***Opportunity for a Group Leader API Upstream in our client site in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork***

The primary purpose of this role is to lead and manage a team of analysts and lab support personnel in a cross-functional R&D department that are supporting Upstream (USP), Downstream (DSP) and New Product Introduction (NPI) teams, ensuring that the team is operating at the highest quality and productivity standards, have high morale and retention, and the agreed customer requirements are entirely satisfied.

What can Eurofins offer you as an employee of ours?

• Developmental opportunities and career progression
• The opportunity to work with our client - a world -leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology company
• Location is easily accessible
• Private Medical Insurance 
• Income protection and life assurance
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Free parking onsite
• Full use of the canteen facilities on the client site
• Additional annual leave days with continued service
• The opportunity to work on therapeutic drugs in the areas of oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and infectious disease.

Consider joining Eurofins, where people are the most important element in our business. Eurofins is a leading contract research organisation providing testing and research services in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sciences to clients worldwide.

This position is to join our innovative Professional Scientific Services (PSS) programme as an employee of Eurofins.  The programme places full-time analysts, technicians, scientists and technical support personnel managed by Eurofins directly at the client facility to provide long term staffing needs while maintaining the same services, expertise and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. This award-winning programme offers excellent career opportunities for people who have a proven track recording in combining excellent technical ability with first class interpersonal and communication skills

- Coordinate the introduction of new equipment into the laboratory including project scoping, interacting with internal and external engineers and vendors, non-GMP change controls etc.

· Coordinate the equipment management process including updating SAP records, record/documentation management, calibrations/PM’s, vendor management etc.

· Manage laboratory inventory and work with VWR and other stock distribution companies to ensure accurate levels of laboratory consumables are available for use and avoiding/ monitoring stock outs.

- Provide assistance to shipping team including batching, documentation and transportation where needed for both EU and non-EU shipments where necessary.

- Attend weekly USP, DSP, NPI and other laboratory meetings and provide assistance where necessary.

· Ensure GDP for logbooks and other laboratory documents is implemented and kept accurate and reviewed in real time.

· Effectively coordinating and managing members of the PSS team so that productivity, quality, documentation, work schedules, safety and housekeeping is run at maximum efficiency.

· Responsible for ensuring that the client gets the best possible service by continually reviewing best practice in relation to both commercial and quality issues and ensuring 100% ethical work standards and GMP compliance.

·        Responsible for the development, coaching, motivation, and morale of team members in a cross functional team (USP, DSP, NPI) through effective teambuilding and use of reward and recognitions systems celebrating team success.

- Responsible for communicating regularly with the client and Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Management to ensure information is shared effectively and actions are taken immediately.

· Responsible for reviewing and improving commercial work practices. Responsible for identifying areas where efficiencies may be improved and liaising with the client appropriately about any proposed improvements.

- Responsible for forward planning of activities in order to maximise the use of client resources during training periods.

· Responsible for ensuring that work is scheduled and cross training takes place so that the service levels agreed with the customer are achieved. Responsible for amending schedules as required.

· Ensure that all analysts, lab support personnel are trained and have completed training records for all activities and other training completed.

· Responsible for carrying out performance appraisals with staff as part of the overall performance management programme within the organisation.

· Responsible for handling any customer related queries where necessary and liaising with their team and with personnel from other teams to problem solve these queries if needed.

- Perform investigations, where required, for BTDS API Lab issues etc.

· Support USP, DSP and NPI review activities, troubleshooting of equipment, technical writing, execution of project work and participation in departmental initiatives where applicable.

· To assist in laboratory investigations as required, in particular Quality Issues, deviations and CAPAs, to help meet specifications and quality timelines.

· To foster a culture of Lean and Continuous improvement within the department and with internal and external partners. Supporting Lean initiatives as required and become a key driver of change acting as a lean champion. .

- To be constantly aware of the clients requirements and strive to meet or exceed those requirements keeping in mind the client process and deliverables.

· To identify and communicate to PSS Management areas for improvement or optimisation in order to improve efficiencies and provide a cost effective service.

· As with all members of staff this person is responsible for ensuring that the client requirements are fully met and in so doing will be flexible to work in any area of the business as is required.

- Excellent leadership skills and at least 3 years’ previous supervisory experience.

- Understanding of biopharmaceutical manufacturing is advantageous (USP,DSP,NPI).

- Understanding of requirements for working in a GMP environment advantageous.

- Ability to quickly learn new processes.

- Ability to communicate clearly and to form strong working relationships with colleagues.

- Ability to work on own initiative and be capable of developing solutions to problems as part of a team.

- Willing to operate in a flexible manner and be able to switch priorities at short notice.

- Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills.

- Passionate about quality and customer service.

- Good communication skills both internally and externally.

*This is an opportunity to join Eurofins on a full time permanent basis.

*Benefits of pension contribution, medical insurance, health insurance and bonus are included in package. 

*Eurofins Management and Team on client site for support.

*Opportunity to get to know fantastic people and be part of a great team. 

*Day role Monday to Friday

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 58,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 54 countries and operating more than 900 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.

Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions® is a global, award-winning insourcing solution. We place our skilled team directly at the client site, managing operations seamlessly and eliminating complexities. We ensure a strategic, long-term service commitment that delivers value directly at the client’ site, utilising their facilities, equipment, and methodologies, while maintaining the same service, expertise, and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. If you're an employee seeking an exceptional career journey, Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions® is your gateway to a future where innovation, collaboration, and success converge. Join us in a world where excellence knows no boundaries!