R&D PDM Raw Materials Assistant

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

Based within the R&D PDM structure, this is a key role to drive and embed sustainability and compliance in our portfolio, high quality data is essential for our business process to work effectively. Working with the wider R&D PDM team and cross-functional partners, the Raw Materials Governance team are focused on improving the accuracy and availability of raw material data and ensuring appropriate governance processes are in place to drive better planning and resiliency across Core Reckitt BU.  

As an Assistant you will be responsible for following the Raw Material Governance Process of data collection/maintenance of our raw materials in order to deliver agreed business targets, supporting wider R&D PDM teams for centralized planned changes and inputting/ developing/defining process improvements for the full End 2 End Raw Material Governance, collaborating with other RM Team members, globally. 

Your responsibilities

• The Assistantwill work with a global, often remote, team and cross-functionally to ensure objectives and timelines are met.  
• Identify gaps while performing reviews and suggest resolution options with corrective action plans, collaborating effectively with wider RM and R&D PDM teams for successful implementation of the overall plans.  
• Deal effectively with complexity and ambiguity when interfacing with cross-functional partners, understanding and adjusting to changing situations and problems as they arise.
• Timely escalation of issues that would impact agreed plans.
• Demonstrate quality mind with ‘Right First Time’ practice by following documented procedures and good documentation practice.  
• Actively contribute to process improvements/ways of working and elevate our compliance standards.  
• Be aware, accountable and follow all relevant Core Reckitt Quality Management Standards.

The experience we're looking for

• Science-based degree, with experience in an R&D or Regulatory environment, working with data systems (TDS, databases)
• Basic knowledge & understanding of Raw Materials including composition, raw material functions, systems & database
• Excellent attention to detail, accurate, with a proven ability to work under pressure without compromise
• Results oriented and self-motivated, with planning and organizational capabilities and good problem-solving skills 
• Passionate and willing to embrace new challenges
• Good communication & interpersonal skills, ability to develop positive collaborative relationships
• System-savvy: broad knowledge of computerised systems, database management and reporting applications
• Strong analytical skills: aptitude to analyse and understand data in various forms, and provide both detailed and synthetic reporting  
• Experience of working in FMCG or related industry, particularly with Reckitt types of products (preferred not essential).  
• The business language is English, therefore fluency in English is essential and fluency in other languages is advantageous.
• Comfortable with working in a remote managed environment.
• Experience of handling data: creating database, PowerApps, PBi etc

The skills for success

R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Analytical, Formulation, Science, Chemistry.

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.