Regional Laboratory Manager - Southwest

Bureau Veritas•Torrance, CA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Laboratory Managers in the assigned region report directly to the Regional Laboratory Manager. Carries out management and supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Exhibit mutual respect and strong communication with the team.

Requirements

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.
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.
Valid driver’s license required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with P&L responsibilities (as an individual or part of a team) is a plus.
LEAN or Six Sigma certification is a plus.

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.
Key escalation point of contact for quality and operational issues that cannot be handled at the local level.
Ensure all laboratories have adequate resources to safely perform all aspects of work.
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.
Performing the above duties and responsibilities, and all others that may be assigned, exercising good judgment, common sense, and diplomacy.
Knowledgeable of ISO 17025 and ISO 9001.
Travel required, estimated at 25-75%.