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Release For Sale Team Leader

City: Nottingham

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

We are seeking a proactive and highly organised leader to manage and coordinate our Release for Sale team, ensuring products are released efficiently, accurately, and in full compliance with regulatory requirements. You will oversee batch documentation review prior to QP certification, manage key release KPIs, and work closely with cross‑functional teams — including Customer Services — to ensure release timelines meet customer and business needs.

Success in this role requires strong people leadership, the ability to influence across teams, and a keen eye for identifying opportunities to improve systems and processes. You will be expected to present clear process flows, support continuous improvement, and develop team members through direct coaching and guidance

Your responsibilities

Manage the Release for Sale (RFS) team, overseeing batch documentation review prior to QP certification.
Ensure the Release for Sale system is fit for purpose, compliant, and continuously improved.Maintain control of non‑compliant stock, ensuring it remains under quarantine until issues are fully resolved.
Ensure all processes and procedures align with GMP and GDP requirements.
Monitor, manage, and improve key release KPIs through both reactive and strategic actions.
Work closely with Customer Services to ensure product release meets customer expectations and service levels.
Lead training and people development activities within the RFS team.
Provide essential support during audits, demonstrating compliance and effectiveness of the RFS process.
Ensure batch records are thoroughly reviewed and all retained samples are securely archived.

The experience we're looking for

A‑Level or Degree‑level education (or equivalent).
Strong computer literacy and confidence using digital systems.
Experience within pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, or the ability to quickly develop competence in this area.
Understanding of GMP and ISO systems, with a willingness to learn further.
Highly organised, with strong attention to detail.
Conscientious and thorough in reviewing information and documentation.
Proactive in identifying potential compliance issues and escalating or resolving them appropriately.
Experience of, or familiarity with, a fast‑paced manufacturing or consumer goods environment — particularly relating to quality and product release compliance.
Ability to work to demanding targets and deadlines.
Broad knowledge of Quality / Good Manufacturing Practice and experience working in a KPI‑driven environment.
Good understanding of electronic quality systems.

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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