and ultimately wish to accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics for some of the world’s most urgent health needs, then please submit your application – we’d love to hear from you.