Crucell is a global biotech company that focuses on the development, pro­duction and marketing of vaccines, recombinant proteins and antibodies to prevent and combat infectious and other diseases.
Within Crucell talented, entrepreneurial people are working in a dynamic cul­ture in which innovation and a 'can do' state of mind are the central points. In order to strengthen our team we are continuously looking for enthusiastic, talented people who have the ambition to develop themselves and can be of value to Crucell.

Project Planner

Job Description:
Main purpose:
• Assist Project Managers and Departmental Managers in ensuring project success through effective management of the project schedule, including milestones and resources.
• Ensure that robust systems are followed to analyze resource requirements and pro-actively anticipate issues, in order to flag resource constraints, deviations from plan and potential milestone delays and assisting in effective contingency plans to be developed.
• Support project sub teams and core teams in achieving optimisation of the project planning.
• Support functional departments in departmental planning.
• Contribute and co-ordinate the identification of resource constraints, project risks and issues, together with possible mitigation measures by ways of effective decision support information.

Leadership Responsibilities:
• Support the Project Management Office (PMO) in communicating and cascading information flow.
• Positively and continually communicate with operational PMO clients to ensure completeness and accuracy of data.
• Take ownership in the dissemination and utilisation of project management tools and approaches.
• Support achievement of project milestones.
• Actively engage with all R&D staff to ensure alignment and identify any potential issues impacting planning and resourcing.
Operational Responsibilities:
• Accurately maintain the project schedule including resource and financial data through day-to-day interaction with R&D staff.
• Provide support to the project management and the project teams through the deployment of defined planning tools to effectively manage / monitor the project plan, milestones, resources and budget of a project.
• Provide standard reports to project and functional management at defined intervals.
• Provide alternate, data-based models / reports to help management and the project teams effectively achieve the project goals.
• Maintain the project risk and issue register to ensure accuracy, completeness and status on behalf of the project manager, and develop contingency plans.