Logistics Manager

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.

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.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

The purpose of this role will be tooversee sample collection and co-ordination of routes to ensure efficient use of company drivers’ time and maximise possible return of samples to laboratories and driving team.

This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday from 09:00 till 17:00.

• Oversee sample collection and co-ordination of routes to ensure efficient use of company drivers’ time.
• Oversee the daily routes, and suggest where improvements can be made.
• Creating waybills throughout the day for any collection requests outside of in-house driver’s areas. Pick up arrangements from end customers.
• Tracking of shipments for both Diagnostics and Genetics DHL accounts. DHL issues support and investigations for both customers and internal shipments to France and Ireland.
• Communication with the laboratory team for logistics enquiries internally for sending stock, samples, or any other consumables out/in. Depending on request allocating and arranging the courier, packaging advise/ pick up arrangements.
• Communication and support for customer services in Diagnostics and Genetics team for any new customers logistics enquiries. Providing quotations.
• Customs paperwork: advising customers and internal teams on the correct information required for paperwork, providing templates, support in finding right commodities, values, description etc.
• Dealing directly with customs issues with DHL, FEDEX, UPS depending on which supplier was used.
• Sort dry ice orders (weekly), including managing variations due to annual leave of drivers or special requirements.
• Import waybills creation for Mavie (Austria and Germany), twice a week andSafeAmbryo (Greece) per request.
• Communication with Germany to fulfil tracking numbers on the shared spreadsheet between UK, Germany and Italy for the Genetics team.
• Managing the XOne relationship and arranging correct transport of samples and transport boxes.
• Daily management of the Logistics driving team for Guildford, as well as covering holidays and sickness arrangements.
• Liaison with third party couriers to facilitate an efficient daily collections plan.
• Internal communication with other Eurofins departments with regards to managing and distribution consumables.
• Collation of monthly logistics collections report for invoicing purposes.
• DHL reports management.
• Effective management of the Eurofins fleet, ensuring all vans are well maintained and road worthy.
• Ensuring highest standards of Health and Safety are maintained across the logistics team including arranging UN3373 training for Dangerous Goods.
• Assisting on induction training of logistics team.
• Monitor third party courier costs to ensure that they are effectively controlled costs are controlled through effective use of resources.
• Co-operate with the investigation and resolution of customer issues relating to their business unit.
• Maintain high standard of temperature control, through the calibration of probes and profiling of vans where appropriate.
• Work with both internal and external kit manufacturers to ensure consumables are shipped to customers and clients in an effective, economical…