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R&D PDM Associate - Self Care

City: Gurugram

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.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

The role is ideal for a high-calibre individual with the necessary skill set to manage hands on scientific and technical issues on a range of products and projects primarily focussed on a challenging and complex base business resiliency plan to sustain future growth, primarily, the Self-care product portfolio.
This diverse role is to collaborate with R&D product development teams, other R&D PDM teams, Regulatory, Marketing, Supply and Production groups to deliver “best in market” consumer solutions.
Role will be accountable for providing R&D support to a designated range of Reckitt products, enabling revenue protection, revenue growth and compliance of the brands

Your responsibilities

- Responsible for all R&D technical activities, compliance programme and supply resiliency projects on Selfcare brands
- Support Supply for manufacturing, procurement, or packaging projects, to implement effective technical solutions and solving issues in manufacturing process including safety & sustainability objectives/compliance.
- Responsibility for ensuring all required formulation, feasibility work, analysis, validation, stability testing, industrial trials and dossier preparation is performed on time and to the required standards.
- Accountable for the delivery and execution of the project work as per the timelines
- Accountable for the KPIs / delivery of project milestones and stage gates
- Responsible for project management & budget management for the Technical projects, in addition responsible for Lab set up and equipment maintenance in all time audit ready state.
- Responsible for Formulation assessment for the Self-care portfolio.
- Responsible for the Regulatory submissions, variations and response of RTQs by generating the relevant documents through applicable platforms.

The experience we're looking for

- Minimum of a good degree in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g. Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Chemical Engineering, Biology, Biochemistry)
- Post graduate qualifications in further scientific disciplines would also be beneficial (i.e. PhD, or MSc, post-graduate diplomas (e.g. Pharmaceutical Quality by Design)
- Experience in project and stakeholder management
- Significant R&D experience with a proven track record of delivery.
- Experience of working in a Healthcare environment is desirable
- Working knowledge of CTD modules and regulatory frameworks
- Proven track record as a leader in planning, prioritization and implementing projects as well as identifying costs savings and problem solving
- Proven track record in active collaboration with R&D and non-R&D functions

The skills for success

- The candidate should be comfortable with ambiguity and be a ‘self-starter’ with the ability to quickly learn and implement to keep up with the fast pace of the role
- Technically diligent and able to grasp new science and visualise a business benefit
- Prioritisation and time management skills are essential
- Stakeholder collaboration, communication and the ability to manage expectations are also key
- Strong leadership, influencing, motivational and interpersonal skills.
- Capable of building strong working relationships and motivating teams to deliver outstanding results.
- Strong negotiating skills.
- Strong analytical and technical skills.
- Ability to anticipate, plan and realize significant projects involving multiple technical and scientific hurdles.
- Ability to perform solid thinking into action (a thinker and an achiever).
- Strong intellectual curiosity.
- Appetite for exploring new and previously uncharted territories.
- Openness to change and ability to think out of the box.
- The business language in Reckitt is English, therefore fluency in English is essential and fluency in local languages advantageous
- Flexible to travel, if required

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.

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