Business Unit Manager Environment Testing Greece

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Business Unit Manager to lead and develop our environmental testing business and to drive this team and organisation forward.

Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be responsible for the overall management and performance of the Environment Business Unit in Athens, leading a team of 40 employees across laboratory operations, sampling and sales. You will combine hands-on operational leadership with business development, financial performance management and team development, ensuring that the business delivers reliable analytical services while strengthening its market position.

Key accountabilities:

• Develop the Environmental Business Unit through business growth and operational efficiency.
• Deliver high-quality environmental testing services to external customers.
• Drive commercial development and identify new market opportunities.
• Improve laboratory processes, productivity and cost efficiency.
• Meet operational and financial targets defined by the Group.
• Lead and develop the team across laboratory operations, sampling and sales.
• Drive continuous improvement and business development initiatives.
• Develop an organizational culture aligned with Eurofins DNA and values.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations, accreditation requirements and Group Quality standards.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g. Chemistry, Environmental Science, Biology) or business.
• At least 5 years of management experience in an environmental testing laboratory or a related business.
• Knowledge of environmental laboratory operations and testing is an advantage.
• Strong strategic thinking and commercial mindset, with experience driving business growth.
• Good financial understanding, including budgeting, P&L and profitability.
• Practical exposure to Lean and other Continuous Improvement methodologies is an advantage.
• Strong decision-making, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Entrepreneurial, hands-on and results-oriented approach.
• Experience in international environment is an advantage.
• Fluent Greek and English.

Additional Information

We support your development! Do you feel like 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.

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

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international network of independent life sciences companies, 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 under 40 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 employees across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of over 950 laboratories in over 1,000 independent companies across 59 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.

The Eurofins network generated EUR 7.296 billion revenues in FY 2025 and has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies for almost three decades.