Associate Director - Cell Production

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 works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.
Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 50,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialized clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Lead Innovation. Drive Excellence. Shape the Future of Cell‑Based Products.

This role leads the Eurofins DiscoverX Cell Production team in delivering world‑class cell‑based products while advancing operational excellence and continuous improvement. You will be a key driver of performance—optimizing processes, improving scalability, and delivering strong operational results in a collaborative environment.

• The day-to-day operation of bioassay and cell line manufacturing group and process improvement to drive quality, efficiency and capacity.
• Applying GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
• Assisting the Head of Operations by managing the bioassay and cell line production team and their team members in the preparation and implementation of operating plans and strategies consistent with business objectives such as improved TAT, on-time delivery and achieving pre-set revenue and EBITA targets.

• Ensure the cell-based production organization is prepared to execute on volume, product transfer, and product development initiatives. This includes supporting the Tech Transfer group for new product introduction (NPI), Critical Reagent program, working closely with R&D to ensure smooth and efficient product transfer and improving workflows and efficiencies such as implementation of Lean program strategies.
• Implement activities for the team to minimize to eliminate back order issues for all cell based assay products include assay ready products, cell lines and bioassay cells, develop cost improvement plans, improve product delivery performance, efficiency, throughput, and implementing process changes.
• Critical to the role is the expertise to troubleshoot and optimize cell growth to maximize viability and recovery of cryopreserved cell productions, especially for assay ready applications.
• Experience in scale up approaches for both adherent and suspension cultures and automated cryopreservation methods are preferred.
• Provide tracking of TAT metrics for new product transfers, historical cell culture metrics, inventory, cryo-storage optimization, margin, backorder, managing safety stocks, and…