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 works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 47,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2019, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 4.56 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Permanent Improvement Programmes (PIP) is the internal consulting team of the Eurofins Group based in Brussels. The team’s primary mission is to support Eurofins’ ambitious four year plan to profitably grow revenues to EUR 5 billion by 2020. Our team defines, governs and implements programmes to ensure harmonisation, standardisation and optimisation of relevant Eurofins operations.

Eurofins is currently looking for new talent to join their driven, highly skilled and diverse team of consultants. This is a very challenging and entrepreneurial position for a highly motivated candidate willing to be involved in the global strategy of a fast-growing company.

The intern is assigned to at least one project in the Permanent Improvement Programmes scope. He/she supports an Internal Consultant by independently running a number of specific activities, with a clear and limited scope. The PIP intern supports, or takes part in, projects aiming to deliver the key objectives of the Internal Consulting team: 

• Define and support alignment and standardisation of key concepts and processes at Eurofins
• Define and develop standard laboratories and processes for specific applications
• Develop methodologies and standards in performance and cost management

The position is based in Brussels, Belgium.

Starting date is August 2, 2021

• Education: Master’s degree in Engineering or Business from a top European university/business school with an excellent academic track record.
• Languages: Excellent English oral and written is a must. French and/or German are a plus.
• Personal skills: Strong problem-solver with “can-do” attitude, able to both pragmatically define solutions and capture and understand all relevant details when necessary.
• Technical knowledge IT: MS Office products. SQL competences are a plus.

The Permanent Improvement Programmes are led by a diverse and international team working closely with upper management. This is a great position to get the foot in the door of a company where entrepreneurship is valued and internal movements are possible around the world.