SLDC Coordinator in Barnard Castle

Overview

Site Name: UK – County Durham – Barnard Castle

Posted Date: Jan 29 2026

GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site and has invested heavily in industry 4.0 state of the art, bespoke equipment to support sustained new product introductions and volume increases, and as a key supplier of some of GSK’s blockbuster products, the site contributes revenues of :$2Bn annually.

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Role

We are seeking an experienced SLDC Coordinator to lead the creation of new packs (NPI/NPR) and manage changes to our existing site pack range (PAO) using artwork systems (GLAMS/CHAMPS) and SAP notifications. You will work closely with APS, Market Launch & Change Coordinators, Site Technologists, Procurement, Finance, Quality, Regulatory Conformance, Production and Supply Chain to ensure smooth, compliant pack implementations. The successful candidate will drive pack creations and changes within agreed lead times and at minimum cost to the company and customers, while ensuring cGMP and EHS compliance. You will also coordinate cross‑functional site master data updates via SAP notifications to meet targets for cost, quality and lead time in a controlled, compliant manner.

In this role you will…

• Fully evaluate all pack-change requests and co-ordinate the site impact assessment with all relevant departments.
• Collaborate via the weekly change meeting with all key functional areas, to ensure that all matters relating to changes are fully discussed, understood, and communicated and that activities are carried out to ensure security of supply to commercial customers. Work with Production Schedulers and Material Schedulers to ensure pack change dates are achieved and any risks to mandatory implementation dates are managed.
• Create and approve lifecycle changes and trigger deletions of obsolete packs / components resulting from new pack introduction or pack change, in SAP, GLAMS and other related supply chain systems.
• Capable of managing own workload and time effectively. To act as project management for site and market driven projects, ensuring accurate data plans are created to manage stakeholders/activities and ensure all lead times are met.
• Communicate and liaise with other SLDC Co-ordinators to lead and support continuous improvement activity as an integral part of the day-to-day business through team improvement activities using GPS Basics and Performance Management.
• Regard Quality Compliance as an integral part of the job, always maintaining and demonstrating compliance so the team are always inspection ready (including up to date audit preparation to front packs and storyboards when required). Ensuring that any creation or change activity is carried out in accordance with the associated Standard Operating Procedures, Company Quality Standards and Regulatory Requirements.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

• Sound understanding of GSK and Supply Chain processes.
• Highly developed internal and external customer focus and stakeholder management experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of the markets and products supplied.
• 5 GSCEs or equivalent, including Mathematics and English.
• Ability to manage high workload against demanding timelines, prioritising where necessary to meet these.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience of the New Product Range Definition Process, the New Product and Pack Amendment Process.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements
• Project management skills

Closing Date

Closing Date for Applications: 12th February 2026 (COB)

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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