Procurement Trainee

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.

​Procurement​

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

At Reckitt, our Traineeship Program is designed to provide you the opportunity to Learn, Grow and Outperform in a competitive and motivating environment. Each role is part of a defined team where you will support the various Procurement team in the execution of strategies and buying activities related to the given categories of spend. This will include, depending on the category, activities like Spend analysis, Commodity Risk management, Benchmarking, Supplier management, Tender, Supplier Negotiation, Risks analysis, Stakeholder management, Projects coordination, supporting the Financial Forecasting & Budgeting Process, roll-out of Digital tool, support the Sustainability Program.

You will perform these tasks under supervision and coaching of your manager and the entire procurement team. You will be expected to building relationship with key stakeholders and external partners, delivering projects in line with targets, contribute to delivering our company ambition.

You will succeed because

• You are curious by nature. You question and challenge others to get the best out of them with a constructive and team worker attitude
• You have a strong academic background and are highly analytical
• You are ambitious and motivated, hungry to take on responsibility in an entrepreneurial environment and looking for opportunities to progress and relocate internationally for career development
• You are also action-oriented, a pragmatic problem solver and share our drive to succeed. Even when faced with obstacles you stay committed and positive and look for out of the box solutions
• You are flexible to travel, if required
• In line with Reckitt core values, you are focused on achievement and able to work in a direct and often pressurised environment

Key requirements:

• Availability for min. 6 months with start date in H2 2025.
• Master’s degree in Procurement, Supply chain, Business, Engineering or related field.
• Ability to work in a truly global organisation and fast-moving, result-driven environment.
• Fluent in English. Knowledge of other languages is a plus.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.

The skills for success

Relationship Management, Business Accumen, Improve business processes, Logistics Management, Supply Chain Planning, Procurement.

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.