V.i.e Programme

Company 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.

**Job Description**:
After successfully achieving an ambitious four-year plan to double revenues to EUR 5 billion by 2020, Eurofins is now on a mission to achieve Operational Excellence in all of its businesses. The Permanent Improvement Programmes (PIP), reporting to the Chief Operating Officer - Food and Environment, is an instrumental part of this mission, as the internal consulting team of the Group, based in the Brussels global headquarters. Our team defines, governs and implements transformative and strategic projects to ensure harmonisation, standardisation and optimisation of relevant Eurofins laboratories and supporting operations.

The Junior Project Manager - Operations Transformation and Key Group Projects supports or owns projects that deliver final end-products. They support the team to deliver other projects showing interdependencies with their assignment.

The Junior Project Manager - Operations Transformation and Key Group Projects supports, takes part in, or manages projects to support the delivery of the key objectives of the Internal Consulting team:
1. Development of methodologies and standards in operational performance, financial transparency, and cost management

2. Definition, alignment and standardisation of key concepts and processes at Eurofins

The actual assignment(s) are depending on priorities set by the group management, available resources and skillsets of participants and can therefore change over time. The internal consulting team is frequently assigned to top priority projects, such as during the IT ransomware attack or the setup of the Eurofins COVID-19 response.

**Qualifications**:
**Experience**: Young graduates with up to 2 years in business consulting, internal consulting or operational business improvement / reengineering roles with project management experience.

**Education**: Scientific or business degree from Top University. Excellent student track record. Life Science and Chemistry Scientific degrees** **(e.g. Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology)** **or profiles mixing science and business are a plus.

**Languages**: Excellent oral and written English.

**Technical knowledge IT**: MS Office products; Access DB, Power BI, SLQ knowledge are a plus.

**Personal skills**:
Strong interpersonal skills (e.g. oral and written communication, presentation skills) as this role will interface significantly with operations and experts to carry out our projects. Curious, ambitious and a team player. Strong problem-solver with "can-do" mentality. Solid analytical skills with the ability to draw up quantitative and qualitative analyses from large dataset. Proven ability to independently set-up, manage and drive a clearly defined project.

Please note that the V.I.E contracts are only applicable to European Economic Area (EEA) citizens who are between 18 and 28 years old. The position is based in Brussels, Belgium.

Starting dates: immediate start

Additional Information

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 of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing, and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience Contract Research services. Eurofins is also a market leader in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in BioPharma Contract Development and Manufacturing. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 940 laboratories in 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.

In 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.72 billion, and has been among the best perfo