Company Description

Eurofins Forensic Services (EFS) is the largest forensic service provider in the UK and Europe and employs nearly circa 700 staff across 7 sites in the UK. All of our forensic analytical services are accredited to the international quality standard and are subject to regular review by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

We are part of Eurofins Scientific, which 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 and forensics. 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.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products. In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

Please note this is a full time permanent position, working 37.5 hours a week - Competitive Salary. Hybrid working is also available

We are currently recruiting for a Supply Chain Lead to join our fantastic team at our site based in Tamworth. If you are passionate about a rewarding career supporting Forensic testing and want to use your expertise to its full potential, then this is a great opportunity to join a well-established and successful market leading company with over 30 years’ experience in providing Forensic Services to the Police forces of England and Wales, as well as other commercial organisations and public sector bodies.

• This is a truly exciting time to begin or continue your career with our first class business, as a Supply Chain Lead you will be responsible for managing the multisite Central Forensic Warehouse function, whose core responsibility is to coordinate the purchase and distribution of consumables across the Eurofins Forensic Services estate, as well as working alongside the central procurement team to manage the ordering, volume control, receipt and storage of common/highly used items and work with key stakeholders from all business units and sites to manage delivery of stock into teams with a just in time approach.

• The successful candidate will also be expected to manage all aspects of supply chain for the Workplace Drugs Testing (WDT) unit working with direct customers, collection officers and key contracts, and embed a continuous improvement ethos in the team, whilst owning and leading the process of identifying new alternative products ensuring only quality and cost-effective alternatives are progressed.

Qualifications

The ideal Candidate:

• We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, enthusiastic and possesses the competence and team spirit to support others and contribute to a positive culture. Here at EFS integrity and customer focus is at the heart of everything we do, therefore you will need to be a confident leader who leads by example, operating within the company’s core values of: Customer focus, Quality, Competence, Team Spirit and Integrity. Having the ability to motivate and direct a team, with proven planning and organisational skills, will see you excel in this role.
• If you have previous experience of line managing and leading a project, along with continuous improvement or lean experience, then we would love to hear from you.
• This is a brand-new role, and whilst there is huge potential and opportunity to “make it your own”, you must be prepared to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in with front line day to day activity until the Warehouse facility is up and running.

Additional Information

Benefits

In return for your hard work and loyal service, we will offer you a genuine career and salary progression, a competitive salary, flexible working through our Hybrid working policy and a selection of employee benefits via our flexible benefits menu which includes cycle to work, give as you earn, purchase & sell holiday. In addition, we also offer the following:

• Life Assurance (3 times annual salary)
• Free on-site car parking
• Company Pension Plan
• 25 days Annual Leave plus bank holidays
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perk box, 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
• Employee Assistance Programme
• HealthCare Cash Plan membership
• Enhanced company sick pay scheme
• Learning and study support
• Refer a friend scheme
• Subscription to wellbeing support 24/7

Due to the highly sensitive nature of the work, applicants should note that security clearance will be required for this role. To gain security clearance you must have five years continuous residency in the UK. Criminal convictions may prevent you from gaining security clearance. This role will in addition require alcohol/drug screening. The organisation treats personal data collected during the recruitment process in accordance with its data protection policy. Information about how your data is used and the basis for processing your data is provided in the organisations applicant privacy notice.

Due to the nature of the work we undertake on-site, you must inform us if you come into contact with any firearms or ammunition through work or any other reason as there will be precautions you will need to take in order to enter the premises. This also applies to persons involved in clay pigeon shooting, and those who regularly use any cartridge based tools such as nail/stud guns. Please provide details on your application.

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