Category Supply Manager, GI

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.

​Supply​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Our Category Supply Manager provides the link between Marketing, Procurement, R&D and the supplying organisation. They work on projects that are typically in the 1-10 year horizon, defining the Supply strategy and monitor implementation until launch recommendation stage. They work closely with Technical, Packaging, Engineering and Activity Management to ensure all Supply milestones are considered. They lead sourcing studies when required to determine the most optimal supply chain both short, mid and long term, considering cost and complexity throughout.

Your responsibilities

• Lead Supply feasibility assessments for new product developments (NPD)/ exisiting product developments (EPDs), co-ordinating activities with R&D, Global Marketing, Procurement and factories to determine sourcing options, preliminary cost of goods (COGs), CAPEX and supply project timelines.
• Ensures COGs benchmarks are available based on other sourcing locations or similar products during early feasibility. Routinely update COGs/CAPEX assumptions as the project progresses through the innovation stage-gates.  
• The Category Supply Manager is responsible for Inputting Supply timelines within the end to end global project CPS (owned by PPM)
• Ensure the necessary stakeholders have visibility of project timelines and drive key Supply milestones to ensure the project is delivered on-time.
• Support local single market NPDs/EPDs that are endorsed by CGO. 
• Ensures NPD/EPD volume data is kept up to date so that Category RCCPs can be updated accordingly.
• Provide Supply input into key innovation documents: Innovation Development Brief (IDB), Project Lockdown, Innovation Packs (IP) and Launch Recommendations (LR).
• Maintain the Supply Category Trackers and other project reports and tools as assigned. 

The experience we're looking for

• Proven track record in project management. Ensuring timelines and key project milestones are delivered on-time.  
• Understand basic product development, regulatory requirements and manufacturing processes. 
• Be a proven team player with ability to work cross functionally. 
• Must have a track record of success in improving supply chain processes and systems.  
• Must have solid analytical skills to review data, present findings and make business decisions around that data  
• Can demonstrate the ability to work independently and make decisions.  
• Experience in risk mitigation strategies. 
• Must have experience working in a fast-paced environment often handling multiple projects at the same time.
• Degree in science or engineering with a manufacturing background would be advantageous. 

The skills for success

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.