Raw Materials Associate

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 R&D, 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 R&D Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

The role is based in the cGMP Formulation Warehouse in the S&IC, Hull, UK. The role provides a unique opportunity for a Raw Material Associate to be part of a team that supports small-scale product development, clinical manufacture & supply, and scale up activities for both liquids and powder processing. The raw material associate will promote a culture of quality in both aspects of the role. This may present challenges where teams have competing priorities, which will require collaboration, education, and coaching. The role involves working across the formulation community primarily CTSG, R&D Category and Operations teams.

Your responsibilities:

• Regarding material management, to support small-scale product development, clinical manufacture & supply, and scale up activities for both liquids and powder processing.
• Maintain regular communication with key stakeholders.
• Manage and coordinate the ordering and receipt of Raw Materials, finished products and intermediates from both internal and external suppliers.
• Actively manage GMP and safety documentation to ensure materials are adequately controlled.
• Performing regular stock reconciliation activities and reporting all non-conformances.
• Become a local SME on the use of material administration via the LIMS management, SAP integration and storage within approved document locations.
• Facilitate Warehouse equipment service, maintenance, and repair.
• Operate within Reckitt’s Health and Safety and Quality Management Systems ensuring timely completion of documentation and compliance to all applicable standards.
• Assist in creating, modifying, and revising SOPs and workflows.
• Participate in deviation and change control management including initial investigation, and CAPAs.
• Participate in the self-inspection schedule for the GMP Warehouse.
• Mentoring & coaching of Raw Material Assistant within role.

The experience we’re looking for:

• Demonstrable experience of working in a GMP, or warehousing environment.
• Ability to prioritise multiple work streams and work to deadlines.
• Proven ability to work under pressure without compromising quality, safety and delivery.
• Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to manage outwards, manage expectations, and collaborate.
• Results oriented, self-motivated, with solid planning and organisational capabilities, a bias for action, and the capability to define, evaluate, and communicate risks.
• Good computer skills, especially Microsoft Suite.
• Experience working within a Quality Management System (ideally with direct experience of the QualityOne application) would be ideal.
• Experience working with LIMS and/or SAP would be ideal.
• Experience of using a Forklift would be beneficial.

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.