Global QMS Business Partner - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

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. 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

Our Global QMS Business Partner is responsible for the implementation, management and monitoring of the Reckitt Global Quality Management System. Working closely with all QMS owners and compliance colleagues in Health, Hygiene, and Nutrition, we ensure safety and compliance of all Reckitt products by delivering a consistent and compliant QMS. We manage the creation, maintenance, continuous improvement and deployment of the Quality Process, Policies, and Procedures for the QMS.

Your responsibilities

• Lead and advocate change within the Global Quality function driving a risk and process-based mindset.
• Empowering the business to embed a consistent way of working.
• Ensure that the Global QMS meets current regulatory requirements and internal standards, anticipating future changes as defined within the requirements of the Quality Manual.
• Responsibility for the continuous improvement of the Global QMS through proactive identification of technology and new ways of working that drives engagement and adoption.
• Proactively ensure KPIs and other measures are reviewed and trended to ensure any required changes are captured in revisions.
• Manage key QMS data to support reviews, deployment, and QMS systems.
• Partner with teams of Subject Matter Experts to review and enhance the Global Policies and procedures.
• Learn and adopt best practice for documentation, providing simplification for end users.
• Design and deliver training webinars on QMS documents as part of the process of embedding new and changed procedures and policies.
• Maintain an awareness of broad activities of R&D, Supply, Commercial, etc. integrating quality systems as required for product regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate and organise dialogue from multiple stakeholders for strategic input, drawing on technical expertise and understanding of the business operating model.
• Engage with senior business leaders regarding processes and to secure alignment for document approvals.
• Continuous improvement and step change improvement to the QMS, policies and procedures.

The experience we’re looking for

• Experience within Healthcare/FMCG multidisciplinary environment.
• Quality system design and implementation experience.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements at an international level.
• Understanding of the full product life cycle including R&D, Manufacture and Distribution etc.
• Experience of working and delivering in a matrix organisation.
• High level of expertise in technical writing of technical documents.
• Experienced in implementing technological solutions.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to think strategically.

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.