Logistics Director - Eurofins Environment Testing USA - Based Houston, TX

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 laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

• Functional ownership of logistics planning for the National Business Line
• Logistics optimization including storing and shipping
• Logistics inventory management such as fleet management and third party courier vendors
• Management of logistics for inbound and outbound supplies
• Establishing and managing potential remote drop locations with logistics to support
• Establishment of annual, short-term, and long-term logistics related plans.
• Analyzing existing data and implementing changes to optimize sample movement between client and laboratory and between laboratories. Looking for new ways to improve transportation processes.
• Assisting laboratory management in the establishment of courier sample routes.
• Preparing weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting related to Logistics including tracking time tables and costs
• Maintain relationships with carriers and track and analyze transit times, rates, and procedures.
• Work with procurement on improved logistics vendor contracts (including vehicles and other logistics assets)
• Other job duties as needed.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill or ability required.  (List three to five key quantifiable skills or position requirements that the candidate must have to be considered for this position.)

• Strong Logistics skills particularly in route optimization between laboratory and client and between laboratories. 
• Effective communication skills (listening, oral, and written).
• Advanced project management skills and ability to influence others.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Logistics or related field required
• MBA in Logistics or related field valued
• Experience:15+ years of Logistics experience required.
• APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Certification preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of time.
• Maintain working office at one of our Houston, TX laboratory location.
• Fluent in English written and  Oral language 

Additional Information

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/

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 laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and a