Retail Support Officer

Eurofins UK Food Testing; Wolverhampton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension Plan

Life Assurance Scheme (4x salary)

Healthcare Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Perkbox access

Job summary

Eurofins UK Food Testing is seeking a proactive project support specialist to help the Retail Operations team meet targets during a period of high workload. The role can be performed from home or in a hybrid setup across UK locations, with 37.5 hours per week from Monday to Friday.

The fixed-term contract runs until 31 January 2027 and includes data-intensive tasks and high-accuracy classification work. You will map classifications, manage customer testing requirements, update Excel workbooks,

Qualifications

• Experience in test assignment, account management, programme management or technical customer service within a laboratory testing, food retail or food manufacturing sector.
• Good understanding of microbiological and / or chemical laboratory testing process.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Good relationship building skills
• Be able to work as part of a team and collaborate efficiently on this project.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry or a related discipline.
• Understanding of food safety, analytical testing and due diligence programmes.
• Knowledge of retailer standards and food safety regulations.
• Experience working with laboratory information management systems and customer portals.
• Understanding of European food testing programmes and regulatory requirements.
• Commercial awareness and ability to identify business growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Working on a high priority limited-time project involving a wide range of food products as a major retailer transitions to a new product categorisation system.
• Mapping new classification names, codes, testing and frequencies with high accuracy, and amending customer quotes with appropriate test packages.
• Entering and changing data in Excel workbooks; training and supervision will be provided.
• Assigning testing requirements in accordance with customer standards, specifications and risk-based approaches.
• Maintaining and updating testing programmes by adding products into correct classifications with test assignment.
• Carrying out investigation checks.
• Monitoring testing schedules, sample throughput, and turnaround times.
• Collating and summarising information for KPIs, Horizon Scanning reports, review meetings.
• Taking responsibility for checking and managing customer-specific inboxes and service requests.
• Being a point of contact for customer testing enquiries, technical queries, and testing programme management activities.
• Ensuring customer satisfaction through proactive communication and issue resolution.
• Contributing to account review meetings, presentations, and action plans.

Skills

Test assignment experience

Account management

Programme management

Technical customer service

Laboratory testing knowledge

Food industry experience

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Food Science / Microbiology / Chemistry or related

Tools

LIMS experience

Customer portals

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.

The Eurofins network 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 its companies around the world.

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

The purpose of this role is to contribute to the ability of the Retail Operations team to successfully meet all targets on time during a period of high workload.

This is a fixed term contract ending 31/01/2027.This role offers flexible working arrangements and can be undertaken working from home or as a hybrid position from any Eurofins Food Testing UK location.Working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 09:00 till 17:00

• Working on an high priority limited-time project involving a wide range of food products as a major retailer transitions to a new product categorisation system. The task involves mappingnew classification names, codes, testing and frequencies with a high degree of accuracy, and amending the customer quote with the appropriate test packages and classification names.
• Working with Excel workbooks enter and change data. Training and supervision will be provided.
• Assigning testing requirements in accordance with customer standards, specifications and risk-based approaches.
• Maintaining and updating testing programmes by addition of products (e.g. first production / new products) into correct classifications with appropriate test assignment.
• Carry out investigation checks.
• Monitoring testing schedules, sample throughput, and turnaround times.
• Collating and summarising information for e.g. KPIs, Horizon Scanning reports, review meetings.
• Taking responsibility for checking and managing customer-specific inboxes and service requests.
• Being a point of contact for customer testing enquiries, technical queries, and testing programme. management activities, and ensuring prompt responses and escalation as appropriate.
• Ensuring customer satisfaction through proactive communication and issue resolution.
• Contributing as to account review meetings, presentations, and action plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in test assignment, account management, programme management or technical customer service within a laboratory testing, food retail or food manufacturing sector.
• Good understanding of microbiological and / or chemical laboratory testing process.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Good relationship building skills
• Be able to work as part of a team and collaborateefficiently on this project.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry or a related discipline.
• Understanding of food safety, analytical testing and due diligence programmes.
• Knowledge of retailer standards and food safety regulations.
• Experience working with laboratory information management systems and customer portals.
• Understanding of European food testing programmes and regulatory requirements.
• Commercial awareness and ability to identify business growth opportunities.

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:

• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Free parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work ouremployees 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.

We support your development!Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

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