Team leader Pesticides 1

You are a true people manager: you understand the individual needs and motivations of your employees, as well as the needs of the team and the organization. You are quality-oriented, can effectively manage processes, and handle strict deadlines well. You have successfully completed at least a higher professional education (HBO/WO) in a field related to the team's work (life sciences or chemistry).

Additionally, you have:

• at least 5 years of experience leading professionals with various educational backgrounds;
• a good command of both English and Dutch;
• experience with project management and LEAN working is a plus;
• knowledge of quality systems (e.g., ISO 17025), occupational health and safety, environment, and safety.

For a team leader at WFSR, the following competencies are important: coaching, connecting leadership, result-oriented management, persuasiveness, organizational sensitivity, planning & organizing.

Where you will work
Wageningen Food Safety Research conducts research on safe and reliable food. We specialize in (forensic) measurements and develop analytical methods to detect unwanted substances in food. We have state-of-the-art LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS, and HRMS facilities. The Pesticides-1 team analyzes various food products, food raw materials, and animal feed for the presence of pesticides. Many types of vegetables and fruits entering Europe by container transport or airplane are analyzed by us and reported on short deadlines before being released by the authorities for consumers in the Netherlands and Europe.
The Pesticides 1 team, along with 5 other WFSR teams, forms the Contaminants & Toxicology business unit, which, in addition to pesticide research and routine analyses of food and feed, also conducts analytical-chemical research and develops new chemical analytical methods.