It&D Manager in England

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.

In IT and D, you’ll be a force for good, whether you’re championing cyber security, defining how we harness the power of technology to improve our business, or working with data to guide the innovation of consumer loved products. Working globally across functions, you’ll own your projects and process from start to finish, with the influence and visibility to achieve what needs to be done. And if you’re willing to bring your ideas to the table, you’ll get the support and investment to make them happen. Your potential will never be wasted. You’ll get the space and support to take your development to the next level. Every day, there will be opportunities to learn from peers and leaders through working on exciting, varied projects with real impact.

We’re looking for a dynamic and strategic IT&D Manager - NE Factories to help us realise the full value of our global IT&D services, products, and programmes. In this role, you’ll work closely with key internal and external partners to create competitive advantage, drive business performance, and ensure seamless integration of IT capabilities across the organisation. You’ll play a pivotal part in shaping our technology roadmap, optimising solution delivery, and strengthening relationships across the business to ensure our services meet evolving organisational needs.

Your responsibilities:

• Realise value from global IT&D services, products, and programmes
• Build strong, collaborative partnerships with business leaders and external partners
• Drive reduction of local IT solution footprints and ensure tight budget management and control
• Work closely with IT&D area product leads on value realisation, change management, and roadmap definition
• Monitor value delivery and provide oversight and sign-off on all IT&D-approved projects
• Develop process flows and use cases to maximise simplification and value
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment with business needs and objectives
• Manage business conflicts and negotiate solutions to maintain smooth operations
• Assess performance of services/products against targets through review cycles and reporting to senior management
• Ensure compliance with company policies and relevant regulations.

The experience we’re looking for:

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise effectively between business teams and customers while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships
• Experience within FMCG or a corporate environment
• Strategic thinking and the ability to anticipate changes in the business environment
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to address and resolve issues proactively
• Solid understanding of IT services and how they align with business needs
• Confidence in leading and influencing cross-functional teams to achieve organisational goals
• Exposure to IT portfolio management
• A degree in an analytical discipline
• Flexibility and resilience, with the ability to deal with ambiguity and adapt to change
• Experience in Agile / SAFe methodologies (advantageous).

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.

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.