Project Manager Senior Associate, OTC

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 R&D, 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 R&D Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

As a Senior Associate in our Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) team, focusing on Over the Counter products, you will manage the development of key projects to deliver consumer preferred products for Reckitt power brands, from concept to market launch. Collaborating with multi-functional project teams, you’ll ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope.

You will be at the forefront of our industry's evolution, navigating through complex, multifaceted projects with a mix of technical skill and creative thinking. By joining our team, you'll contribute to a culture of performance that is integral to the continued success of a global leader in consumer health and hygiene.

Your responsibilities

- Lead cross-functional alignment meetings to address specific project challenges/issues and coordinate activities and objectives to advance initiatives through the product development process.

- Build and manage project timelines, budget and resources while managing risks, monitoring progress and communicating status to upper management.

- Establish, communicate, and continually manage project expectations and progress with team members and key project stakeholders via meetings, presentations and monthly status reports.

- Manage internal and external cross functional project activity, ensuring budgets and resources are identified, allocated and managed while holding collaborators accountable for completion of actions on time and to required standards.

- Act as an exemplar of best practice on project management and planning, including creation and management of key project management documentation through appropriate use of PPM tools and systems (Project Briefs, Project Plans, Gantt Charts, Success Criteria, Risk Assessments, Budget, Resourcing, etc), in line with the operating model.

- Identify and manage project dependencies and critical project paths; manage risk analysis and contingency planning on all assigned projects.

- Lead project updates together with GBMMs (Global Brand Marketing Managers) towards key stakeholder forum updates, including flags for project changes (changes to scope, risks, resourcing, schedule) and Stage Gates.

The experience we're looking for

- Bachelors degree, ideally in a scientific field with exceptional Project Management and Microsoft Project skills.

- Experience with product development within a FMCG environment, with a proven track record of delivery.

- Proven planning and organisational skills, with good understanding of priority setting and re-aligning priorities.

- Strong communication skills, with the ability to provide feedback, resolve conflict, interact with all levels of the organization and apply influence to align functions.

- Strong interpersonal skills to nurture teamwork and foster an environment of achievement and motivation.

The skills for success

Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business Acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.

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.