Director of Operational Strategy

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🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

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Eurofins

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1987

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

💰 $30M Grant on 2021-10

Food & Beverage • Healthcare • Logistics

Eurofins is a global leader in testing and laboratory services. With approximately 62,000 employees and over 900 laboratories across 62 countries, the company provides a wide range of testing services across various industries. Eurofins offers services such as food and feed testing, consumer product testing, genomic services, clinical diagnostics, forensic services, environment testing, and pharmaceutical testing. The company is committed to scientific innovation and sustainability, and it plays a critical role in testing for health, safety, and environmental impacts worldwide.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute a multi-year operations strategy for rapid microbiology food testing • Build capacity and demand plans reflecting seasonal volume swings and customer segments • Lead annual and long-range operating planning, including cost, headcount, throughput and capital targets • Own turnaround-time, on-time-delivery and throughput performance • Identify and remove bottlenecks from sample receipt through report release • Lead lean and continuous improvement programs across laboratory workflows • Standardize workflows and best practices across lab teams and applicable multiple sites • Partner with Scientific leadership to evaluate and deploy rapid methods, including validation, verification and rollout plans • Drive automation, LIMS and digital initiatives improving productivity, data integrity and traceability • Build business cases for equipment, facility and capacity investments • Ensure operating plans support ISO 17025, FDA/FSMA, USDA-FSIS, GFSI and customer audit requirements • Partner with Quality to reduce error rates, retests and nonconformances • Plan business continuity, including reagent, consumable and supply chain resilience • Align capacity and service commitments with Commercial on new programs, pricing and customer onboarding • Partner with Finance on cost per test, margin, labor productivity and P&L performance • Develop and mentor operations leaders and build the talent pipeline for technical and supervisory roles • Deliver turnaround-time, on-time-delivery and cost-per-test targets • Secure approval for a multi-year capacity and operations roadmap • Launch or scale at least two rapid-method platforms or automation projects

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Microbiology, Food Science, Life Sciences, Engineering or a related field • 10+ years of progressive experience in laboratory operations, operations strategy, process improvement or business operations within testing laboratories, food safety, diagnostics or life sciences services • At least 5 years in a leadership role • Demonstrated track record of improving throughput, turnaround time and cost per test in a high-volume laboratory environment • Working knowledge of food microbiology, rapid methods and FDA/FSMA, USDA-FSIS, GFSI schemes and ISO 17025 • Strong financial acumen, including capacity modeling, budgeting and P&L management • Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively with scientists, laboratory managers and senior customers • Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification preferred • Experience with LIMS, laboratory automation and BI tools such as Power BI and Tableau • Prior experience with M&A integration, new site launches or multi-lab network standardization

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary • Performance-based bonus • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage • 401(k) with company match • Paid time off and holidays • Opportunities for professional development within a global network • International opportunities to strong performers • Increased areas of responsibility for successful leaders, subject to geographic mobility

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