Samples Production Manager (360114)

Location: London (Southall), UK
Place of work: On site (sporadically hybrid).

Reporting to the Europe Lab Services Director based in Geneva, your mission is to operationally support the Perfumery & Beauty division in the new fragrance creation & developments, submissions of samples to Clients and consumer testing. In your role, you manage and organize the local end-to-end fragrance compounding and application operations to meet the service level agreements according to the Corporate QHSS&E rules, the business priorities and the global best practices.

At dsm-firmenich people are at the heart of the company. We are committed to equal employment opportunities and value diversity in the workplace.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of 9 technicians, ensuring first their safety and health
• Guarantee the accuracy and the availability of stocks of raw materials, fragrance oils and packagings
• Prioritize, allocate and regulate the workload in a balanced way
• Optimize the use and availability of the automated equipments in particular the weighing robot
• Define and/or validate local standard operating procedures related to the scope of responsibility
• Infuse the continuous improvement mindset in the team via concrete actions or projects (5S, error proofing, flows optimization, …) in line with our global Lab 4.0 strategy to optimize the lab efficiency
• Participate actively in cross regional task forces related to global laboratory services initiatives

We bring

• A rich history and a promising future of bold scientific innovation and passionate creation with our customers
• A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset
• The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose
• An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future
• A firm belief that working together with our customers is the key to achieving great things

You bring

• Engineering degree with at least a 3-year experience managing team within a lab or a manufacturing environment
• Ability to motivate, coach/develop, assess and organize resources
• Mastering lean management concepts with proven practical experience (lean certification is a plus)
• Hands-on approach to run and to improve the production of required samples
• Excellent analytics and problem-solving skills
• Result driven, you are methodical with an eye for detail 

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