Company Description

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.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins.

Job Description

37.5 Hours per week.  Tuesday - Saturday.  08:00/09:00 - 16:00/17:00.

Purpose of the Post: 

 

To work with the laboratory and goods in team to organise and control the stock levels for the Water Microbiology laboratory.

Take responsibility for the stock control system ensuring it is updated contemporaneously.Complete routine and monthly stock takes as required and ensure compliance to electronic systems.Submit stock take figures to finance at the end of each month.Orders the stock for all areas of the Microbiology laboratory.Ensure Kanban is kept to the correct standards, ensuring they always have sufficient amounts to complete testing on time.Unpack stock on arrival into the required location, ensuring compliance with stock rotation so that old stock is used before new stock.Ensure all stock locations are maintained in an organised, clean and safe manner and align with 5S standardsCommunicate with customers and fulfill any consumable requests internally or direct from the supplier.Co-ordinate the packing and distribution of consumables to be sent out to customers, working with logistics to implement the most efficient and cost effective way to complete this.Regular review of batch sizes, delivery lot sizes and lead-times to minimize inventory and deliver the right quantity when needed.Support the laboratory by preparing materials for testing, cleaning, and other duties as required.Responsible for ensuring that UK health and safety legislation is maintained and helping to ensure that the working environment is kept in a clean and tidy manner with due attention to the careful maintenance of all laboratory fittings and equipment.Clean working areas and remove waste.Provide a high level of internal and external customer care.A flexible approach to work will be required to assist other departments as and when required.Assist with continuous improvement within the microbiology department.

QualificationsExperience in working in part of a team Skilled in Microsoft Office applications with strong typing proficiency Strong organizational and time management skillsExcellent verbal and written communication abilitiesSelf-motivated with a proactive work ethicKeen attention to detail and accuracy

Additional Information

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:

Enhanced Annual Leave EntitlementAnnual Leave Sellback SchemeAdditional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates   Free ParkingCompany Pension PlanLife Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity SchemesEmployee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidentialHealth and Wellbeing ProgrammesWorldwide career opportunitiesWe also have in place rewards recognising the great work our employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

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 
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
 
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 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/