R&D Associate Intima

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

The R&D Associate is to recruit for personal care innovation projects in China. This is an exceptional opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing international FMCG companies in China and be part of a dynamic, collaborative, and passionate Personal Care R&D team. You will lead the end-to-end development of innovative personal care products, gaining hands-on experience in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment. This role offers a unique platform to grow professionally while contributing to meaningful, consumer-focused innovation.

Your responsibilities

• Lead new product development from concept through formulation, process development, consumer testing, scale-up, and product launch, following established internal procedures, and troubleshooting during product qualification stages and manufacturing trials to ensure timely issue resolution.
• Lead the creation of product demos that effectively highlight product superiority and key performance benefits.
• Monitor raw material, market, and industry trends to provide insights that fuel future innovation and product pipeline development.
• Lead the design and implementation of robust product evaluation methodologies to enable data-driven, sustainable, and consumer-relevant claims.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Marketing, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Quality) to ensure alignment and successful project execution, and maintain a record of all formal communications with clear summary of meeting minutes & meeting outcomes.
• Apply project management skills to help coordinate tasks, timelines, and milestones relevant to R&D activities.
• Establish, track and manage resource requirements, including effective budget management.
• Scout external RTG products that can be readily adapted to suit RB needs and actively support the realization of new business opportunities. Manage and guide External Manufacturing Organizations (EMOs) in delivering against formulation, development, and testing requirements aligned with internal success criteria and company standards.

The experience we're looking for

• Master’s degree in relevant scientific discipline such as cosmetics science, chemistry or relevant areas.
• Relevant experience within product development role within FMCG environment with a minimum of 3 years’ experience working in personal care, cosmetics or home care areas.
• Demonstrated strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across diverse and multifunctional teams.
• Proven track record of continuous improvement in working practices, processes, capabilities in audit ready culture.
• 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).
• 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.

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.