Business Unit Manager Food Testing Netherlands

5 maanden geleden


Rotterdam, Nederland Eurofins Voltijd

Job Description

In a nutshell:  Are you committed to being an inspiring leader? Can you help grow our Contaminants testing business whilst driving commercial and operational excellence? Do you have experience either within the Testing, Inspection and Certification sector or in a food manufacturing or service company? Do you have experience managing revenue and sizeable teams? Are you based within the Netherlands? Then this might be the role for you

What team will I be part of? You will be part of the Food Testing leadership team based in the Netherlands, reporting to the Cluster Director of Contaminants Netherlands. 

Eurofins is the world leading food and feed testing laboratory group, deploying a comprehensive range of state-of-the-art analytical techniques in order to support its clients' increasingly stringent quality and safety standards. The Group has built up a global network of food testing laboratories and Competence Centres that perform more than 450 million assays per year to establish the safety, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of food. Eurofins thus offers the broadest portfolio of any food testing lab and makes this unique offer available globally from any of our laboratories using optimised processes, logistics and IT.

Eurofins LabCo specialises in the analysis of raw materials, food and animal feed in the port of Rotterdam. Grains, edible oils, fats, animal feed and food are analysed for quality and tested to determine if the contaminant content complies with legislation. At LabCo, we test pesticides, mycotoxins, alkaloids and fatty acid composition. 

As a Business Unit Manager you will: 

Lead one of our Food Testing business units  in the Netherlands, which consists of a site in Rotterdam and a team of around 30 people. 

Develop a high-quality strategic plan  to expand the business and Eurofins' position in the Netherlands market.

Lead and facilitate the sales & marketing activities  and become a trusted and reliable partner to customers. 

Drive operational excellence , continuous improvement, productivity and bottom-line results.

Ensure that relationships with all clients are positive , with high levels of customer satisfaction in place. Attend and lead meetings as needed alongside the Commercial team, with key clients and develop in depth knowledge of customer requirements.

Encourage cross-functional cross-business team work  to optimise business opportunities.

Initiate and drive change , setting up action plans with clear-cut distribution of responsibilities.

Improve the technical and scientific aspects  of the business units by ensuring the appropriate development and application of new techniques and business processes.

Hire, motivate, develop  and retain excellent department heads.

Qualifications

Are you our kind of extraordinary?

You are skilled in developing and implementing a sales & business strategy in a growth-oriented business. You have financial acumen, hands on process improvement experience and the ability to implement changes in a complex organisation. 

Background:  You bring a minimum of 2 years of leadership experience and have demonstrated experience of facilitating growth, operational improvement and motivating teams of 10+ people. 

Education:  You have a Bachelors degree or diploma in food science or any other relevant discipline. 

Language:  Proficiency in Dutch and English is a must.

Location:  You are based in the Netherlands and flexible to be based on site in Rotterdam at least 3 days a week. 

Additional Information

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



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