Job Description

MANAGER, CHEMISTRY LABORATORY - SGS North America, Inc., Fairfield, New Jersey. Supervise Chemists, Technicians, Login team and QC team (Daily tasks as well as hiring: interviewing, selection; planning work, scheduling, performance evaluations, performance management and termination for employees); ensures client requests are met in a timely and effective manner / Meets with clients and helps to resolve client complaints; participates in negotiating contracts and provides information required quoting; responsible for protocol and report write up and approval; develops department plans to improve efficiency and meet changing client needs; represents SGS during client visits and regulatory inspections, in conjunction with the Site Manager, plans and executes: staffing, supply, equipment, and facility issues as necessary to properly run the chemistry testing department to meet client and SGS needs; also ensures department operates in a manner that is profitable to SGS; responsible for providing data and feedback on monthly and yearly forecasts / conducts regular performance reviews of department staff; and adheres to internal standards, policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or related field plus four (4) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.  Experience must include: Four (4) years of experience supervising day-to-day laboratory operation and scheduling of routine samples and projects; four (4) years of experience training laboratory analysts on the following techniques and methods: Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES), and Microwave assisted sample digestion; four (4) years of experience performing testing (including Method Development, Method Validation, and routine Elemental Analysis) in accordance with specified methods,; documenting activities in accordance with current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) or ISO 17025; four (4) years of experience ensuring client requests are met in a timely and effective manner; meeting with clients and helping to resolve client complaints; and four (4) years of experience participating in negotiating contracts and providing information required for quoting.

Additional Information

SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts the company’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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