Analytical Lab Analyst

The Role

Are you ready to make your mark in a world-leading FMCG company that thrives on innovation, collaboration, and excellence? Imperial Brands is on the lookout for a passionate and meticulous Analytical Lab Analyst to become a key player in our cutting-edge laboratory team. With the support of over 25,000 dedicated colleagues worldwide, you’ll be at the forefront of ensuring scientific integrity and analytical excellence in everything we do. If you're driven by precision, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and are eager to support groundbreaking work in a global setting—this is your opportunity to shine!

Principle Accountabilities

• Drive Analytical Excellence: Perform both routine and non-routine testing with precision and speed, ensuring full compliance with GxP, GLP, and regulatory standards.
• Lead Innovation & Problem Solving: Tackle technical challenges head-on, contribute to root cause analysis, and support the development and validation of cutting-edge analytical methods.
• Own Your Projects: Take charge of individual projects from start to finish—organising, executing, and reporting progress monthly while maintaining meticulous documentation.
• Champion Quality & Compliance: Produce and manage essential lab documents including SOPs, validation records, and reports, all aligned with ICH guidelines.
• Collaborate & Communicate: Build strong cross-functional relationships to ensure lab needs are clearly understood and supported across the business.
• Mentor & Evolve: Support junior analysts, help introduce and validate new equipment and continuously improve lab operations and stock management.

Skills and Experience Required

• Expert in Advanced Techniques: Bring your hands-on experience with HPLC, GC, and Pharmacopeia analysis to a lab that values precision and innovation.
• Compliance-Driven Mindset: Implement robust procedures that ensure full alignment with GxP and other critical regulatory standards.
• Exceptional Communicator: Use your strong written and verbal communication skills to clearly convey complex technical insights.
• Analytical Powerhouse: Combine sharp technical acumen with excellent report writing and statistical analysis capabilities.
• Decisive & Deadline-Focused: Thrive under pressure, make confident decisions, and consistently deliver within agreed timelines.
• Health & Safety Advocate: Take ownership of lab safety by performing routine housekeeping and maintaining up-to-date COSHH, PUWER, and risk assessments in line with company policies—ensuring a safe and compliant working environment for all.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.

Everyone Belongs