Eurofins
Business Unit Manager Microbiology UK
About 1 month ago
About the Job
In a nutshell:
Are you a driven leader with expertise in microbiology and a track record of successfully managing commercial operations? Do you thrive in dynamic environments where you can develop strategies, grow revenue, and inspire teams to achieve outstanding results? If so, this role might be perfect for you!
What team will I be part of?
You will be a key member of the senior leadership team for Food Chemistry and Microbiology Testing in the UK, reporting directly to the Cluster Director.
As a Business Unit Manager, you will:
- Develop and implement a strategic plan to grow the microbiology business unit, ensuring alignment with company goals.
- Lead the business unit’s financial performance, including full P&L accountability, budgeting, and cost control.
- Drive operational excellence, ensuring the lab operates efficiently, complies with ISO 17025 standards, and maintains a strong focus on quality and safety.
- Build and lead a high-performing team of approximately 50 employees, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, retention, and professional development.
- Manage customer relationships by translating client needs into operational delivery, developing new methods, and ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
- Support cross-functional collaboration within the Eurofins network to identify and leverage business opportunities.
- Act as a technical and commercial point of contact, working closely with customers to maintain satisfaction and foster growth.
About the Company

Eurofins
<div class="org-about-module__description"> <div id="ember58" class="ember-view organization-about-module__content-consistant-cards-description"><span class="lt-line-clamp__raw-line">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 the environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works 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 a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies. Since 1987, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 62,000 staff across a network of independent companies in 62 countries, operating over 900 laboratories. Performing over 450 million tests every year, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing. Ever since its IPO on the French stock exchange in 1997, Eurofins has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies.</span></div> </div> <div class="org-about-module__content-improvement"> <div class="org-about-module__content-box"> </div> </div>
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