Work Schedule

Other

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

We have a vacancy for a Project and Budget Analyst for our Global Clinical Supplies Team. This is a full-time permanent role based in Bulgaria or Serbia . It can be fully homebased (or office or hybrid).

Role overview:

Acts as a liaison and lead support to the local team in all areas of clinical supplies' lifecycle (i.e., receipt, storage & handling, shipment & delivery, return & and accountability, destruction coordination) for assigned studies and ensures compliance.

A day in the life:

• Ensures all activities are executed in compliance with company good practices and client requirements.

• Participates in and supports department project teams, including development clinical supply strategy. May serve as a project lead.

• Assists in the development and suggestion of process improvements and/or to updates departmental SOPs

• To provide financial support to GCS Project managers.

• Analyze data and manage budgets for the project teams.

• Maintain a traceability of finances associated with clinical trial projects performed by the Department globally.

• Track indirect/pass through costs associated to clinical trial projects.

• Provide Reports per Project to Manager summarizing financial status of each project.

• Prepares quotations/budgets for any unplanned/out of scope work.

• Completes initial resource allocations in the ERP system.

• Responsible for Centralized Processing of Purchase requisitions (PRs).

• Trains, coaches and mentors other Project & Budget Coordinators.

Education and experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 3-6 years).

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Customer focused approach with solid written and oral communication skills

• Strong critical thinking skills to be able to connect scope of services and timelines to a distribution of resources across skill sets and time

• Solid organizational and negotiation skills

• Solid forecasting, budgeting, and resource management skills

• Basic understanding of project management skills as they relate to resource projections

• Capable of interacting with department personnel and personnel from other functional areas with honesty and openness

• Strong IT skills (Microsoft Office, etc.) for analysis and presentation of data

• Solid multitasking skills to allow focus on individual projects while covering similar aspects across multiple projects required

• Strong attention to detail

• Capable of working independently

Job Complexity Works on difficult or complex assignments requiring considerable judgment and initiative to resolve issues. Understands implications of work and makes recommendations for solutions and / or new procedures.

Job Knowledge As a skilled or highly skilled specialist, completes tasks in resourceful and / or creative ways, and may contribute to the development of concepts and techniques.

Supervision Received May act independently on determining methods and procedures on new assignments. May be a facilitator and / or team leader (formal or informal).

Business Relationships Contacts are frequent with individuals representing outside organizations, and / or individuals of significant importance within the company. Contacts involve planning and preparation of communications, requiring skill, tact, persuasion and / or negotiation skills.

Why Join Us?

We hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team! We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme (https://www.ppdi.com/careers/about#Training) , ensuring you reach your potential.

What We Offer:

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® clinical research services 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 organization but with a local feel.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.