Project Manager
Full Time Permanent
Derby
The Role
To manage multiple concurrent projects across pharmaceutical storage, distribution, commercialization, and operational excellence initiatives.
The role ensures compliance with GxP standards and drives continuous improvement through LEAN principles, delivering projects on time and to the highest quality standards.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead and manage diverse projects including:
o Responses to RFPs
o Onboarding new clients for storage, distribution, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products, medical devices, and healthcare consumables in the UK, EU, and third countries.
o Operational excellence and process improvement projects.
* Coordinate cross-functional teams (Quality, Regulatory, Logistics, Commercial).
* Ensure compliance with GDP and GMP throughout project lifecycle.
* Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and budgets.
* Act as primary point of contact for internal stakeholders and clients.
* Identify risks and implement mitigation strategies.
* Promote a "right first time" quality mindset and continuous improvement culture.
Qualifications & Experience:
* Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Supply Chain, or related discipline (preferred).
* Project Management Certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) – preferred but not mandatory.
* 3–5 years' experience in project management within the pharmaceutical or life sciences sector.
* Strong understanding of GxP, specifically GDP and GMP.
* Experience with LEAN methodologies and operational excellence initiatives.
* Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a matrix environment.
Skills & Competencies:
* Excellent organizational and time management skills.
* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
* Ability to lead cross-functional teams effectively.
* Operational excellence with a quality-first mindset.
* Commercial awareness and ability to navigate complex client requirements.
Additional Information:
* Hybrid working arrangement available.
* Occasional travel within the UK and internationally may be required.
How we'd like to work together
Flexible hybrid working is available and this role will also involve travel to our other UK and global sites. It is important to note that we do not expect this job to be a '9 to 5' type position. In return for your flexibility, you will be joining an environment that understands how inter-twined work and life have become - and both the benefits and challenges that brings - and therefore offers a flexible, progressive way of supporting it.
Uniphar – Who we are
With a workforce of more than 3500 employees spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA, and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world. Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world's best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Supply Chain Retail & On Demand, Uniphar Med Tech and Uniphar Pharma.
Click here to find out more: About Us - Who we are | Uniphar
Culture at Uniphar
Uniphar is a combination of many businesses each with its own identity, culture, values, and ways of working. Our overarching culture narrative is inclusive of each of these stores. Uniphar lives and breathes four key pillars which unpin and support our culture.
We have a people first approach - we do the right thing. We support entrepreneurial spirit where adaptability, commitment & resilience is embodied in our way of working. We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people. Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate.
Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people and as we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse. This diversity fuels our business and culture.
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the core of what we do and is deeply embedded in our business strategy. We want to contribute positively to the people and the world around us. Running our business in a sustainable way ensures that Uniphar will continue to prosper in the long-term. We are focused on ensuring that each of the five pillars of our sustainability strategy are a fundamental part of our decision-making process.
If you believe that you meet most of the criteria above, we encourage you to apply. We are an equal opportunities employer and will ensure any reasonable accommodations are implemented as part of the recruitment and selection process.