Quality

Lab Manager - Analytical methods Chemistry/Materials

• France
• Annecy
• On-site

About the job

Danone Analytical Excellence team, belonging to Global Quality and Food Safety (QFS) entity, aims at developing and ensuring a highly responsive, reliable, and cost effective QFS laboratory network, gathering internal & external capabilities, to deal with all analytical needs, from emerging topics to regulatory requirements, to protect consumers and patients trusting our brands.

MISSIONS

Integrated to a multidisciplinary team of 20 persons within Danone Global French Analytical Expertise Center, you will be responsible to develop and implement analytical methods applied to materials and food matrices, contributing to expand the capabilities of the laboratory to answer to analytical needs of global and local Quality and Food Safety teams, Operations and R&D teams, according to ISO/CEI 17025 standard.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage a team of 7 technicians to guarantee the completion of tests and validation of results, in a rigorous quality environment (ISO 17025 accredited laboratory)
• Be the preferred contact and ensure interface with customers in the field of chemistry/materials testing (Quality, Research and Development Services)
• Propose relevant technical solutions to requests related to container-content interaction
• Participate in analytical developments and performance evaluations of the department's methods, hand-in-hand with the analytical development manager
• Interact with external laboratories on analytical topics of interest to the group
• Ensure the interface with equipment suppliers for the development and maintenance of the analytical equipment.
• Actively participate in the continuous improvement of the laboratory.

About you

About Danone

A key role in the development of Danone analytical capabilities in a dynamic environment, to protect our consumers.

Job details

Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition.