Business Unit Manager - Food Testing

Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.

This role require will require some travel across the UK to other Eurofins sites.

As Business Unit Manager for Food Testing, Grimsby you will be responsible for the safe, efficient and high quality operation for all microbiology departments on site & the efficient running of the cross selling business unit.

You will be a key member of the senior team supporting the overall operation of microbiology ensuring the lab operates to the required ISO 17025 standard. You will work closely with customers and translate those requirements into the operations delivering a business unit that compliments the wider Eurofins business.

• Responsible for a team of 50.
• Accountable for P&L’s for the business unit.
• Develop methods to reduce cost/improve efficiency.
• Manage Net Working Capital and un-invoiced revenue report
• Responsible on a day-to-day for the health, safety and wellbeing of all staff and the safe operation of the laboratory
• To ensure that all work carried out complies with documented procedures for all aspects of laboratory work, that all relevant information concerning samples is recorded, that samples are handled correctly, that worksheets are kept in an orderly manner.
• Ensuring that the processes and systems are fully optimised and all staff are well trained
• Develop a culture of continuous improvement that allows a continual improvement in the lab
• Support customer requirements and be a key-link to ensure customer requirements are translated within the lab
• Ensure all equipment is maintained and services to the correct standard.
• Ensure complaints and NCWs are completed to a high standard and in a timely manner
• Develop the existing management and supervisory teams to reach their full potential
• Create a positive working environment designed to drive staff retention and ensure that any personal issues are dealt with.
• Effective and timely attendance management of staff in line with company policy
• Ensue shift patterns and staffing levels are aligned with the work load and recruitment is driving the suitable calibre of staff within the lab.
• To partake in any developmental training as required in compliance with the company standard.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in preferably Microbiology
• Knowledge of UKAS and ISO methods
• Proven experience in working to and exceeding targets
• Strong supervisory, including coaching and project management skills
• Competence in IT, including LIMS, spreadsheets and databases
• Experience of working with a broad range of internal and external customers
• Proven experience working in a laboratory
• Excellent business and industry acumen
• Able to present complex information face to face
• Management level presence and influence
• Excellent presentation, communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills
• Strong organisational, multi-tasking and time management skills
• Committed to customer care

Additional information

Our Benefits

• 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/