Organic Chemistry Manager - Coventry

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The Role
ALS is recruiting an Organic Chemistry Manager for the Coventry site.

The Organic Chemistry Manager is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing the efficient, compliant, and high-quality operation of a busy analytical laboratory.

The role emphasizes driving continuous improvement, managing resources and costs, and ensuring technical excellence to meet client and regulatory expectations. It also involves leading and developing a high-performing team and supporting cross-functional collaboration and innovation within the department.

Hours Per Week: 37
Days Per Week: Monday to Friday (08:00 - 16:00)
Contract: Full Time & Permanent
Annual Salary: £37,000 per annum

The day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Ensure compliance with UK health & safety legislation to maintain a safe working environment.
• Maintain and improve the company's quality system to meet legal, auditing, and procedural standards.
• Drive laboratory efficiency through capacity and process improvements while reducing production costs.
• Manage departmental budgets and resources to meet revenue and profit targets.
• Oversee client KPI performance to ensure high-quality analytical results that meet client expectations.
• Support staff development, technical capabilities, inductions, and compliance with HR and workplace regulations.
• Conduct technical reviews of non-conforming work (NCW), AQC investigations, method quality control charts, and proficiency testing (PT) performance.
• Approve quality control chart limits and review changes to quality documents, including procedures, methods, and supporting materials.
• Participate in the site on-call rota.
• Authorize test reports for Chemistry.