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!

This role is offered as a 12 month Fixed Term Opportunity 

Principle Accountabilities

• Deliver Analytical Excellence: Perform both routine and complex testing with accuracy and efficiency, ensuring full compliance with GxP, GLP, and applicable regulatory standards.

• Lead Innovation and Troubleshooting: Resolve technical challenges, contribute to root cause analysis, and support the development and validation of novel analytical methods.

• Manage Projects Independently: Take ownership of assigned projects from planning through to reporting, maintaining clear, timely documentation and monthly progress updates.

• Ensure Quality and Compliance: Create and maintain essential laboratory documentation—SOPs, validation protocols, and technical reports—in line with ICH and internal quality standards.

• Collaborate Across Functions: Build strong working relationships with cross-functional teams to ensure laboratory needs are understood and effectively supported.

• Support Development and Continuous Improvement: Mentor junior analysts, assist with equipment validation, and contribute to ongoing improvements in laboratory operations and stock control.

Skills and Experience Required

• Skilled in Advanced Analytical Techniques: Proven hands-on experience with HPLC, GC, and Pharmacopeial methods, delivering high-precision results in complex laboratory environments.

• Compliance-Focused Professional: Implements and maintains rigorous procedures aligned with GxP, COSHH, PUWER, and other regulatory standards to ensure full operational compliance.

• Clear and Effective Communicator: Strong written and verbal communication skills used to convey technical data and insights clearly across teams and stakeholders.

• Technically and Statistically Proficient: Combines deep analytical expertise with robust report writing and statistical analysis to support data-driven decision-making.

• Decisive and Deadline-Oriented: Performs confidently under pressure, consistently meeting deadlines while maintaining high standards of accuracy and quality.

• Health & Safety Champion: Actively promotes a safe working environment through routine housekeeping, risk assessments, and adherence to company safety policies.

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.