Quality Contorl Laboratory Administration

Job description

Company information

Danone is a major FMCG company in the UK, with market leading brands across four divisions: Waters (Evian, Volvic), Dairies (Actimel, Activia, Shape), Early Life Nutrition (Aptamil, Cow & Gate) and Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition (Neocate, Fortisip).

You’ve probably never heard of Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition but read on and you’ll be glad you did. We are Danone’s Medical Division and are Europe’s largest specialist nutrition company and the market leader in the UK. We specialise in the delivery of medical nutrition for the very young, the old and the sick, supplying high quality feeds to patients and consumers. Our purpose is to pioneer nutritional discoveries that help people live longer, healthier lives.

When it comes to finding a great place to work there are plenty of things to look for: inspirational colleagues, freedom in your job to make a real difference, and a shared ethos you can truly believe in. Throw in top perks, a responsive and dynamic environment and unrivalled opportunities to develop personally and professionally and you’ve found something pretty special. You’ve found Danone.

Here at Danone we put people at the centre of everything we do – whether we’re developing ground-breaking new products, taking care of individual patients, or supporting the community. And if you join us you can expect exactly that sort of attention too.

What about Nutricia?

Nutricia is enjoying double digit growth in production volumes as the medical nutrition products have a strong market share. The business is operating within a mature market but there is still scope for expansion both within local and global markets, and the emphasis in the coming years with be on maintaining volume growth, whilst ensuring we drive our cost targets in the right direction.

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for the exciting position of Quality Control Laboratory Administrator. This role that focuses on the daily operations of Laboratory Administration function in relation to all sample management including retain, purchase ordering, sample requests, external testing and sample delivery. The right person will be an excellent communicator, super organised, meticulous, system savvy, and a stickler for Heath, Safety and Quality procedures. You will enjoy working within a team function and able to work under pressure and to deadlines. You will split your time working within the laboratory and delivery samples therefore some manual work will be required. Previous experience in a laboratory environment and knowledge of SAP/LIMS system is preferable. In return you’ll get a fantastic benefits package and salary circa £20k dependant on your experience.

What will I be doing day to day?

This role feeds into and supports Quality KPI's with regard to processing samples, from our manufactuing plant and third party providers.

• Maintaining KPI's within the cell structure

• Booking in process by established SOP's.

• Processing resamples requests for additional testing

• Maintenance of Finished goods and Raw Materials retained stores

• Processing purchase orders for consumables and equipment for the Quality Department

• Basic problem solving

• Assisting with continuous improvements

• Anticipate problems and put in place corrective actions

• Assisting in relation to out of specification results and investigations

• Assisting in the introduction and validation of new methods and equipment

• Performing Customer Experience checks

• Scoop weight analysis and reporting

• Undertake training as required by Nutricia

• Comply with Health and Safety Standards

• Maintenance and writing of new SOP's

• Deputise for other team members in relation to Sensory analysis, External sample reporting and Booking in process

What does the ideal candidate look like?

This role feeds into and supports Quality KPI's with regard to processing samples, from our manufacturing plant and third party providers.

• Maintaining KPI's within the cell structure

• Booking in process by established SOP's.

• Processing resamples requests for additional testing

• Maintenance of Finished goods and Raw Materials retained stores

• Processing purchase orders for consumables and equipment for the Quality Department

• Basic problem solving

• Assisting with continuous improvements

• Anticipate problems and put in place corrective actions

• Assisting in relation to out of specification results and investigations

• Assisting in the introduction and validation of new methods and equipment

• Performing Customer Experience checks

• Scoop weight analysis and reporting

• Undertake training as required by Nutricia

• Comply with Health and Safety Standards

• Maintenance and writing of new SOP's

• Deputise for other team members in relation to Sensory analysis, External sample reporting and Booking in process

Interested in this role and have the experience we are looking for? You can submit your CV through Job@Danone . Apply by uploading your CV and answering a few questions before Thursday 5th December 2019.