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Shawnee, Ks, Us

Shawnee, Ks, Us

• Led all lab initiatives for seamless day-to-day operations, including lab waste management, consumable management, safety committee, pipet recycling, lab gases, equipment maintenance and servicing.• Supervised a team of staff and consultants, ensuring the delivery of high-quality service as lab personnel grew from 25 to as high as over 100.• Revamped case form documentation to address a critical process gap in equipment purchasing, yielding beneficial data transparency, reducing installation delays, and eradicating unexpected deliveries.• Facilitated the design, buildout, and successful move from an 11,800 square foot facility into a new 74,000 square foot site.• Implemented and assumed control of Blue Mountain asset management tracker to help track and facilitate the installation and maintenance schedule of all equipment.• Oversaw both Elemental Machines to remotely monitor freezers, incubators, and crucial environment parameters as well as ChemInventory to track what chemicals were on-site and keep an online safety data sheet (SDS) database.• Managed shipping of all domestic and foreign shipments as well as the receiving of day-to-day packages.• Allocated a $3M department budget in accordance with company financial goals.• Led changeover of inventory management vendors, which yielded a $100K savings the first year and was on track to increase even more in the second year. Worked with the researchers, to more than triple the products stocked, saving valuable time and space.• Partnered with EH&S to ensure site safety and compliance with city and state regulations.• Oversaw lab safety and regulatory compliance, including tracking of biologics, chemicals, and hazardous materials and enforcing PPE policy and lab safety rules in conjunction with safety consultants.

Greater Boston Area

• Successfully managed day-to-day operations at two sites with 250 personnel.• Trained and mentored a team of three lab support technicians.• Owned lab-specific aspects of two 30,000 sq ft site designs/buildouts and assisted in multiple capital projects.• Collaborated with leadership to understand and anticipate lab needs and develop short- and long-term area improvement plans.• Implemented effective consumables management strategies and optimized shipping/receiving processes.• Coordinated with service providers and vendor contracts for maintenance, calibration, and repair of lab equipment.• Partnered with EH&S to ensure compliance with lab safety standards, resulting in successful inspections.• Adapted to navigate supply chain disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic.• Recognized for outstanding performance and promoted twice throughout tenure.

Worcester, Massachusetts

• Assisted in the day to day laboratory operations.• Receipt and accessioned of biological samples.• Order and maintained an inventory of laboratory supplies.• Coordinated preventative maintenance and service for laboratory equipment.• Made buffers following GLP standards to supply mass spectrometers.

Sterling, Massachusetts

Grafton, Massachusetts

St. Joseph, Missouri Area

Lenexa, Kansas