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 works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 50,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6,7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

We are looking for an experienced (+7 years) Technical Assistant Director in Organic Chemistry to join our team.

This new position offer a fantastic opportunity to be part of a great team at Eurofins-VillaPharma (Fuente-Alamo, Murcia, Spain) and make important contributions to develop new chemical entities for Drug discovery.

Responsibilities:

• Key role in managing Chemistry teams to align with VP goals.
• Improve operational management systems, processes and best practices.
• Coordinate and supervise daily operations regarding chemistry teams.
• Find ways to increase quality of customer service.
• Supervise and drive synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry projects from hit to lead finding and lead optimization to candidate selection.
• Supervise and collaborate with scientific teams to deliver projects in time with high standard data and reports to ensure highest customer satisfaction levels.
• Monitor and control of the entire work-flow process: From new project receival until delivery. Including Analysis & QC, High Throughput purification, scale-up and HTE teams.
• Monthly Monitoring and control of internal productivity KPI´s and report to LT.
• Help to formulate strategic and operational objectives.
• Technically contribute to troubleshooting of potential issues in the development of a particular given project.
• Help to recruit right individuals and provide them leadership, coaching and career development opportunities.
• Conduct performance reviews (Based on KPI´s). Train/Develop and manage work performance.
• Good communicating skills regarding goals, needed achievements to success.
• Motivate and inspire all team members to reach excellence through coaching.
• Supervise/improvement of operational SOPs and Laboratory best practices applicable to work performed.
• Periodical and frequent Reporting to LT.

Competencies:

• Excellent synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry knowledge and proven experience.
• Communicate effectively, provide support, and guidance in a team setting.
• Excellent Managerial Skills.
• Proficient in a variety of analytical techniques used for analysis of organic molecules.
• Highly skilled in data interpretation of analysis of organic molecules.
• Must be highly detail-oriented and organized, able to work both independently and as a team player with a positive attitude.
• Demonstrates excellent communication, critical thinking, and organizational skills.
• Effectively communicate with peers and interdepartmental colleagues.
• Awareness considerate and provide guidelines for safe behaviors in the laboratory (Best Practices in Organic Synthesis).
• Demonstrate accountability, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
• Leverage group and individual experience to ensure that projects are completed in a timely manner.
• Develop time management strategies to ensure work is performed within required timelines
• Participate in technical discussions with supervisor and peers.
• Proficient in electronic communication and internet-based data searching.

• You have a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry, potentially supplemented by postdoctoral studies and extensive knowledge in Medicinal Chemistry.
• You have a proven track record in managing Chemistry teams.
• You are innovative, thorough, and can envision and guide to execute successful synthetic chemistry strategies.
• You thrive in a Team environment of shared goals and responsibilities.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to develop, implement, and clearly communicate chemistry strategies to team, management and collaborators also in English language.

Supervisory Requirements:

• May act as a lead or first-level supervisor.
• May provide oversite to laboratories, special projects, or group initiatives.
• May serve as scientific lead on R&D.

Offered:

• Immediate incorporation into a multinational group with strong growth.
• Good work environment, career plan, etc.
• Salary: Negotiable individually according to value and experience provided.