Site Manager

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 50,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years

Our innovative Professional Scientific Services (PSS) programme engages full-time scientists, analysts; technicians and technical support personnel managed by Eurofins directly at the client facility, to provide long term service needs while maintaining the same services, expertise and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. This multi award-winning programme offers excellent career opportunities for people who have a proven track record in combining excellent technical ability, with first class interpersonal and communication skills.

We are currently recruiting for enthusiastic and innovative Site Manager. This is a new and exciting opportunity based at our clients facility, a world class Pharmaceutical Research & Development facility in Moreton, UK. The primary purpose of this role is to manage and co-ordinate an off-site Professional Scientific Services (PSS) team of analytical and technical staff and their leaders based at the Moreton site to ensure that team is operating at the highest quality and productivity standards, that they have high levels of morale and retention, and the agreed customer requirements are entirely satisfied so that customer expectations are met or exceeded through effective leadership and quality operational management. This person will be the key point of contact from a management point of view and assist in the management of a variety of site business requirements.

In addition to management skills, the candidate will also have strong analytical and technical skills associated with a background in the pharmaceutical analytical industry and have the ability to effectively collaborate with and communicate scientific ideas readily.

• Degree or above in a relevant scientific discipline.
• At least 5 to 7 years relevant technical experience with at least 2 years at a senior level of leadership.
• Excellent leadership skills and at least 3 years previous management experience.
• Responsible for development, coaching, motivation, and morale of team members, both leadership and analyst level, through effective teambuilding and use of reward and recognitions systems celebrating team success
• Building and managing client relationships to ensure further enhancement of strategic partnerships. Establish and maintain clear lines of communication and rules of engagement between the client and the team members.
• Previous responsibility for approving valid analytical measurements.
• Sound, fundamental knowledge of processes within pharmaceutical and medical device industries
• Thorough understanding of requirements for working in a GMP environment.
• Ability to quickly learn new processes.
• Ability to communicate clearly and to form strong working relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Ability to work on own initiative and be capable of developing solutions to problems as part of a team.
• Willing to operate in a flexible manner and be able to switch priorities at short notice.
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills.
• Passionate about quality and customer service.
• Good communication skills both internally and externally.

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Closing Date

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.