Food Sensitivity Project Manager - V.I.E Programme

Company Description

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.

Job Description

How can you help us?

Eurofins In Vitro Diagnostics Solutions is looking for a Food Sensitivity Project Manager for its Gold Standard Diagnostics office located in Kassel, Germany.

Gold Standard Diagnostics is a global provider of diagnostic technologies and instruments in the fields of bioanalytical testing for the food, feed, environmental, animal health, and clinical diagnostics industries.

With expert teams in Research & Development, manufacturing, sales, and customer service, they provide innovative, reliable solutions worldwide, aiming to enhance the customer experience. Their goal is to deliver a gold standard of laboratory diagnostics and provide comprehensive testing solutions for Eurofins and third-party laboratories.

To further develop their food sensitivity testing in Kassel, Germany, they are looking for a business-forward V.I.E candidate with an interest in technology, business strategy, economics, and legal insight.

As they define their long-term approach, you’ll play a key role in guiding senior management by delivering clear, relevant information, exploring different angles, and evaluating strategic options. If you enjoy turning complexity into clarity and influencing big decisions, this is your opportunity to make an impact.

As Food Sensitivity Project Manager, you will:

Collaborate closely with teams from Research & Development, commercial operations, and support senior management, and internal and external stakeholders.

Benchmark competitor products and strategies, and build a deeper understanding of laboratory requirements and workflows.

Align with service providers, for software development or product certification, and potential clients to organise external feasibility studies and trials.

Conduct option analyses, including high-level assessment on timelines, risks and costs.

Organise the flow of information between stakeholders by hosting meetings and providing presentations or trainings.

Collect and present information to create a basis for a core business case.

What can we do for you?

Exposure & growth: You’ll join a global network that values growth and development and have a lead role in a strategic project for Gold Standard Diagnostics with exposure to group leaders.

Training & development: In a supportive work environment you will collaborate with talented professionals, and develop your analytical, strategic, communication, and language skills.

Qualifications

Are you our kind of extraordinary?

Education: Currently enrolled, soon-to-graduate or recently graduated with a university degree or master’s degree in engineering, biotechnology, natural sciences or business/economics. Previous internships at a laboratory or company in the biotechnology industry is a plus.

Languages: Fluent in English, German is a plus.

Personal skills: You have strong communication skills, with solid analytical and problem-solving abilities. You are flexible and adaptable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Please note that V.I.E contracts are only applicable to European Economic Area (EEA) citizens who are between 18 and 28 years old. The position is based in Kassel, Germany.

Starting date: As soon as possible.

Duration of the contract: 12 months.

Learn more about V.I.E roles here: https://mon-vie-via.businessfrance.fr/en

Additional Information

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: 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.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 60 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.