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Reading, United Kingdom

Key Achievements include:· Led and developed a team of seven scientific administrators to ensure the smooth operation of samples receipt and distribution for scientific testing · Carried out detailed administration and management of all samples coming to RSSL ensuring accurate documentation, relevant methodology and allocation of correct tests to enable uninterrupted transition to the testing stage.· Successfully formulated and documented a procedure for storing and handling controlled substances across company’s two sites, ensuring that Home Office regulations were met; also delivered companywide training for all affected staff.· Introduced new ways of working to manage resources across food and pharmaceutical areas to deliver efficiency savings within the department and a ‘right first time’ approach to the testing stage.· Developed and documented sample handling procedure across multiple laboratories for one sample to ensure quality and longevity of sample utilised minimising error rates and failures· Designed new laboratory space and functionality, successfully negotiating additional space to maximise productivity and improve samples’ security and traceability.· Actively participated in internal and external audits

Reading, United Kingdom

Key Achievements include:• Efficiently collaborated with other departments to deliver and report on time complex testing results for several key clients.• Planned and allocated analytical work for technical and support staff, improved efficiency by batching of testing, and reduced late results which led to improved customer satisfaction• Documented many non-routine methods performed in the department to build a functional database.• Performed capability gap assessment within department, resulting in additional training for staff, which improved delivery times to customers whilst reducing equipment downtime.• Took charge of stability studies and created an additional database per product to simplify experience of spotting undesirable trends.• Annually led review of departmental test methods to ensure they precisely reflected the most current procedures and to improve new staff training experience.• Wrote validation protocols for testing new products and oversaw delivery of results to ensure the company could continue providing analytical support to existing and new clients.• Positively resolved customer complaints, ensured investigation was recorded and that identified corrective actions were implemented to prevent incidents’ reoccurrence.

Reading, United Kingdom

Key achievements include:• Performed and reported a variety of routine testing results, method development and validation in food and pharmaceutical products by HPLC, GC and IC to UKAS or GMP standards.• Interpreted complex chromatography results

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

To support my MSc Diploma research, I contributed to the development and optimization of an analytical procedure for acid herbicides quantification in surface waters after enrichment in Chemcatcher passive sampler.