Operations Manager

Y-Axis; Katowice; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Support for professional development

Opportunity to influence key processes

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company seeking an Operations Manager to oversee environmental laboratory operations, ensure high-quality analyses, timely ordering, and compliance with PCA / ISO 17025. You will lead analysts and technicians, optimize workload, and drive improvements with sales, project, and quality teams.

The role requires a strong background in operations management, budgeting, and Lean tools, plus excellent English and a proactive, safety-focused

Qualifications

• Higher technical education and 5+ years managing operational teams.
• Experience implementing or maintaining quality systems is a strong asset.
• Experience working in a laboratory (environmental preferred) is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily laboratory operations, analysis planning, and resource management.
• Monitor efficiency and operational costs; drive productivity and profitability.
• Achieve productivity, quality, and cost targets.
• Oversee P&L, budgeting, and revenue growth.
• Report progress, results, and challenges to leadership.
• Ensure high-quality results and timely order completion per ISO 17025.
• Collaborate with Quality Department on corrective actions and procedures.
• Develop and update operational procedures and analytical methods.
• Promote safety culture and health regulations compliance.
• Manage recruitment, training, performance, and competency development.
• Foster a safety, quality, ethics, and accountability culture.

Skills

Operational Management

Resource Management

P&L Management

Budgeting

ISO 17025

Lean Tools

Team Leadership

Problem Solving

English Proficiency

Quality System Maintenance

Occupational Safety

Education

Higher technical education (engineering)

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Operational Management, Resource Management, P&L Management, Budgeting, ISO 17025, Lean Tools, Team Leadership, Problem Solving, English Proficiency, MS Excel, Quality System Maintenance, Occupational Safety

Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories

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.

Job Description

Operations Manager is responsible for the overall management of the operational activities of the environmental laboratory, ensuring high-quality analyses, timely execution of orders, and compliance with occupational safety regulations, the quality system, and accreditation requirements (including PCA / ISO 17025). The person in this role will lead a team of analysts and technicians, oversee laboratory processes, verify workload and resources, support the development of team competencies, and implement organizational improvements. The position requires active collaboration with sales, project, and quality departments.

Scope of Responsibilities

• Supervision of daily laboratory operations, analysis planning, and resource management.
• Monitoring the efficiency and operational costs of the laboratory; initiating actions to improve productivity and profitability.
• Achieving productivity, quality, and cost-related targets.
• Accountability for the laboratory’s financial performance (P&L), including budgeting, cost optimization, and driving sustainable revenue growth.
• Reporting work progress, performance results, and operational challenges.
• Ensuring a high level of communication and collaboration with internal and external clients.
• Ensuring high-quality results and timely completion of orders in line with PCA / ISO 17025 requirements.
• Cooperation with the Quality Department regarding corrective actions and maintaining compliance with procedures and standards.
• Development and update of operational procedures and analytical methods in response to organizational needs or regulatory changes.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and fostering a safety culture within the team.
• Managing the team: recruitment, training, performance evaluation, and competency development.
• Promoting an organizational culture based on safety, quality, ethics, and accountability.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Higher technical education, preferably an engineering discipline. Minimum 5 years of experience in managing operational teams (e.g., production environment). Experience in implementing or maintaining quality systems is a strong asset. Experience working in a laboratory (preferably environmental) is an advantage.

Competencies

• Strong planning, organizational, and work prioritization skills.
• Problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Very good command of English, both spoken and written.
• Proficient use of computer tools (MS Office, including MS Excel).
• Practical knowledge of Lean tools.
• Focus on quality, safety, and customer satisfaction.
• Good understanding of financial principles, with strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• High responsibility, independence, and initiative.
• Ability to support, motivate, and develop a team.

Additional Information

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

What do we offer?

• Stable employment in a growing and reputable organization.
• Private medical care.
• Life insurance.
• Support for professional development, training, and certification.
• Opportunity to influence key operational processes and implement your own ideas.
• Work in a collaborative environment based on respect, quality, and continuous improvement.

We embrace diversity! As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description

Eurofins Scientific is an international network of independent life sciences companies, 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 of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.In under 40 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 employees across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of over 950 laboratories in over 1,000 independent companies across 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.The Eurofins network generated EUR 7.296 billion revenues in FY 2025, and has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies for almost three decades.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities The Operations Manager oversees the daily activities of an environmental laboratory, ensuring high-quality analysis and compliance with ISO 17025 standards. They are responsible for financial performance (P&L), resource planning, and leading a team of analysts and technicians.