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R&D PDM Associate - PLM Formulation

City: Shanghai

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

As an R&D PDM Associate - PLM Formulation, you will support the delivery of high quality product data and documentation within the PLM 2.0 programme and the broader PDM function.

You will be responsible for preparing, updating, and maintaining finished product documentation in line with PLM standards, governance requirements, and cross functional needs. Working under the guidance of the R&D PLM Enterprise Program Manager, you will play an active role in ensuring documents are accurate, complete, and aligned with the latest technical information. You will also help optimise documentation workflows and contribute to data preparation activities required for PLM adoption.

This role requires strong collaboration with teams across R&D, Supply, Regulatory, Safety, Quality, and global PDM teams, alongside the core PLM team, to ensure data accuracy, optimise documentation workflows, and support the adoption of new PLM processes and tools.

Your responsibilities

Create, update, and maintain finished product documents aligned with PLM requirements, ensuring suitability for cross‑site use.
Review and verify data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across documentation systems, addressing discrepancies with stakeholders.
Consolidate and organise documentation to reduce duplication and support harmonisation across teams and sites.
Prepare and update data packs for product changes, sourcing transitions, and compliance activities, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
Contribute to PLM data preparation tasks, including data migration, cleansing, validation, and standardisation. (Unchanged as requested)
Contribute to PLM testing activities by supporting UAT planning, data entry, reviews, and identification of issues for further action.
Update and refine process maps, templates, and documentation formats in alignment with PLM ways of working.
Monitor data quality metrics, identify deviations, and communicate required corrections to relevant functions.
Work closely with Regulatory, Safety, Procurement, Quality, Supply Technical and PDM teams to ensure documentation reflects current product status.
Liaise with Business Process Leaders (BPLs) and the PLM Core Team to support alignment of data, processes, and procedures.
Identify opportunities to simplify documentation workflows, improve data structure, and strengthen compliance, and raise these for consideration.
Support troubleshooting of documentation or data issues during PLM deployment or BAU, escalating complex matters for timely decision‑making.

The experience we're looking for

A degree in a relevant scientific or technical discipline (e.g. Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Formulation Science, Chemical Engineering, Biology, Biochemistry)
Experience in R&D PDM, analytical development, formulation support, or product documentation roles in FMCG/pharma is desirable.
2+ Years Experience in data and document management within FMCG or pharmaceutical + environments.
Experience with technical documentation, data management, or specification systems (e.g. TDS, Optiva) is beneficial.
Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage complex datasets and multiple documentation elements.
Good organisational, planning and prioritisation skills.
Strong communication skills and ability to summarise information clearly and concisely.
Proficiency with MS Office and digital tools; familiarity with PLM systems preferred.
Strong planning, organisational, problem solving, and risk evaluation skills.
Resilient in managing iterative requests and working in fast-paced environments.
Curious, proactive, and willing to learn new systems and processes.
Change management and deviation handling, escalating issues to management to support resolution
Works collaboratively, supporting team members and stakeholders to deliver consistent documentation outputs.

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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