Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific 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, 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.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 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.

Job Description

Job Duties include but not limited to:

• Review quotations, purchase orders, protocols, methods, specifications, client instructions, and related records to establish documented requirements.
• Create and maintain accurate study designs and project records in Eurofins LIMS, the Eurofins client relationship management application, and other designated systems.
• Confirm methods, protocols, samples, reference materials, specifications, contacts, and other prerequisites are available or actively tracked before initiation.
• Serve as the routine client contact; lead status meetings; document decisions, owners, and target dates; and provide timely updates.
• Coordinate work across Operations, Quality Assurance, Analytical Test Designers, Stability and Sample Administration, Finance, Quoting, Business Development, and supporting functions.
• Monitor timelines, milestones, deliverables, and open actions; identify foreseeable risks and communicate recovery needs before commitments are missed when practicable.
• Compare requested work with approved scope; identify scope changes; initiate change-order or commercial review; and monitor purchase-order coverage.
• Review assigned invoices and billing milestones and support resolution of discrepancies.
• Resolve routine issues using established processes and escalate significant risks with the issue, impact, actions taken, owner, and decision or support requested.
• Maintain professional, complete, traceable, current project documentation and backup coverage.
• Support Associate PM learning and peer coverage when assigned.

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualification : 

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field such as chemistry, biochemistry, biology, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences or other directly related field or degree with comparable coursework in the above areas
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience
• Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Willingness to learn eLlMS, EtQ and Microsoft Office application is required.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency, sampling theory, and factor analysis. Ability to apply concepts such as percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical solutions. Ability to analyze complex data sets as part of root cause analysis and statistical modeling/trending.
• Experience with tools and methods for project management. Project management or facilitation experience.

Additional Information

Position is Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. , with overtime as needed.  Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Columbia, MO are encouraged to apply.

Excellent full-time benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays

Eurofins USA BioPharma Services is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.