Assistant NPI Manager

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

This role offers the opportunity to lead all New Product Development process which drive the top line growth & continuous improvement programmes across the Supply organisation and to work closely with all supply and other business functions at local and regional level with a focus on improving gross margin and drive out non-value adding cost.
The role may span a broad cross section of the product supply area which could include Manufacturing, Planning and Forecasting, Quality, Logistics, embellishment and Procurement.   

Your responsibilities

-Manage and monitor all NPD/EPD project activities with factory/MKT, etc from initiation through to first shipment, ensuring all tasks and activities are completed according to the agreed-upon schedule
-Identify and resolve conflicts within project teams, fostering a positive and productive work environment through effective conflict resolution strategies
-Liaison with all stake holders (R&D, Quality, Procurement, Manufacturing and Marketing) to ensure smooth execution of projects.
-Ensure regulation requirement is fully covered from project initiate
-Regularly review progress on all projects with MKT & supply teams and flagging risks and escalating issues to the management team
-Tracking, facilitation, and reporting (local and global) of all Projects 
-Liaison with all stake holders (R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, Manufacturing and Commercial team, etc.) to ensure all changes are well recorded and criteria are established from product development stage to mass production stage 
-Act as key user for Master data system and change control
-Any adhoc projects aligned by management team

The experience we're looking for

•Multi-functional supply experience is preferred.
•Proactive communications and technical know-how to deliver all NPD/EPD launches.
•Capable of managing multiple tasks and prioritize
•Capable of challenging current thinking and assumptions as to what is possible: able to squeeze all available benefit from each project
•Excellent interpersonal & leadership skills, able to influence people of all levels
•Strong ability to review and identify issues and opportunities in business processes  
•Flexible to travel may be required.
•Fluency in English and Chinese is essential. 

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business Acumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics Management.

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.