PerkinElmer
Lab Support Services Manager
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Lab Support Services Manager
Location(s)
GSK Stevenage (UK) – Customer Site
Job Description
The role will be based on-site, at a customer in the pharmaceutical industry, in Stevenage, UK. The Lab Support Services Manager is responsible for the management of the Lab Services team, focusing on chemical management, materials management, and the central storage facility service. This leadership role is designed to provide supervisory support as well as drive process improvements and growth within the customer’s organization.
Job Responsibilities
- Act as supervisor to team members and provide coaching, performance review, and other administrative functions.
- Lead the lab services team to ensure the delivery of uninterrupted service to the customers in the lab. To accomplish this, the individual must drive operational excellence by strategically managing resources as well as identifying areas of improvement.
- Interface with key customer contacts to ensure KPIs are being hit and customer satisfaction is at a high level.
- Identify areas of growth within the existing customer program and support outside activities to promote the overall expansion of the program as needed.
- Work with customer and PerkinElmer staff to ensure quality and compliance within the laboratory.
- Work in collaboration with customer line safety representatives to ensure a high level of safety is maintained.
- Meet regularly with key stakeholders (lab staff, service providers, management) to identify, review, and resolve issues in a timely manner and/or escalate as necessary.
- Coordinate periodic review of service level agreement contracted tasks with all relevant groups (customer lines, management, etc.).
- Responsible for the coordination of training.
- Ability to travel regionally as required, up to 20%.
- Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental, and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment.
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Critical Skills
- Supervisory or team lead experience
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Experience in various IT systems, especially related to inventory management
- Customer service support
Basic Qualifications
- A-level qualifications with 3+ years’ experience working in a laboratory environment
- HND/Foundation degree with 2+ years’ experience working in a laboratory environment
- Bachelor’s degree with 1+ years’ experience working in a laboratory environment
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Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a customer-facing role and the ability to provide excellent customer service
- Knowledge of environmental health and safety practices
- Knowledge of 5S principles
- Knowledge of chemical and biological safe handling
Working Environment
- Must be able to work in a laboratory, controlled environments requiring personal protective equipment (e.g., lab coat, safety glasses, etc.) in laboratory.
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 25% of the time
- The person needs to occasionally move between labs, corridors, adjoining rooms, and buildings onsite
- Employee may be required to handle hazardous waste according to local, state, and federal regulations. Duties may include identifying, handling, generating, accumulating, storing, and labeling hazardous waste.
- Potential risk to lab-based hazards including but not limited to extreme temperature, biological materials, and hazardous chemicals.
- May be required to complete Medical Clearance, Respiratory Protection Training, and Fit Testing to wear a respirator as protection against hazards present in the laboratory environment.
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