Company Description

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 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 61,000 staff across a network of independent companies in 61 countries, operating ca. 900 laboratories.

Performing over 450 million tests every year, 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.

Ever since its IPO on the French stock exchange in 1997, Eurofins has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies. In 2022, Eurofins recorded revenues of €6,712 million.

Chemtest is part of Eurofins; we are an award winning company providing routine analytical services and bespoke specialist testing throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe. Our staff are employed across a number of strategically placed locations, all utilising the latest technologies. Our laboratories are UKAS accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and, where applicable the Environment Agency MCERTS Performance Standard for soils.

Job Description

The role - A key member of the Operations Team, this role will focus on utilizing Lean tools and techniques to identify opportunities for improvement, quantify targeted impact, plan projects, and deliver change.  

• Identify and quantify (scope) opportunities for improvement across the entire operation, focusing on increased capacity, decreased turnaround time, and maintaining reliability of service.
• Lead improvement project planning activity through the implementation of Lean techniques (mapping, Kaizen, etc.)
• Partner with Managers to deliver change in accordance with agreed timelines and delivering agreed impact.
• Own the operational improvement roadmap – track project progress and plan future areas of attention.
• Create and adopt best practice ideas that are supported within group and other Lean entities.
• Develop people and understanding of Lean, primarily within the Operations Team (Analyst to Manager) in improvement techniques and train selected member of the team to facilitate Lean activity.
• Work alongside Managers to instill a continuous improvement mindset across all teams.
• Deliver tangible improvements to processes, policies, and strategy. 

Responsibilities: 
•    To comply with all the Health and Safety and ISO14001 requirements of your role, and perform any other reasonable duties as required by the Eurofins Chemtest Business.

Other duties:

•    Contribute to improvement projects across the Business
•    Report on all improvement activity in remit
•    Develop team members in Lean and other continuous improvement approaches

Qualifications

•    Experience in an operational leadership role where significant improvement has been delivered using targeted improvement projects 
•    Experience influencing team members outside of immediate reporting chain
•    Lean or other continuous improvement qualification 
•    Experience in a technical environment desired (e.g. laboratory or engineering environment)

Additional Information

•    Project Management
•    Professional Relationship Management
•    Results Focus
•    Organizational Skills
•    Strong Influencer
•    Action orientated
•    Highly Communicative  
•    Innovative
•    Natural Team Player