Project Manager (Non - It)

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 laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm.

The purpose of the role is to manage strategic projects from conception to completion, including supporting the acquisition and integration requirements of newly acquired businesses.

You will work with key stakeholders to create robust project plans, overseeing effective project delivery and managing key stakeholders to create best in class solutions that deliver long term value to the business.

• Coordinate/lead post-acquisition business integration processes.
• Work alongside senior managers and business unit managers to ensure strategic projects are delivered in a timely manner, this may include items such as
  • Key projects linked to complex capital spend,
  • site re-location,
  • automation
  • U.K. wide OPEX/standardisation and
  • major business re-positioning/closures.
• Build effective financial business cases for the above - approval including all follow-on MD memos/approval steps, tender processes, and project planning if/when needed.
• Coordinate project resource and local leadership/contractor project management to ensure successful delivery to agreed timescales, costs and ROI.
• Effectively collaborate with other functions/broader Eurofins Group stakeholders in the delivery of strategic projects / integrations.
• Develop and maintain project charters, plans, action/decision logs, risk registers and other relevant project management documents.
• Work with the Continuous Improvement Manager to ensure our change management process is adhered to.
• Report to the UK Food & Water board / senior managers on progress of key initiatives and new projects added to the pipeline.
• Prepare update reports/presentations for the board, providing concise updates including risks and mitigations as required.
• Organise and chair meetings, both web based and face to face, preparing and distributing meeting agendas and minutes as appropriate.
• Develop deep and collaborative relationships with the operational cluster directors/senior managers in developing business cases for strategic initiatives and obtaining buy in for change.
• Ensure that strategic projects incorporate best practice Health and Safety standards and carefully balance cost with optimal solutions that meet the legislative requirements and Group standards on associated projects.
• Support customer engagement as required by Commercial Director, particularly on integration projects but also in messaging/promotion of Eurofins work as part of strategic initiatives.
• Lead according to Eurofins Leadership Charter and act as a role model for all employees

• Project management experience with proven track record of project delivery.
• Experienced in business planning and strategic plan creation and delivery.
• Excel proficient to support project management skills.
• Proven ability to develop and motivate key stakeholders to drive their project plans.
• Ability to lead projects and delegate / manage tasks.
• Ability to communicate fluently – written and verbal - at varying levels of seniority and remain confident engaging at various levels in a style that ensures a clear insight for stakeholders regarding project goals and progress.
• Has ‘presence’, and willing to present to employees and senior directors, if & when needed.
• Organised, able to prioritise and delegate to ensure focus on key deliverables.
• Team player, with good level of emotional intelligence to engage peers and build strong working relationships.
• Self-motivated with a positive attitude, able to work unsupervised
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Previous experience of managing complex acquisition integrations
• Degree or equivalent experience
• Project Management or similar qualifications (Prince2)

Benefits

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay Scheme
• Company Pension Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
• Free car parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.
Your data
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Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/