Project Coordinator
Location: Mettawa, Illinois
Country: United States
Category: Account & Project Management
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: November 9, 2026
Job ID: 653714
Job Description
The Planet Group is seeking a Project Coordinator to join one of our well-known global pharmaceutical clients.
- Pay: $30-35.88/hr depending on experience
- Location: Hybrid in North Chicago, IL or Florham, NJ (T-TR onsite)
- Provide cross-functional project coordination, analytics, governance, and operational follow-through for Regenerative Medicine and Skincare supply-chain portfolios
- Translate planning, inventory, lifecycle, logistics, and launch discussions into decision-ready dashboards, project plans, owners, due dates, and closed actions
- Coordinate Brand S&OP, demand-consensus, supply-review, recovery, and LRP/MRP activities; prepare materials, maintain action logs, and follow up with Demand Planning, GSP, site planning, Commercial, Finance, Quality, Logistics, and manufacturing partners
- Build and maintain portfolio analytics, heat maps, inventory and weeks-of-supply views, milestone trackers, demand comparisons, and leadership dashboards for AlloDerm, Strattice, Artia, Natrelle, Tissue Expanders, SkinMedica, and technology-transfer programs
- Monitor constrained or patient-critical SKUs by reconciling shipment history, repack status, distribution-center release, field inventory, forecasts, and recovery dates; escalate gaps and provide clear status updates to business stakeholders
- Support product-transfer and launch-readiness execution by maintaining detailed schedules, dependencies, purchase-order milestones, validation activities, risk assumptions, and cross-functional closure tracking
- Advance PRM digital transformation and excess-and-obsolescence work by translating business processes into requirements, lifecycle-state definitions, stakeholder inputs, UAT needs, action ownership, and value-realization tracking
- Create and train users on SAP Analytics Cloud reports and dashboards; configure measures, dimensions, filters, plant-level views, exports, and governed sharing to improve operational and planning visibility
- Coordinate logistics and inventory movements, including validation returns, ProTech-to-K+N transfers, tracking information, batch/serial updates, and alignment with BPO, warehouse, and transportation teams
- Produce concise meeting notes, decision records, follow-up communications, and executive-ready updates that convert complex discussions into accountable next steps
- Planning & supply: Brand S&OP action management; inventory/WOS reporting; AlloDerm and Natrelle visibility; Strattice/Artia recovery tracking; demand and LRP inputs
- Transformation & analytics: PRM lifecycle dashboard requirements, Figma/UAT support, SAC reporting and training, E&O analytics
- Execution: Voyant transfer schedules, validation and milestone tracking, ProTech logistics, return-shipment coordination, and stakeholder follow-up
- Advanced Excel and dashboard capability
- Working knowledge of SAP Analytics Cloud, Power BI/Qlik-style reporting, SAP/ERP data, and project trackers
- Advanced Data Mining and building complex analytics
- Practical knowledge of S&OP/IBP, demand and supply planning, inventory management, lifecycle/E&O controls, distribution, technology transfer, validation, and regulated quality processes
- Strong project-management discipline: requirements definition, dependency mapping, risk tracking, governance, meeting facilitation, written communication, and action closure
- Ability to work across senior leaders and technical teams, analyze incomplete or conflicting operational data, and communicate a concise fact-based recommendation
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About The Planet Group
The Planet Group is a global professional services firm delivering strategic staffing and advisory solutions. We operate at the intersection of talent and transformation – connecting the right people with the right opportunities in the areas of technology, engineering, accounting & finance, digital marketing, and manufacturing.
As one of the largest staffing companies in the US, we operate with a global reach and a performance-first mindset. We partner with clients to move fast, stay agile, and drive measurable results – building high-impact teams that fuel transformation and growth.
