Cell Leader

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

As Cell Leader, you will have overall accountability for the performance, delivery and continuous improvement of your manufacturing cell. This is a highly visible leadership role where you will be responsible for ensuring the cell delivers against today's operational targets while developing and executing robust plans to achieve future performance goals. Acting as the figurehead for the area, you will lead key performance reviews, represent the cell during site visits and drive the ownership and execution of 90-day improvement plans. Leading both direct and indirect teams, you will play a pivotal role in creating a high-performing, engaged and inclusive culture. A strong focus of the role is people leadership, coaching and development, ensuring standards are consistently maintained while nurturing talent and building the next generation of leaders from within the business.

 

Your responsibilities

- Demonstrable experience in managing large manufacturing operations, with a focus on driving performance and efficiency.
- A natural leader with a history of inspiring teams and a commitment to safety and quality.
- Proficient in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma.
- Effective communicator with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make swift decisions.
- Working knowledge of production logistics, supply management, and contract negotiation.

The experience we're looking for

You will be responsible for creating a safe, high-performing and engaged manufacturing environment that consistently delivers operational excellence. You will lead by example, driving performance across Safety, Quality, Service, Cost and People while developing the capability of your team, championing continuous improvement and ensuring the cell is well positioned to meet both current and future business objectives. 

 

• Lead and champion a safety-first culture, ensuring safety remains the highest priority in all activities and decisions.
• Maintain exceptional operational standards across safety, quality, housekeeping, cleaning and 5S, driving accountability throughout the team.
• Foster a positive, high-performance culture that encourages engagement, ownership and collaboration. Take full accountability for the delivery of cell KPIs, ensuring teams understand, track and achieve performance targets.
• Deliver critical performance measures across Safety, Quality, Service, Cost and People metrics.
• Coach, mentor and develop team members, building capability and supporting long-term career growth.
• Ensure robust skills management, training plans and succession planning are in place to meet current and future business needs.
• Conduct regular one-to-one meetings and team briefings to drive performance, engagement and effective communication.
• Own the cell's improvement agenda, including 90-day plans, productivity initiatives and OEE performance delivery.
• Lead and sponsor strategic improvement programmes, embedding continuous improvement methodologies such as ECRS, 5S and lean operating practices across the cell. 

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.