Job Description
Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.
As a Business Unit Manager, you will manage the Biopharma GMP Microbiology and Biocides Business Units.
We are seeking an individual who can ensure appropriate capabilities, systems and controls are implemented to facilitate the growth of the section and the needs of the business in the UK. The section must also be managed so that customer requirements, quality requirements, and organisational goals are met.
* Work strategically with dedicated BD to ascertain the client’s needs and ensure business case and growth plan is aligned with key opportunities.
* Liaise with other Eurofins labs to ensure the client experience is positive and that key metrics such as TAT and RFT are met on internal and external testing.
* To effectively manage all members of their team including areas such as, work rotas, productivity, training & development, housekeeping, safety, quality, documentation, etc. to ensure the laboratory is run at maximum efficiency.
* Provide leadership and direction to the GMP Microbiology and Biocides Teams to ensure they meets their commitments to their customers, while complying with regulatory requirements.
* Develop the organisation such that it is responsive, flexible and adaptable to future challenges.
* Ensure the timely deployment and implementation of new business opportunities that support flexibility, adaptability and efficiency goals
* Represent the GMP Microbiology and Biocides function to all internal and external stakeholders.
* Prepare, submit and defend department budgets including sales, headcount, expenses, capital and training.
* Prepare, submit and defend capital projects to improve laboratory operations and supply chain support.
* Maintain technical and regulatory knowledge and ensure information is disseminated across the department.
* Provide formal and informal performance feedback to direct and indirect reports across the department including performance appraisals and compensation.
* Cascade overall department functional goals and objectives consistent with the company’s goals and strategy, develop plans to achieve those goals and prioritize and execute those plans.
* Handle any customer related queries where necessary and liaise with the team to solve these queries if needed.
* Ensure customers’ requirements are fully met and in so doing be flexible to work in any area of the business as is required.
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level in life sciences, microbiology preferred or similar (Biology, Chemistry or related scientific field.)
* Proven, extensive experience as a Microbiologist in the Pharmaceutical Industry
* Proven experience in a GMP/GLP laboratory environment.
* Proven experience of effective people management.
* Excellent working knowledge of FDA, EU and ISO regulations.
* Strong technical knowledge of microbiology analytical techniques and instrumentation.
* Excellent working knowledge of LIMS.
* Ability to work in a multidiscipline team but also possesses self-motivation and drive.
* Strong communication skills - both verbal and written.
* Experience hosting MHRA/FDA audits
* Knowledge of ISO17025
Additional Information
Benefits
At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.
As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:
* Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
* Additional Annual Leave Purchase scheme
* Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
* Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates
* Company Pension Plan
* Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
* Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
* Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
* Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
* Health and Wellbeing Programmes
* Free parking
* Worldwide career opportunities
* We also have in place rewards recognising the great work out employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.
What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.
Your data
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Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.
We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.
Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!
Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/