Laboratory Manager - Dudley, United Kingdom - Jonathan Lee Recruitment

Jonathan Lee Recruitment

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Dudley, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Title:
Laboratory Manager

Location:
West Midlands

Competitive Salary and Company Benefits

Overview:

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Laboratory Manager to work for our client across their facility in the West Midlands, the role will be working for a growing business that specialises in pharmaceutical materials testing services. This is anexciting and dynamics role working across their contract testing facility supporting API characterisation and tablet development projects for a wide range of global pharmaceutical clients.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Managing a small team of laboratory staff on site, including organising team time and resources.
Ensure that the division performs scientific compaction tests as and when the business requires, to a high standard and be able to report and relay the information confidently to clients.
This role will involve the generation of quotations, liaising with customers to understand their requirements and discussing opportunities with existing and potential new clients.
Costing and invoicing of completed projects to ensure that margins and monthly business targets are achieved.
Demonstrate commercial awareness. To expand the current customer base and revenue stream to fulfil the current business plan for the division.
Attend and support General Manager with preparing the monthly Exec meeting data.
Work closely with external providers with the commissioning of new equipment as required.
Prepare and present withGeneral Manager the yearly budget forecasts and business plan to the Board.
Work closely with the marketing team to develop content on digital marketing platforms to maximise customer potential and business development opportunities.
Reporting on results to customers from testing of products and the data inputting of information onto the systems.
Supporting clients with clear communication on the scoping of projects and meeting with them as required.
Attending conferences with team members as and when
Providing support to clients, internal staff, and the wider group.
Responsibility for own and others health and wellbeing.
Ensuring that all team members have required skills for their individual roles. Training to be updated on skills matrix and provided as required.
Knowledge of H&S requirements in the workplace in line with HSE.
Work with H&S advisor to updatethe H&S manual in line with changes in legislation, statutory and business requirements.

Essential Skills:

Interpreting customer testing requirements
Knowledge of pharmaceutical tablet development process
Experience of working to International quality standards (GMP/GLP)
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Word and Excel
Good level of numeracy and literacy.
Strong commercial awareness
Good customer service skills

Desirable Skills:

Highly selfmotivated with good communication skills.
Able to work effectively within a team environment.
Able to organise daily tasks, to frequently work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.
Possess excellent attention to detail, performing work to an exceptionally high standard.
Able to use initiative to solve problems and troubleshoot with the assistance of other members of the team.
Should be computer literate with previous experience using Microsoft Office.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.