R&D Administrative Manager

Lonza; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global life sciences company located in Slough is seeking an R&D Administrative Manager to oversee laboratory operations and ensure efficient delivery of services. Candidates should have strong organizational skills, experience in laboratory operations, and a BSc in a scientific field. The role offers a hybrid working model and champions ethical practices in the workplace.

Benefits

Agile career development

Dynamic working culture

Inclusive workplace

Benefits dependent on role and location

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build strong working relationships across teams.
• Experience in laboratory operations or R&D support within a scientific environment.
• Business-fluent English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate cross-functional laboratory scheduling.
• Manage laboratory consumables and SAP orders.
• Oversee shipping requests and support CAPEX processes.
• Identify and resolve operational challenges.
• Collaborate with administration teams to implement improvements.
• Build communication channels between teams.

Skills

Strong organizational and administrative skills

Problem-solving mindset

Clear communication

Attention to detail

Education

BSc in Biochemistry or related scientific field

Job description

Job Title: R&D Administrative Manager Location: Slough, United Kingdom (Hybrid working possible)

If you thrive on keeping complex scientific environments running seamlessly, this role is for you. As an R&D Administrative Manager at Lonza, you’ll be at the heart of our Slough Centre of Excellence, ensuring our labs operate efficiently and our scientists can focus on breakthrough innovation. Your organisational skills and proactive mindset will help drive progress across global R&D teams.

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

What you’ll get

• An agile career and dynamic working culture.
• An inclusive and ethical workplace.
• Compensation programs that recognize high performance.
• A variety of benefits dependent on role and location.

The full list of our global benefits can be found at https://www.lonza.com/careers/benefits.

What you’ll do

• Coordinate cross-functional laboratory scheduling and ensure smooth delivery of R&D operations across the Protein and Process Analytics (PPA) Centre of Excellence.
• Manage laboratory consumables, including Vendor Managed Inventory systems, SAP orders, and coordination of deliveries and quotes.
• Oversee and arrange shipping requests and support capital expenditure (CAPEX) processes, including drafting eCARs, URS development, and equipment coordination.
• Represent the team in site operational forums such as the Biosafety Council.
• Identify and resolve operational challenges proactively, delivering process improvements and efficiencies across R&D laboratories.
• Collaborate with laboratory administration teams in Slough and Cambridge to share best practices and implement improvements.
• Build and maintain communication channels to ensure seamless information flow between R&D, Site Laboratory Services, Procurement, EHS, and Engineering.

What we’re looking for

• Strong organizational and administrative skills, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Clear and concise communicator with proven ability to build strong working relationships across teams.
• Attention to detail and forward-thinking mindset to identify and address issues before they escalat
• Experience in laboratory operations, technical administration, or R&D support within a scientific environment.
• BSc in Biochemistry or a related scientific field (or equivalent experience).
• Business-fluent English language skills.

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.