Scientific Group Leader

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 agroscience Contract Research Organization services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralized and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.515 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

• Apply GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
• Demonstrate and promotes the company vision
• Support and promote company policies and procedures
• Ensure that the quality policy program is understood, implemented, and maintained; identify, prevent, or correct any departures from the quality system
• Apply the highest quality standard in all areas of responsibility
• Proactively plan and multitask to maximize productivity
• Communicates effectively with clients and staff members
• Demonstrate strong client service skills, teamwork, and collaboration

• Foster motivation and morale
• Coach, train, and develop others within the group with respect to their personal development and effective implementation of operational improvements
• Conduct semi-annual performance reviews, interview applicants, keep training records up to date for assigned employees, evaluate succession plans in preparation for growth
• Confront and address problems, concerns and performance issues
• Monitor direct reports work
• Monitor and approve employees’ time worked through time-entry system

• Coordinate workflow and perform daily monitoring to meet TAT
• Meet all quality and productivity metrics and demonstrates strong teamwork and collaboration
• Supervise more complex projects and lead others in performing and meeting client’s requirements
• Provide consultation to clients on technical issues, including interpretation of results
• Possess broad scope of technical expertise in multiple areas
• Troubleshoot and solve both instrumental and method issues
• Lead and write investigations independently, establish root cause and robust CAPA
• Support and drive LEAN initiatives and operational improvements
• Champion implementation of new techniques, technologies, and instrumentation
• Support onboarding of new instrumentation
• Continually evaluate systems and processes to improve overall productivity and quality
• Expand self-awareness and develop leadership skills as defined; attend applicable leadership training based on identified needs
• Perform all functions in support of and in compliance with all state and federal employment regulations
• Conduct all activities in a safe and efficient manner

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, or related degree concentration
• Minimum of 15 years in pharmaceutical drug product/substance analytical testing cGMP laboratory with focus on commercial release programs and at least 10 years in a leadership position directly overseeing laboratory staff

The Ideal Candidate Would Possess:

• Demonstrated leadership and vision in managing staff groups and major projects or initiatives.
• Familiar with Empower and analytical chemistry techniques/instrumentation (i.e. U/HPLC, Dissolution)
• Experience in contract laboratory environment
• Demonstrated leadership and vision in managing staff group