Manager Kitpacking

Company Description

Eurofins Central Laboratory is a dynamic, global organization fully dedicated to providing global central laboratory services to support all phases of clinical trials. At Eurofins Central Laboratory, we are BOLD. We go beyond the expected. Since we are purely a central laboratory, there are no distractions allowing us to remain laser focused on the best science, technology and people.

We are part of one of the world’s leading laboratory organizations Eurofins Scientific, therefore we offer end-to-end testing solutions which are unsurpassed in the industry. Eurofins Central Laboratory is setting new standards with GLP capabilities embedded within our Central Laboratory. We support our customers with laboratory facilities in the USA, Europe, Singapore and China, and a back office in India.

The purpose of the job is to manage the day to day operations of the kit packing and distribution group, responsible for planning, building, and supplying collection kits and other materials to Investigator Sites according to the agreed scope, budget, and protocol requirements.

The Manager, Kit Packing, Oosterhout will lead the kit packing department, managing and meeting customer expectations, managing the capacity and activity of the Kit Packing Team to ensure effective and high quality performance. The successful candidate will be the key decision maker for this important function, creating goals and objectives to align with the company’s overall vision. Other key requirements will involve the creation and control of departmental KPIs, budget management, SOP management, and workflow management. The successful individual will be an excellent communicator and prepared to present information clearly at all layers of the organization.

Job Description

• Hands on Management and supervision Kit Packing (KP) team daily operations
• Allocate team members to duties as appropriate
• Maintain all departmental SOP, ensuring they are current, and adequate for departmental operations.
• Ensure that the KP department operates in accordance with global standards and procedures (SOP) of Eurofins Central Laboratory.
• Ensure accurate and efficient kit production according to clinical protocol/quote and in line with the agreements and understandings with client accounts.
• Track and report departmental metrics and KPI’s to management on a monthly bases.
• Maintain training regimes, competency testing, and training records for all KP departmental staff members.
• Respond to, and implement corrective actions to that may be deemed necessary as a result of a CAPA investigation.
• Identify and implement efficiency improvement opportunities

Qualifications

The Ideal Candidate would possess:

• Strong drive for continuously improvement and you are proven successful in initiating and implementing improvements;
• Knowledge about and experience with improvement methods;
• Strong analytic skills, you think in terms of processes;
• Team player, flexible and stress resistant;
• Good oral and written communication skills in English;

Basic Minimum Qualifications:

• You have a few years experience in an logistic / production / supply chain environment;
• It is a pro if you have some management experience;
• You have a Bachelors level education work;
• Experience with MRP / affinity with IT systems
• Undertakes to perform and behave in accordance with the agreements established in SOPs, within the overall quality of the ISO and, where applicable, the specific applicable quality system.

Additional Information

Do you meet the above profile and are you interested in an informal and pleasant working environment? We are looking forward to receive your CV and motivation letter in English.