Valerie Vander Loop

Experience

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  Labcorp

  Mar 2010 - Jun 2023

  • Lead preparation, evolution, execution and communication of return to work strategy for the Madison and Huntingdon sites; establish a flex area for hybrid employees; participate in site facility planning activities• Assist in creating/sustaining a culture focused on quality, engagement, clients, process, and establishes programs to impact and monitor site-wide employee morale/engagement; forming animal operations recruitment strategy for Huntingdon and Eye sites• Ambassador to the site’s business continuity, disaster recovery and crisis response plans in collaboration with the respective functional/global leads• Driving consistency and sharing best practices between ED sites; actively participate and facilitate Campus Leadership Meetings and Global Site Lead Council Meetings• Active Labcorp Ambassador; attends regional colleges for career fairs and info sessions Show less • Manages three specialty groups that conduct/support toxicological studies; ensure testing is completed by established deadlines in compliance with SOPs, GLPs, and regulatory agency guidelines• Responsible for supervisor/staff development; assures quality animal care and data collection; oversees budgeting and fiscal management• Conducts supervisor performance reviews and salary administration; prepares departmental goals; proposes and implements departmental policies and procedures, including departmental staffing decisions• Leads global/regional/departmental projects; involved in many projects/initiatives to improve staffing and hiring; streamlining regional animal house position descriptions • Conducts interviews for animal operations department and provides lab tours to potential hires; manager of Animal Operations Internship Program (Summer 2020 and 2021).• Active Labcorp Ambassador; travels to regional colleges for career fairs and info sessions; conducts onsite interviews Show less • Manages team of 13 sample collection technicians; develops staffing schedules, plans work distribution, strategy and organizes necessary resources for study conduct and assignments• Responsible for staff development and assuring motivated team members in all phases of applicable laboratory practices; developed mentorship program for new staff to assimilate quickly and contribute • Conducts performance reviews, prepares training plans and executes departmental goals for staffing, including hiring, discipline, evaluation and termination; proposes and implements process improvement plans and policies for the team and/or department to improve education, facilities, and equipment• Leads projects for animal operations department; clinical pathology blood volume requirements for specific client and update protocol wording to balance workload, work more efficiently, and reduce FTEs• Improve lab/testing processes to maximize study effectiveness; assisted in creating departmental strategy to reduce overtime; effectively communicated and implemented new processes to save staff time and decrease need for overtime • Conducts interviews for animal operations department (all levels), provides lab tours to potential hires, and staffs weekend open houses; actively engaged in the hiring strategy for animal operations • Active Covance Ambassador; travels to tier 1 colleges for career fairs and info sessions; conducts onsite interviews Show less

  • DDRP Rotation #1: Early Development Site Leadership Experience

    Apr 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Animal Operations Manager I/II

    Apr 2020 - Apr 2022

  • Sample Collection Supervisor I/II/III

    Jun 2015 - Apr 2020

  • Sample Collection Technician Trainee/I/II

    Oct 2011 - Jun 2015

  • Study Technician I/II

    Mar 2010 - Oct 2011
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  Fortrea

  Jun 2023 - now

  RISE Rotation #2: Fortrea RISE & Global Internship Program Manager