Glaxosmithkline Careers – External Logistics Coordinator In Brentford

Overview

Position Title: External Logistics Coordinator

Company: GSK

Location: Brentford, UK

Job Description

The role is within the GSK Worldwide Business Development team (WWBD) and is based in the UK. In this role you will provide flexible administrative support internationally to the team including several members of the WWBD Leadership Team. You will be an integral member of the team, helping with the smooth running of WWBD and leading new approaches to foster a vibrant team environment in our new hybrid ways of working, thereby helping us all to deliver new medicines to patients.

Responsibilities:

• Develop or input into Values for Customs (VFC) where there is an external supply chain, consulting appropriate MDS groups.
• Author Distribution Technical Agreements between GSK and TPCs, scoping requirements for externalization and providing technical input. Liaise with key stakeholders within
• Procurement, External QA, MDS lines and the TPC.
• Use of GSK Shipper – a web-based system to aid in the safe transport of materials according to global regulations.
• Use and scheduling of Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) and associated invoice approvals.
• Provide technical expertise on the requirements for ambient and cold chain temperature shipments performed by TPCs; advise on processes for managing temperature
• excursions.
• Develop and maintain a process to track shipping compliance and demonstrate success.
• Work closely with the R&D shipping compliance group/individuals to ensure shipments made from TPCs are compliant with GSK expectations on cross-border shipping
• compliance.
• Oversight of TPC use of GSKs clinical shipping system Xpress and external access requirements.
• Coordinate and track shipments from TPCs, ensuring delivery to required timelines.
• Liaise with TPCs to communicate GSK demand, requirements and expectations within the framework of agreed technical agreements and operational documents.
• Maintain knowledge of working practices at preferred global TPCs, attend TPC sites and represent the team at Business Review Meetings (BRM) where appropriate.

Requirements:

• Ensure all activities are delivered compliant to defined processes and GxP; concerns/risks are identified.
• Ensure appropriate and complete records arising through operational activities are maintained at GSK and TPCs in compliance with GxP and that meet data integrity standards.
• Support quality or safety investigations and internal or external agency audits, as required.
• Track and monitor the EPO team and TPC performance to ensure operational commitments meet agreed timelines and quality.
• Perform the business lead role for quality investigations emerging from the team or TPCs; ensure risks are identified and mitigated.
• In collaboration with External QA & investigation team, ensure that relevant quality issues are well understood, properly investigated, promptly resolved and appropriately reported.
• Monitor and drive TPCs to investigate, identify root cause and deliver appropriate CAPAs resulting from GSK R&D quality investigations (deviations, customer complaints, vendor complaints) and from audit findings (technically focused) in a thorough and timely manner.