Lab Services Lead / Pharma Industry from Pioneer Data Systems
North Wales, PA 19477
About the Job
Our client, a world-leading Pharmaceutical Company in Spring House, PA is currently looking for a Lab Services Lead to join their expanding team.
Position Details:
- Job Title: Lab Services Lead / Pharma Industry
- Duration: 12 months contract, extendable up to 24 months
- Location: Spring House, PA
Note:
- The client has the right-to-hire you as a permanent employee at any time during or after the end of the contract.
- You may participate in the company group medical insurance plan
Job Description:
- Lab Services Lead
Notes:
- Role will be onsite at Spring House or Malvern location
- Must be able to travel between both PA sites
- May have to drive to NJ once a month for meetings
- This position is a "Lab Services Lead "
- Bachelors degree required
- Must be familiar with lab environments
- Will be working with stakeholders directly
- Will be working with 3rd party suppliers and managing the providers who deliver services
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication
- Help drive standardization processes
- Must ensure lab services are being met
- Must know lab standards
Top 3 Skills:
- Must be able to show progression in a lab environment
- Must have progressed in Project Management skills (following a time line and budget, etc)
- Must have the ability to manager the suppliers/providers
Summary of Assignment:
- This role is based in Spring House or Malvern, PA and reports to the Regional Lab Services Regional Manager.
- The Lab Services Lead is accountable for Lab Services strategy execution and providing oversight of vendor service delivery in the PA, NJ region.
- This individual has accountability for standardized and consistent Lab Services within the selected sites.
- This role is responsible for alignment with the site business customers, and other stakeholders and partners.
- Key relationships include Lab Services leadership, site level business customers and FM resources, outsourced vendors management team, key client partners (e.g., Finance, IT, HR, EHS, Quality, Compliance, eCMMS teams, and Procurement)
- A suitable candidate for this role will have strong communication skills, experience in regulated environments and GxP labs, and experience with outsourced models.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing Lab Services at assigned sites
- Implement Lab Services, driving standardized and consistent processes
- Assure sustained operations for Lab Services
- Accountable for deployment of Lab Services strategies/programs across assigned sites
- Accountable for Lab Services business continuity plans
- Serve as the point of contact for implementation of new services and input on projects
- Support Lab Services team on innovation, sustainability, and process improvement projects
- Responsible for site lab services performance
- Assure services are delivered in compliance with SOPs, regulatory requirements
- Accountable for data/information accuracy to support Lab Services
- Metrics, programs, and performance.
- Assure that all lab services contractors (Avantor, Agilent, CBRE) receive appropriate training according to scope of work; monitor training compliance
- Responsible for oversight/performance management of lab services operating budgets
- Partner on the entitlement / needs assessment process for the assigned sites
- Monitor actual vs budget and ensure change controls are processed accurately
- Accountable for up to date and accurate inventory process in partnership with the business and suppliers
- Collaborate with eCMMS team to support the ongoing maintenance of asset inventory
- Monitor utilization of standardized tool to maintain accurate inventory of lab assets
- Support business partners with asset redeployment needs
- Focus on Customer and Supplier Engagement
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships between Lab services, business partners, and outsourced vendors at the assigned sites
- Develop and champion effective one team mind set among contracted partners supporting lab services on site
- Attend and/or chair program governance forums such as SMT and weekly operations meetings.
- Partner with EHS to assure that services are in alignment with safety policies and procedures
- Serve as the point of escalation for lab services standards, programs and processes within sites
- Responsible for supplier issue resolution at the site level
Experience / Knowledge Required:
- Bachelor's degree in science, engineering or equivalent required
- Master's degree in science, engineering, management or equivalent preferred
- Experience in Pharmaceutical R&D lab environment preferred
- Minimum of 2 years of regulatory environment experience required
Experience, Skills and Knowledge:
- Strong communications skills
- Strong management and technical skills
- Knowledge of laboratory safety standards
- Experience related to risk management, quality, and compliance
- Knowledge of lean, six sigma, just-in time inventory management, and root cause analysis
- Ability to lead and make decisions with authority
