Colorifix Careers

Role description:

We are seeking a Laboratory Technician to enhance our Coloration team at Colorifix. The role will involve bacterial culture growth, fabric dyeing and testing, and R&D work. Candidates with a knowledge of microbiology and an interest in colour technology are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining and ordering general lab consumables
• Cleaning and sterilising labware
• Organising and setting up experiments
• Collecting, testing, and analysing samples
• Processing dyed fabric samples including photography, barcoding and uploading data
• Preparing and dyeing materials using specialised machinery
• Participating in PowerPoint presentations, meetings, and discussions
• Taking an active role in preparing and growing bacterial cultures for dyeing

Essential skills and Experience:

Desirable skills and experience:

Title: Laboratory Technician
Reports to: Dyeing Team Lead and Head of Coloration
Location: Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich
Remuneration: annual salary of £21,000-25,000, depending on level of experience.
Apply:
Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com. Please include the job title in the subject line.
Deadline:
The deadline for submission is midnight BST on 31.10.2023
Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
Colorifix is looking for an experienced business development professional to join their team in Cambridge. The ideal candidate will have a passion for sustainability, a strong track record in sales and an existing network within the textile industry. As the Business Development Lead, you will be responsible for expanding sales operations across international markets with a proven ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced environment. To achieve this, experience within the fashion and or textiles industry is essential.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
● Co-develop a growth strategy with C-level and Commercialisation Manager
● Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs
● Arrange and lead business meetings with prospective customers
● Build long-term relationships with new and existing customers
● Manage team of UK-based Business Development Associates
● Develop a deep understanding of the company’s products and services
● Strategic planning and implementation of operational changes
● Ensure alignment with other parts of the organisation
● Discuss promotional strategy and activities with the marketing department
● Promote the company’s products and services

Role Requirements:
● Demonstrable track record (10 years +) of success in sales and business development
● Experience in sales, margins, and P&L (Profit and Loss) analyses for a wide range of products, demonstrating the ability to discern market trends and patterns effectively
● Understanding of both technology trends and traditional business approaches
● Robust professional network with key industry players internationally including Asia
● Experience working within all levels of the supply chain including Tier 1, 2 and 3
● Flexibility to travel between our Cambridge, London and Norwich sites on a regular basis
● Ability to think strategically and analyse data to inform decision-making
● Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
● Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
● A collaborative, sleeves-rolled-up, results-based kind of approach

Title: Business Development Lead
Reports to: CCO
Location: Cambridge
Remuneration: Competitive
Holidays: 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com stating the role that you are applying for in the subject line.

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
Colorifix is made up of people who firmly believe that sustainable practices are key to creating a balance between mankind and the earth. We are looking for a full-time Administrative Assistant who believes in our core values for our facility in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal to help with administrative support to the growing team there and act as point of contact for visitors, deliveries etc. and interact with all departments companywide in Portugal, UK and globally. We have a unique product and process, and whilst we grow so will your role and knowledge base. Your role will be busy but diverse, including (but not limited to) reception duties, ordering and recording supplies, meeting room management, liaising with service suppliers, keeping the site within any current Covid guidelines, assisting the CCO with any day-to-day tasks as required and being the site point of contact for the UK Admin Lead, well as helping out the wider team in Portugal and in the United Kingdom.

Responsibilities:
● Administration including stocktaking, purchase requisitions, filing, data entry.
● Reception duties including welcoming visitors, handling deliveries, answering calls.
● Meeting room coordination including diary management, room preparation and refreshments.
Essential skills:
● Previous, recent, experience in a similar role
● Good computer skills, we use G-Suite, Slack, Adobe, and other company and role specific software
● Ability to speak English
Who are you?
● Completed upper secondary education as a minimum
● Adaptable and dependable
● An Excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills
● You have common sense and the ability to take initiative
● You have an interest in and awareness of environmental sustainability
● You have an Interest in textiles and fashion
● Able to provide own transportation to and from the office

Title: Administrative Assistant
Reports to: Director
Location: Vila Nova de Famalicão
Remuneration: 14,000 EUR – 17,000 EUR depending on experience
Holidays : 22 days + Birthday

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com stating the role that you are applying
for in the subject line.
Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive

Role description:

As part of Implementation team, the junior implementation specialist will work together with
our customers, bringing solutions to them and helping them to establish Colorifix technology
on each site. They would be involved in the fermenter commissioning, demonstration tests
(fermentation plus dye) at customers’ sites and client’s training onboarding on both
laboratory and full-scale fermentation plus dye processes. They would also be responsible
for knowledge capturing at the full-scale production in each site, to bring back the important
inputs for the new strain development scientists and dye development at Colorifix’s R&D
level.
The future junior implementation specialist will be expected to travel to client’s sites and to
have good communication, practical troubleshooting experience and recording skills to be
able to build the bridge between Colorifix development and the customers application.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

● Work close to customers, building strong and trustful relationships with them.
● Share information between the Colorifix development team and the customers.
● Assist on trials for new products and new customers onboarding, on both laboratory
and industrial procedures.
● Report to Colorifix team the trials, travel outcomes and challenges faced.
● Assist on the troubleshooting initiatives on solving any challenges brought by the
customers on the technology application.
● Assist on training new onboarding customers on the Colorifix technology.
● Work with the technical transfer documentation and industrial project
implementation.
● We expect you to be a team player eager to connect to fellow professionals in the
various scientific competence areas within Colorifix as well as to those from external
parties.

Role Requirements:

● You are a Microbial Physiologist, Biotechnologist, Chemical or Biochemical Engineer
by training, preferably at Master level or Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of
experience.
● You have experience with fermenter operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting at
any scale.
● Willingness to travel internationally on a regular basis
● You have experience in working together with customers and/or people outside your
organization.
● You have experience with running fermentation (E.coli, Yeast & Fungi) process,
preferably in an industrial context.
● You have knowledge of bio-process principles such as different modes of operation,
up- and down-scaling (through to pilot plant and full production), and/or bioprocess
data processing.
● Ability to work across multiple projects.
● You have high quality standards.
● You have a customer focus and are open to share knowledge with your colleagues.
● You combine solid problem analysis with practical judgment and creativity.
● Your personality can be described as collaborative, entrepreneurial, proactive,
responsible, result-driven and flexible.
● Good communication skills in English are required.
● Full driving license and own transportation required.
● Role open to EU citizens only.

Title: Junior Implementation Specialist
Reports to: Head of Implementation
Location: Vila Nova De Famalicao, Portugal
Remuneration: €30-32,000
Holidays: 22 + BH + Birthday

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com stating the role
that you are applying for in the subject line.
The closing date for applications is: 16th September 2023

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to
creating an inclusive environment for all employees