R&D Assistant

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 an R & D Category Assistant at Reckitt, you will thrive in our fast-paced environment alongside a team of expert scientists dedicated to ensuring product safety and efficacy. Your meticulous attention to detail will be crucial in supporting technical dossier management and analytical lab compliance.

Your responsibilities

- Ensure all technical aspects of the product development, maintenance, assessment of external products (RTG) and demo development etc. are carried out as per the agreed timings with correct documentation & procedures. Any issues or risks clearly highlighted to line manager in a timely manner.
- Ensure all relevant product specifications and internal documentation is in place and fully approved prior to full production start-up & responsible for the compilation, approval and circulation of technical reports throughout the product development process, to ensure full audit readiness. Enforce quality mind by ‘Right first time’ practice for working in area by following documented procedures & follow good documentation practice.
- To be consumer & digitally minded to develop new product ideas and pipeline moving forward. Create and develop new robust evaluation methodologies leading to sustainable and consumer-relevant claims.
- Actively to support any initiatives or developments to ensure all activities must conform to legislative, health & safety and environmental requirements. Work as part of wider team to drive the continuous improvement of processes & systems to ensure ability for China & ensure this meets requirements of RECKITT systems.
- Be aware for safety, health & environment in workplace all time to ensure free-accident & good environment area of working.
- Follow safety, health & environment regulations & policy by working safely, reporting unsafe condition / unsafe act / near miss accident to supervisor as well as suggest for any improvement.
- Keep abreast of competitor activity in assigned areas.
 

The coordination of site H&S activities to ensure (for R&D safety representative only):
- compliance with relevant H&S legal / regulatory requirements
- compliance with Corporate H&S Policy, Standards and performance requirements
- To ensure continual improvement in H&S performance in R&D team by collecting BBS from each R&D people and follow actions.
- To act as the site's point of knowledge/ advice/ as regards H&S issues including legal and Group requirements, and practical day-to-day management
- To ensure as far as is reasonably practicable that facility management, personnel and any on-site contractors are aware of the actual and potential H&S aspects / impacts and legal compliance requirements relevant to their roles, responsibilities and activities
- To report H&S issues of concern to facility management in a timely manner as per Reporting policy.
- To report safety situation in management review meeting at certain period and ensure everyone in team have a safety-first mind set.
- Lead safety audit as R&D representative to ensure key issues be addressed and resolved in a proper way.
- Site adequately resources for H&S coverage that is proportionate to site and complexity of process (e.g. For R&D locations within Supply sites, it is acceptable for the R&D H&S Coordinator / Manager to be covered by the Supply site role, for standalone R&D sites managed independently from the Supply site, it is expected the H&S Coordinator / Manager has basic H&S qualification)

The experience we're looking for

- At least bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific discipline (sciences or engineering).
- Relevant experience within product development role within FMCG environment with a minimum of 2 years’ experience working in R&D.
- Results oriented, self-motivated with an ability to evaluate and take calculated risks.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to develop strategies, tactics and measurable implementation plans and able to transform solid thinking into action (a thinker and an achiever)
- Openness to change and ability to think outside the box.
- Strong intellectual curiosity with an appetite for exploring new and previously uncharted territories and an openness to change and an ability to think out of the box
- Good English skills with experience in international company an advantage

The skills for success

R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Analytical, Formulation, Science, Chemistry.

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.