R&D Manager - Safety Business Process Lead

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.

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.

This is a transformational leadership role. You will deliver an enduring positive change on the way in which Core Reckitt develops and delivers new products to the market and manages product changes thereafter, and the organization it needs to do so effectively. You will be the primary representative for Consumer Safety in the PLM programme and ensure that the requirements for consumer safety are fully integrated into product designs. To do so, you will work collaboratively with stakeholders and a community of practice which will include colleagues from Product Development, Specification Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory and Sustainability amongst others.

Your responsibilities:

• Be the primary representative of Consumer Safety in the core PLM team.
• Work collaboratively with other functional Business Process Leaders as part of the PLM core team to define a holistic approach to Product Lifecycle Management.
• Be the primary PLM representative to the RAS Leadership Team for consumer safety.
• Engage regularly with RAS leaders to keep them informed on progress and to seek help and support to remove roadblocks.
• Define a standardized, PLM process that is fully integrated with those processes set out to identify and manage risk to consumer safety.
• Map the ‘As-is’ and the ‘To-be’ Formulation Management Process.
• Identify the key intersection points of PLM with safety assessment/approval processes.
• Compose the formal documentation (SoPs etc.) to capture these processes and associated parts.
• Identify the Data Quality Standards for the data that is created and exchanged as part of these processes.
• Define a set of metrics for Data Quality that allows measurement of the improvement in data quality.
• Lead initiatives within PLM that have a primary focus on consumer safety.
• Define the Roles and Responsibilities associated with the ‘To-be’ process.
• Build a collaborative Community of Practice around consumer safety/PLM.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of internal and external change / transformation activities which impact the management of consumer safety.
• Communicate the requirements on consumer safety to IT&D colleagues.
• Validate the PLM solution to ensure it correctly reflects consumer safety requirements.
• Working as part of the PLM Deployment team, communicate and implement the ‘to-be’ process.

The experience we're looking for:

• Good degree in a relevant technical discipline.
• Working knowledge as a practitioner in evaluation of consumer safety in an FMCG environment.
• Previous experience of leading teams and line management.
• Proven track record in defining and delivering change projects.
• Experience communicating at all levels internally and with external partners.
• A good understanding of the product lifecycle and of regulations impacting the FMCG sector.
• Good IT literacy with proficiency in the use of the MS Office product suite and Office 365.
• Self-motivated with strong planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks under pressure.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of corporate codes of conduct.

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, 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 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. 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.