Clinical Trial Supplies Manager (Cold Chain) ** Homebased EMEA **, London
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Location: London, United Kingdom
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Posted: 10.03.2025
Expiry Date: 24.04.2025
Job Description:
Job Title: Clinical Trial Supplies Manager (Cold Chain) ** Homebased EMEA **
Job Location: Great Britain, United Kingdom
Job Location Type: Remote
Job Contract Type: Full-time
Job Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level
Clinical Trial Supplies Manager - Cold Chain
Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.
Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.
Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know: WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE
Why Syneos Health:
- We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
- We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
- We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with.
Job Responsibilities:
The Third-Party Support Manager – Cold Chain is responsible for overseeing and managing the integrity of the cold chain logistics processes, ensuring that vaccines are stored and transported within approved temperature ranges, and promptly addressing and resolving any temperature excursions during clinical studies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Master Cold Chain activities related to storage and distribution
- Be responsible for performance management monitoring and reporting (KPI, monthly)
- Ensure correct application of the procedures through ad-hoc training worldwide (local depots, vaccination center, CMO, etc.)
- Identify and share good practices
- Manage Cold Chain Temperature Excursion, deviation, CAPA
- Support Cold Chain Change Control and Risk Assessment
- Support GSK Vaccines sites in the implementation of Cold Chain requirements
- Participate in all meetings that are part of the Cold Chain management, both internally (Business Partners & Global functions) and with the external suppliers, to ensure good operational progress
- Ensure visibility is given on demand and supply information across the supply chain to ensure proactive management
- Support SME Cold Chain to feed process & tool improvement/automation opportunities
- Ad hoc projects contribution
- Collaborate with QA team to ensure compliance to cGMP
- Proactive view on critical risks and ownership of mitigation defined
Qualifications:
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Life Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing or related field
- Prior experience in a contract research organization (CRO), pharmaceutical, or biotechnology company in project management or clinical trial supplies management
- Strong knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, ICH guidelines, Good Manufacturing Practices and other applicable regulatory requirements
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong ability to manage time and work independently
- Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal skills, both written and spoken
- Flexibility and ability to handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines while delivering high quality work in a dynamic environment
- High level of competency in English language
- Proficiency with MS Office Applications
- Ability to travel as necessary (up to 25%)
Get to know Syneos Health:
Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients. No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment.
Additional Information:
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities at its sole discretion. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.