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R&D Manager - Supply Business Process Leader

City: Kingston upon Hull

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

R&D Manager - Supply Business Process Lead

Hybrid Working, Hull

Competative Salary & Benefits: 25 Days Annual Leave, Bonus, Pension, Private Health

Closing Date 13th June 2025

This is a transformational leadership role. You will deliver an enduring positive change in the way in which Core Reckitt develops and delivers new products to the market and manages product changes thereafter, and the organization it needs to do so effectively. You will be the primary representative for Supply in the PLM programme and for ensuring that the requirements for Manufacturing are fully integrated into product designs. To do so, you will work collaboratively with colleagues across Reckitt manufacturing sites and a range of functions including Product Development, Specification Management, Procurement, Quality, Regulatory and Sustainability.

Your responsibilities

Be the primary representative of Supply technical in the core Product LIfe Cycle Managment team. Work collaboratively with other Business Process Leaders as part of the PLM core team to define a holistic approach to Product Lifecycle Management.
Be the primary PLM representative to the Supply Leadership Team for manufacturing. Engage regularly with Supply leaders to keep them informed on progress and to seek help and support to remove roadblocks.
Working closely with colleagues across Reckitt manufacturing sites and EMOs, define a standardized, PLM process that is fully integrated with manufacturing across Reckitt.
Map the ‘As-is’ and the ‘To-be’ handover to manufacturing, standardizing roles and responsibilities at this interface and identifying any significant changes to move from the ‘As-is’ to the ‘To-be’ for manufacturing sites
Define and integrate into the end-to-end PLM process how Product is obsoleted and the associated criteria for doing so.
Work with the Quality BPL, to identify the processes and reporting mechanisms to ensure that the product manufactured is the same as the product designed.
Compose formal documentation, (SoPs etc.) to capture these processes and associated parts.
Identify the Data Quality Standards for the data that is created and exchanged as part of these processes.

The experience we're looking for

Good degree in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent
Working knowledge as a practitioner of formulation scale up for manufacture in an FMCG manufacturing environment.
Working knowledge of Technical Data Management and BoM management within a factory environment.
At least 5 years, recent experience of working in a manufacturing environment/role.
Preferred that the above Working knowledge has been gained within either an FMCG, Health, Hygiene pharma environment.
Proven track record in defining and delivering change projects.
A good understanding of the product lifecycle and of regulations impacting the FMCG sector.

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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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