Laboratory Leader

We are looking to complete our team with a brilliant Laboratory Leader. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Manager to expand into a position with multiple touch point accountabilities throughout the lab.

**Role info**:
Laboratory Leader
Bolton
Competitive Salary
Plus Benefits
**Reporting to**: Operations Director

**Product / Service**: Manufacturer of dental products for dental practises & clinics

**Skills**: Strong People Management Skills, Execution Oriented, Target Focussed, Organised

**Who we are**:
ALS Dental is building Europe’s leading, most innovative and technologically advanced dental manufacturing business. We are a growing group of first-class, forward-thinking businesses including laboratories specialising in Crown and Bridge, Prosthetics and Orthodontics. ALS is continuing to increase the size and spread of the group through organic growth and acquisition of the very best dental businesses.

Our people are first and foremost our most valuable and important asset. By delivering excellent training and group wide development opportunities to all our employees, our ambition is to make ALS the employer of choice. This, together with an education and recruitment programme designed to attract diverse, new talent into our industry, we intend to grow the much-needed skill pool in the industry.

**The Laboratory Leader role**:
As Laboratory Leader, you will be responsible for the operation of your Laboratory. You will have leadership responsibility for all staff within your site in Bolton and will be responsible for achieving financial targets and driving ALS group strategies into your businesses to achieve sustainable growth.

**Key Responsibilities**:
+ Delivering Sales & EBITDA targets for the business
+ Working with the Operations Director to create and deliver annual sales and profit plans
+ Implementing ALS group plans at a local level
+ Developing and implementing GP improvement plans for the business
+ Recruiting, retaining & developing staff to create high performing, effective teams
+ Creating and implementing succession plans for all roles in the business
+ Putting in place personal development plans for all critical and high potential employees
+ Creating and implementing action plans to improve staff engagement
+ Ensuring compliance with DAMAS, local & ALS group quality & assurance processes
+ Ensuring all group & statutory Health & Safety requirements are met & maintained
+ Actively communicating to all staff group initiatives, developments & people policies
+ Working with the Head of Brand & Marketing to ensure that your business is ALS branded
+ Creating a diverse, inclusive, kind, innovative & high performance culture

**About you**:
+ Educated to degree level or equivalent technical qualification
+ General Management and experience working in a dental setting is beneficial but not essential
+ Execution oriented and target focussed
+ Excellent people leadership skills
+ Microsoft Office 365 literate including Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook