Eurofins is hiring a

Junior Project Manager - Operational Excellence

Brussels, Belgium
Full-Time

The Junior Project Manager will lead a range of programmes and initiatives to standardise the use of consumables, glassware, plastic ware and reagents in Eurofins' laboratories in close collaboration with Eurofins' Operational Excellence team. 

More specifically, the scope will cover:

  • Standardising consumables, reagents and equipment. Supporting the deployment of Eurofins Proprietary Media, glassware, plasticware and reagents.
  • Monitoring the use of Eurofins Proprietary reagents and test kits and supporting increased use and the identification of future needs and product improvement.
  • Streamlining and bringing in-house the production and proficiency testing (ring tests) of reference standards.
  • Liaising regularly with Eurofins Technologies and ESS (Eurofins Internal Glassware and plasticware in the USA).
  • Working with OBP programme to drive standardisation of consumables for each method and centralised purchasing and, as needed, preparation of standards for pesticides and contaminants (GC, LC).
  • Rationalising and negotiating participation in proficiency testing schemes.

Education: Engineering, Science or Business degree from a top university.

Languages: Excellent oral and written English is a must. Other languages are highly appreciated.

Technical knowledge IT: MS Office products, Access DB a plus.

Personal skills:

Strong interpersonal skills (e.g. oral and written communication, presentation skills), as this role will often interface with local resources and experts to understand and document processes. Ability to define concepts, align them with key stakeholders in different countries, and describe them clearly and concisely. Strong problem-solver with "can-do" mentality. Proven ability to independently set up, manage and drive a clearly defined project.

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 agroscience contract research 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 Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 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 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

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