Managing Director BioPharma Product Testing UK

Managing Director BioPharma Product Testing UK

• Full-time

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.

Eurofins BioPharma International Business Line is a global, premium-class contract research organisation (CRO) covering the whole chain of drug development including the preclinical and clinical phases all the way to market release with focus on Early Development, Central Laboratory Services, and BioPharma Product Testing.

Eurofins Biopharma Product Testing UK Limited has provided high quality testing and development services to the pharma industry for more than 30 years. Our strong expertise and a wide range of instrumental capabilities provide one-stop integrated solutions. Our highly flexible team works closely with customers at every stage to provide tailored analytical solutions, guiding them through the testing process, reducing their costs and delivery times.

HOW CAN YOU HELP US?

In a nutshell: Are you committed to being an inspiring leader? Can you help grow our BioPharma Testing business into the recognised market leader whilst driving commercial and operational excellence? Do you have experience either within the Testing, Inspection and Certification sector or in the biopharma/pharmaceutical sector? Do you have experience managing significant revenue and large teams? Are you based within the United Kingdom? Then this might be the role for you!

What team will I be part of? You will be part of the BioPharma Testing leadership team, reporting to the Regional Director of BioPharma Product Testing Europe.

As a Managing Director you will:

1. Lead and expand the BioPharma Testing business in the UK, which currently consists of 2 sites in Scotland and the South of England.
2. Initiate and drive change , setting up action plans with clear-cut distribution of responsibilities.
3. Develop a high-quality strategic plan with challenging, achievable and fact-based milestones, quickly becoming hands-on if things derail.
4. Lead and facilitate the sales & marketing activities and become a trusted and reliable partner to customers.
5. Drive operational excellence , continuous improvement, productivity and bottom-line results.
6. Hire, motivate, develop and retain excellent Business Unit Managers and department heads.
7. Drive M&A due-diligence initiatives and post-merger integration programs.

What can we do for you?

An attractive compensation package and extra-legal benefits (company car, laptop, pension and health insurance).

Become part of a network of likeminded entrepreneurs who will challenge you to further develop your leadership skills and enlarge your knowledge and network .

Are you our kind of extraordinary?

You are skilled in developing and implementing a sales & business strategy in a growth-oriented business. You have solid financial acumen, hands-on process improvement experience and the ability to implement changes in a complex organisation.

Background: You bring a minimum of 5 years of leadership experience, of which at least 2 years have been in a full P&L management role, where you had operations and commercial teams under your responsibility. You have demonstrated experience of leading change and developing, coaching and motivating teams of 30+ people. You have an understanding of the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry working under GMP.

Education: You have a Bachelor’s degree or diploma in a relevant business management, engineering or life sciences discipline.

Language: English proficiency is a must.

Location: You are based in the UK and are open to travel to our sites in Scotland and the South of England.

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!

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