Lean Project manager for microbiology labs

EUROFINS BEL/NOVAMANN s.r.o.

Place of work
Eurofins Bel/Novamann s.r.o.Komjatická 73, 940 02 Nové Zámky, District Nové Zámky, Prague
Contract type
full-time
Start date
01.09.2014
Wage (gross)
By agreement

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

With 15,000 staff in more than 190 laboratories across 36 countries, Eurofins Scientific is the world leader in food and biopharma product testing – 1 200 M€ sales in 2013.
To support the continuous growth of our laboratory network, we are looking for the best profiles to integrate one of our sites.
In this context, we are looking for a “Lean Project Manager for microbiology labs” for Eastern Europe.
Your missions:
- You are in charge of the global improvement of our microbiology labs in Eastern Europe
o You are based on one of our labs but go frequently to the other labs in the Eastern Zone to benchmark production processes and monitor quality between the sites
o You put the relevant KPI in place
o You contribute to design the blue print for the ideal microlab
o You support the day-to-day implementation of the "Eurofins Operational Excellence" methodology (based on LEAN/ 5S) in our lab
o The output will be an improved quality, efficiency and cost optimization, and the realization of quick wins
o You are the local key contact for our Process Engineering Group experts in microbiology
- You focus on the on-going training of the relevant workforce of the lab.
o Key for this assignment is the ability to interact with the local employees on all levels, provide on-going coaching and challenging as the change management aspect of the pilot will be important (given the decentralised culture of Eurofins).
- You prepare the deployment of new micro labs in new sites or the integration of potential acquired labs
- You participate to the deployment of the Eurofins IT Systems

Employee perks, benefits

Evolution:
You will be integrated in our High Potential Program and might have a fast track evolution. In a quick growing group, successful leaders are frequently being offered increased areas of responsibility (subject to geographical mobility). Business Unit Manager might possibly be your next step.

Information about the selection process

for more informations, please contact us on e-mail address:
[email protected]

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Educational Specialization

Master degree in Engineering from a top-ranked university with a graduation or experience in microbilogy

Language skills

English - Advanced (C1)

Other knowledge

Business correspondence - Expert
Microsoft Outlook - Expert
Microsoft Excel - Expert

Driving licence

B

Personality requirements and skills

Your profile:
- Master degree in Engineering from a top-ranked university with a graduation or experience in microbiology
- More than 3 years professional experience, at least 1 of which working on lean or operational excellence projects
- Strong change management competencies required
- Excellent interpersonal, communication & influencing skills
- Team management skills required for lean transformation programs
- Perfect fluency in written and spoken English
- You speak Slovak, Polish or Czech languages
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office tools (Excel, Powerpoint).

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Brief description of the company

OVERALL OBJECTIVES:

With over 14,000 employees in 180 laboratories across 39 countries, Eurofins Scientific is the world leader in food and pharmaceutical products testing. It is also number one in the world in the field of environmental laboratory services, and one of the global market leaders in agroscience, genomics and central laboratory services.
The main objective of this position is to design, develop and deliver new functions in our own developed Laboratory Management System, which is developed within Microsoft development environment: Visual Studio 2010, .NET 4.0 (C#, VB), MS SQL Server 2008 and SQL Reporting Services 2008.

Number of employees

25-49 employees
ID: 1711024  Dátum zverejnenia: 29.7.2014  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto) a ďalšie odmeny: By agreement