Lab Operations Lead: Inventory, Barcodes & Provenance

Stealth - AI x Bio; Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Pension plan with 10% employer contrib

Bupa private health cover

Job summary

Substrate in London is seeking a hands‑on Lab Operations Lead to run day‑to‑day lab activities, manage consumables, cold chain, equipment servicing, and purchasing while maintaining safety and compliance.

You will define laboratory data capture, collaborate with science and software teams to implement a barcode tracking system, and drive a proactive stock control workflow from goods‑in to bench.

Qualifications

• Two or more years running a lab or comparable physical operation, hands-on and accountable for the result.
• Practical stock control: goods in, inventory records, reorder points, stock counts that reconcile.
• Buying from suppliers: raising orders, comparing quotes, managing lead times.
• Hands-on with a barcoded or scanned stock system, including what goes wrong when people skip the scan.
• Lab environment experience: cold storage, hazardous waste, containment, controlled materials.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of goods in and ensure accurate recording.
• Map material flow through the lab and build a barcode-based inventory system.
• Put a working inventory and reorder system in place with real consumption-based minimums.
• Agree the barcode scheme with the software team and centralise equipment records.
• Run the lab with a barcode-enabled workflow from goods-in to bench to stock draw-down.

Skills

Lab operations

Inventory management

Procurement

Barcode systems

Cold chain

Health & safety

Tools

Barcode system

Inventory software

Procurement tools

Job description

Substrate in London is seeking a hands‑on Lab Operations Lead to run day‑to‑day lab activities, manage consumables, cold chain, equipment servicing, and purchasing while maintaining safety and compliance.

You will define laboratory data capture, collaborate with science and software teams to implement a barcode tracking system, and drive a proactive stock control workflow from goods‑in to bench.