Laboratory Manager

We are the Quality Assurance Department and we are focused on the various processes of certification and quality, where we seek to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements regarding product conformity, environment, occupational safety and social responsibility.

As a Laboratory Manager, you'll have a strategic role within the Quality Assurance area, with technical responsibility for all internal laboratory activities, ensuring scientific robustness, method validity, and the technical credibility of analytical results used across multiple areas of the organization.

• Technical, methodological, and scientific management of the laboratory;

• Development, validation, and optimization of test methods (microbiological and physico-chemical);

• Management of measurement uncertainty, repeatability, reproducibility, and robustness;

• Technical responsibility for implemented techniques in compliance with ISO 17025;

• Coordination of laboratory accreditation and liaison with the accreditation body;

• Coordination of proficiency testing schemes and critical analysis of results;

• Technical validation and authorization of analytical results;

• Statistical analysis of method performance and laboratory KPIs;

• Trend analysis and continuous improvement of laboratory processes;

• Definition of strategies to increase internal analytical capacity.

We expect you to have a college degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Food Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or equivalent scientific fields, with a minimum of 5 years experience in similar positions.

You also have:

• In-depth knowledge of ISO 17025;

• Experience in laboratory method validation;

• Strong knowledge of metrology and measurement uncertainty;

• Experience in food physico-chemical and microbiological analyses;

• Statistical knowledge applied to analytical performance;

• Knowledge of or experience in managing proficiency testing schemes;

• Ability to technically interpret laboratory results;

• Experience with statistical data analysis software and advanced Excel skills;

• Technical English proficiency.

• High technical and scientific rigor;

• Highly organized, methodical, and disciplined;

• Strong goal - and results - oriented mindset;

• Transparent, impartial, and ethical;

• Resilient and adaptable to changing environments;

• Ability to lead technically by example;

• Highly developed critical and analytical thinking skills;

• High level of autonomy and sense of responsibility;

• Ability to influence through technical expertise rather than hierarchy;

• Exceptional attention to detail.