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Project Manager

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CK Group are recruiting for a Project manager, to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry, on a contract basis for 12 months .

Salary:

Up to £220 per day PAYE or £293 per day Umbrella (inside IR35).

Project Manager

Role:
Pre-tender activities.
Coordinating the implementation of projects from tender award to project completion, including floor plan sign off, production of Gantt chart, project phasing with timelines and product ordering.
Multi-site stakeholder management.
Coordination of internal stakeholders.
Onsite responsibilities include: monitoring construction progress, coordinating with stakeholders (facilities, architects, mechanical and structural engineers etc.), solving and coordinating construction issues and managing installation activities according to a schedule established mutually with the customer.
Managed solution implementation.

Your Background :
Experience in writing high quality Client Proposals and Statement of Work documents including commercial elements.
Proven track record of managing in a matrix and prioritising under pressure.
Experience in managing customer relationships.
Proven track record of effective and efficient stakeholder management and seamless coordination of projects.
Track record of project management.
Strong project management and stakeholder management.
Strong presales and commercial acumen.
Ideally project management of instrumentation (laboratory) into labs/NHS.

Company:

Our client is one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year.

Location:

This role is home-based but with ad-hoc meetings at head office, and clients site visits in the West Midlands and Wales.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 142 011 .

Please note:

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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