Head of the Application Laboratory – Lyon France
Head of the Application Laboratory – Lyon France
About us
MEDELPHARM (40 employees), a subsidiary of the KORSCH Group, is an international company recognized for its high-performance tablet compaction simulators . Our Innovation Center supports customers around the world with formulation support, compression challenges and expert training — with a unique positioning: applied science, technical innovation, and hands‑on expertise.
To support our international growth, we are recruiting our:
Head of the Application Laboratory – Lyon France
You lead a strategic department at the crossroads of science, technology, and customer relations.
Your Responsibilities
1. Management & Organisation
- Manage and develop the team.
- Set objectives, drive performance, and foster a collaborative working environment.
- Oversee activity planning and optimize resources (people, budgets, equipment).
- Ensure the implementation of the Quality & HSE policy.
2. Scientific expertise & customer projects on international scope
- Carry out trials, training courses and technical projects for our customers.
- Provide advanced expertise in formulation and compression to solve complex customer issues.
- Contribute to the design of our new products (machines, software).
- Provide support to Marketing to produce scientific content.
- Represent the company at scientific events, trade shows, and conferences.
3. Contribution to the international KORSCH network
- Represent MEDELPHARM within the global network of Innovation Centers of the KORSCH Group.
Your Profile
Your background
- Pharmacist with proven experience in pharmaceutical development / tablet formulation (pharmaceutical industry). Fluent English is essential.
- At least 5 years of management experience.
- Experience in international environments; CDMO experience is a plus.
- Expertise in compression processes is required.
Your strengths
- Natural leadership and the ability to engage and develop a team. Team spirit.
- Organization, rigor, vision, and prioritization.
- Scientific curiosity.
- Excellent communication skills and customer service mindset.
- A strategic role with a direct impact on product and customer innovation.
- An agile company where your ideas can be implemented quickly. Our values are Respect, Innovation, Customer Commitment, and Team Cohesion.
- A stimulating technical environment, working closely with international clients and experts.