Regional Laboratory Manager - Southwest

Summary

The Regional Laboratory Manager provides active P&L leadership for multiple laboratories as assigned. The individual in this role provides strong leadership, a strategic mindset, and strong business acumen to drive performance KPI initiatives.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Exhibit exemplary ethics and champion these ethics. Shared accountability for achieving the profit and loss targets of the region.
• Accountable performance KPI’s in the region to include turnaround time, retest optimization, certificate of analyses revision, PTP, SQC, and other KPI as assigned.
• Responsible for assigned laboratories cost optimization to include consumables, repair and maintenance and external subcontracting.
• Responsible for laboratory personnel decisions across the region, including recruitment, retention, training and professional development.
• Promote and drive development and optimization of the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to improve quality, service, customer engagement, and laboratory process management.
• Support client marketing and development and assist with identification and development of new business opportunities within the region and across North America.
• Act as a liaison with the Technical Services group to reduce instrument downtime. This may include hands-on instrument maintenance, repair and calibration.
• Act as a liaison with the Quality and EHS team to optimize performance. This may include hands-on with quality and safety tasks.
• Maintain corporate policy & procedure adherence at regional level.
• Champion employee motivation.
• Disseminate corporate level information and direction to all assigned laboratories.
• Review local operations for all aspects of the continuous improvement process. Work collaboratively with Sales/BD, Key Account Managers and Inspection Operations to continually improve to foster customer partnerships.
• Handle all disciplinary matters in a fair and consistent manner and maintain open communication with Human Resources.
• Represents Bureau Veritas by appearance and conduct.
• Ensure business practices meet or exceed company policy and industry standards.

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledgeable of ISO 17025 and ISO 9001.
• Successful track record of leadership.
• Solid decision maker to drive both short- and long-term performance.
• Broad experience in laboratory environment, inspection and other petrochemical related business as well as in-depth understanding of the business operation and customer base.
• Understanding and experience of good business management practices, including basic finance, strategy, HR, sales and marketing.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in scientific discipline, business, economics or related field.
• 5+ years' experience in a leadership role in a laboratory and/or quality management environment.
• Experience with P&L responsibilities (as an individual or part of a team) is a plus.
• LEAN or Six Sigma certification is a plus.

Benefits

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the normal knowledge, skill, and/or ability levels required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

At Bureau Veritas, we are dedicated to ensuring our employees receive fair and competitive pay, accompanied by comprehensive health and wellness benefits. Here's a breakdown of what we provide:

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, Company-matched Retirement plan, Generous Paid Time Off and Company Holidays, Life Insurance and AD&D coverage, Paid Parental Leave, Up to 10 Weeks for Pregnancy Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD), Tuition Assistance, along with optional life and pet insurance, Access to Corporate Discounts.

This information is transparently provided in adherence to several state and local Equal Pay and Pay Transparency Laws, with our base pay determined by market location.