Technical Development Manager

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

Location: Hull, HU8 7DS

Our Technical Development Manager will lead the process development and seamless start-up and manufacturing launch of new products. They are responsible for defining and implementing the supply aspects of the healthcare innovation and technology processes. They will influence and work collaboratively with other departments as well as lead their own team of technical development specialists. 

Your responsibilities

• Build and maintain the site technical roadmap (New Product Initiatives / Existing Product Development, Technology Transfer), aligned to category/area strategy.
• Ensure teams follow standardised transfer/validation methodologies; readiness to hand over to operations.
• Manage the supply aspects of NPD projects concurrently – with implementation timelines over the next 5 years. 
• Coordination of cross business project teams (NPD, BCP, EPD, Factory Support, PPV, technology transfer from R&D or between manufacturing sites).
• Ownership of NPD in areas such as safety, cost, quality and customer service at both internal manufacturing sites and contract manufacturers.
• Troubleshoot as required for process safety management issues linked to formulations and to review the robustness and capability of a wide range of existing pharmaceutical products.
• Provide technical support as required for situations such as key global material changes, development of new manufacturing technologies and business integration during company expansion.
• Lead, coach, and develop the supply development team. 

The experience we're looking for

• In-depth knowledge and experience of manufacturing technology.
• 5-10 Years FMCG industry experience, preferably in pharmaceuticals.
• Knowledge of UK, EU and FDA standards and legislation.
• Line Management Experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence at multiple levels is key.
• Good understanding of material properties and processing technology. 

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.