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R&D Raw Materials Specialist (1-year contract)

City: West Singapore

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 Raw Materials Specialist is responsible for the creation, revision and approval of raw material specifications used in Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) sites. You will ensure application of internal and external requirements in our Raw Material Specifications and will work in close collaboration with key functional content contributors.

You will work as part of a cross-functional team with vast experience in R&D, Quality & Food Safety, Procurement, Regulatory, Supply Chain management and Manufacturing in the Nutrition business and be exposed to an environment that is high-paced, dynamic and complex with various functional disciplines located at different sites.

Your responsibilities

Create Raw Material Specifications in OPTIVA system for new and existing Raw Materials.
Assure OPTIVA users deliver upon task based on defined processes. Strive for right first-time data quality.
Provide draft specification for cross-functional Internal Review and coordinate alignment.
Facilitate alignment on specification parameters with suppliers.
Coordinate specification external report approval and obtain report signed by supplier(s).
Verify signed specification reports and Vendor documentation are uploaded in OPTIVA.
Build and maintain effective working relationship with internal and external stakeholders.
Support delivering on the team’s KPIs, preparing progress reports to key stakeholders.

The experience we're looking for

Holds at least a Bachelor’s degree (Food Science preferable)
Good written and verbal communication skills
Proficient in Optiva is highly preferred
Experience in Project management

The skills for success

Proficiency in Optiva, Presentation Skills, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Problem Solving, Agility

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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