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Senior Assistant SCSE & F&F (all genders) temporary

City: Heidelberg

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

Supports Sensory & Consumer Science Excellence (SCSE) and Flavour & Fragrance (F&F) teams through coordination of consumer and sensory research activities, fragrance laboratory operations, project administration, and data management. The role combines hands-on support for consumer testing, sensory panels, fragrance development activities, and laboratory operations with strong organizational and stakeholder management skills to enable efficient project delivery and innovation execution.

The role is limited till end of 2027.

Your responsibilities

Coordinate consumer, sensory, and fragrance testing activities, including study logistics, participant recruitment, scheduling, sample preparation, and test execution.
Support fragrance laboratory operations through ingredient, sample, inventory, and material management, while ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and documentation requirements.
Manage relationships with fragrance houses, research agencies, laboratories, and suppliers, including quotation requests and project administration.
Support employee sensory panels, consumer studies, and research programs through database management, documentation, and coordination activities.
Maintain project documentation, study records, databases, trackers, and technical reports to support successful project delivery.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners to support innovation projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

The experience we're looking for

Degree, diploma, or equivalent qualification in Consumer Science, Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology, Cosmetic Science, Pharmacy, or a related scientific discipline.
Experience supporting consumer research, sensory evaluation, laboratory activities, fragrance development, or product development projects.
Strong organizational, project coordination, and documentation management skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects, stakeholders, timelines, and priorities simultaneously.
Experience working with external agencies, suppliers, laboratories, or fragrance houses is desirable.
Understanding of consumer research processes, sensory evaluation, sample management, laboratory practices, and technical documentation.
Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and data management tools.
Proactive, detail-oriented, and able to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams.
Fluent English required; German language skills would be advantageous.

The skills for success

R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Innovation Processes, Predictive Analytics, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, Consumer Needs, Fragrance.

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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