Logistics Manager

Eurofins; Guildford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement

Company Pension Plan

Life Assurance Scheme

Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Pater

Employee Assistance Programme

Health Cash Plan

Health and Wellbeing Programmes

Free parking

Worldwide career opportunities

Perkbox access

Job summary

Eurofins is seeking a Logistics/Transport Coordinator to oversee daily routes, manage sample collections, and coordinate courier arrangements across Europe. You will ensure efficient use of the driving team, create waybills, and track shipments for Diagnostics and Genetics accounts.

The role requires strong communication, organisation, and customer service skills. The position is full-time (37.5 hours) based in Guildford, with responsibility for UK inbound/outbound logistics, customs support,

Qualifications

• Experienced in Logistics / Transport Planning.
• Working knowledge of Dangerous Good Shipment requirements.
• Working in a busy transport office & stock control environments.
• Experience of supervision of teams.
• Working knowledge of MS Office and Outlook

Responsibilities

• Oversee sample collection and co-ordination of routes to ensure efficient use of company drivers’ time.
• Oversee the daily routes, and suggest where improvements can be made.
• Creating waybills for collection requests outside of in-house driver areas.
• Tracking shipments for Diagnostics and Genetics DHL accounts; support investigations.
• Liaise with laboratory team for logistics enquiries and stock movements.
• Provide quotations for customer logistics enquiries and manage customs paperwork.

Skills

Logistics planning

Dangerous goods

Transport office

Team supervision

MS Office & Outlook

Driving licence

Customer focus

Communication

Organised

Ambassador

Pressure management

Job description

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 our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work 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 dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

Job Description

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

The purpose of this role will be tooversee sample collection and co-ordination of routes to ensure efficient use of company drivers’ time and maximise possible return of samples to laboratories and driving team.

This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday from 09:00 till 17:00.

• Oversee sample collection and co-ordination of routes to ensure efficient use of company drivers’ time.
• Oversee the daily routes, and suggest where improvements can be made.
• Creating waybills throughout the day for any collection requests outside of in-house driver’s areas. Pick up arrangements from end customers.
• Tracking of shipments for both Diagnostics and Genetics DHL accounts. DHL issues support and investigations for both customers and internal shipments to France and Ireland.
• Communication with the laboratory team for logistics enquiriesinternally for sending stock, samples, or any other consumables out/in. Depending on request allocating and arranging the courier, packaging advise/ pick up arrangements.
• Communication and support for customer services in Diagnostics and Genetics team for any new customers logistics enquiries. Providing quotations.
• Customs paperwork: advising customers and internal teams on the correct information required for paperwork, providing templates, support in finding right commodities, values, description etc.
• Dealing directly with customs issues with DHL, FEDEX, UPS depending on which supplier was used.
• Sort dry ice orders (weekly), including managing variations due to annual leave of drivers or special requirements.
• Import waybills creation for Mavie (Austria and Germany), twice a week andSafeAmbryo (Greece) per request.
• Communication with Germany to fulfil tracking numbers on the shared spreadsheet between UK, Germany andItaly for theGenetics team.
• Managing the XOne relationship and arranging correct transport of samples and transport boxes.
• Daily management of the Logistics driving team for Guildford, as well as covering holidaysand sickness arrangements.
• Liaison with third party couriers to facilitate an efficient daily collections plan.
• Internal communication with other Eurofins departments with regards to managing and distribution consumables.
• Collation of monthly logistics collections report for invoicing purposes.
• DHL reports management.
• Effective management of the Eurofins fleet, ensuring all vans are well maintained and road worthy.
• Ensuring highest standards of Health and Safety are maintained across the logistics team including arranging UN3373 training for Dangerous Goods.
• Assisting on induction training of logistics team.
• Monitor third party courier costs to ensure that they are effectively controlled costs are controlled through effective use of resources.
• Co-operate with the investigation and resolution of customer issues relating to their business unit.
• Maintain high standard of temperature control, through the calibration of probes and profiling of vans where appropriate.
• Work with both internal and external kit manufacturers to ensure consumables are shipped to customers and clients in an effective, economical and efficient manner.

Qualifications

• Experienced in Logistics / Transport Planning.
• Working knowledge of Dangerous Good Shipment requirements.
• Working in a busy transport office & stock control environments.
• Experience of supervision of teams.
• Working knowledge of MS Office and Outlook
• Driving license.
• Customer focused, values driven individual with integrity.
• Great communication skills both verbal and written across all ability levels.
• Highly Organised
• To be a strong ambassador.
• Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines

Additional Information

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health Cash Plan
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Free parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work out employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Being part of a Reward and Recognition Scheme, recognising great work across our teams.
• Holiday entitlement increases with service.
• The option to opt into our Health Cash Plan, designed to help look after your everyday health and wellbeing. This allows you to claim back the cost of routine healthcare expenses such as dental check-ups, eye tests, glasses or contact lenses and other everyday medical treatments.
• Life Assurance from day one, providing cover of threetimes your annual salary.
• Automatic enrolment into our Company Pension Plan after three months (with the flexibility to opt out if you choose)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24/7 confidential support for both personal and work-related matters.
• Being able to register your interest in volunteering days, which are designed to support employees who wish to do voluntary work during working hours as part of a wider strategy to contribute positively to the local community.
• Free on-site car parking.
• The opportunity to explore worldwide opportunities.
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.

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Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

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