Laboratory Programme Manager
- Southampton
- Permanent
- Full-time
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- Working within a team of Lab Services professionals responsible for facilitating a strategic operational programme. Manage, organise and implement a specialist engineering support for a variety of laboratory equipment.
- Manage contractual obligations around agreed SLA's and scope of individual agreements.
- Organise the daily and forward-planned activities for the Lab Services team in order to meet business needs and provide excellence in customer experience.
- Manage the Lab Service team: plan and schedule daily activities, utilise appropriate resources, hire new staff as required, succession planning, recognition, training needs, discipline and ongoing performance management.
- Maintain and update the internal database to ensure compliance in preparation for internal and external audits, as well as Safety audits and COSHH risk assessments.
- Budget management - set annual budget, liaison with stakeholders, identify cost saving opportunities.
- Collaborate with other departments including finance, training, and sourcing to share best practice and roll-out programme improvements.
- Uphold and comply with cGxP regulations - undertake training as required for self and team.
- You will bring a background as a Laboratory/Equipment Engineer from a Pharmaceutical Lab setting.
- Extensive exposure and knowledge of lab and project management.
- Expert organisation skills, detail-oriented and proactive in your approach.
- Sound project management skills, milestone management and strong influencing and negotiation skills.
- Background in scientific asset management.
- Responsible for P&L, producing financial performance reports for both internal and external use.
- Accustomed to hiring - recruitment selection process, training and development, coaching and mentoring, appraisals and rewards for performance and retention.
- Good H&S document and process management.
- Background of working in a highly regulated sector (GxP), pharmaceutical is essential.
- Proven line management experience.
- Good working knowledge of MS Office suite as well as databases and QMS.