Graduates Development Programme_Key Account Specialist (GDP)

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Graduate Development Programme

Graduate Development Programme (GDP) gives you an in-depth look at our business as a whole, while immersing you in real roles within a functional area of the business to accelerate the career of young talents at Reckitt. You will gain valuable experience through proper mentoring, taking risks, and working in a dynamic environment. 

This talent program is designed to unlock the potential of our next generation of leaders. It is a great opportunity for you to develop professionally and become a potential future manager. 

We will officially welcome our GDP new joiners on the 3rd of June 2024. 

About the role

As a Graduate, you will have a chance to join a fast-track 18-24 months (full-time), cross-function program for young talents with regional cooperation and dedicated regional development program, having the freedom to gain hands-on experience with some of the world’s most leading consumer products. It will enable you to gain an extensive view of the business and speed up your career!

During the program, you will go through at least 2 rotations between departments within the function: Sales Modern Trade & Trade Marketing

You will spend your first rotation as a specialist in one of those departments, and then you will rotate to another team, having the chance to get to know the business from the few perspectives.
Depending on the department, you will have end-to-end responsibility for a particular activity, you will be involved from day one and will be fully integrated as part of our team. You will get the chance to plan a strategy for the rotation, agree your plans with the manager and then execute them. The focus will be on ‘learning through doing’ but with the support and mentoring of our experienced team.

Your responsibilities

Developing, selling, implementing and evaluating business plans to meet or exceed financial goals and responsibility for achieving strategic objectives per customer

Managing and improving distribution, pricing, shelving and merchandising

Responsible for developing customer new product launch plans and ensuring successful implementation

Continuous improvement in the management of the accounts by identifying opportunities for efficiency and profitability and overall improvement and expertise in the management of categories - serving as a trusted business advisor

Working in close partnership with the marketing and trade marketing functions to ensure development and implementation of customer category strategy

Building long term partnership with the customers

The experience we're looking for

Bachelor or Master Graduate or a final year student at university/college

Preferably already bringing some experience (internship, student organization, etc.), FMCG nice to have

MS Office proficiency 

Fluent English and Romanian

Ready to work in full-time (40h per week) and start on June 3rd, 2024

Willing to move and grow between business functions

Eager to develop, open-minded, ready to grow internationally, purpose-driven

Diverse and inclusive mindset

Leadership potential

Ideally internationally mobile

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.