Senior Manager - Global Supply Category Harpic - Slough, Berkshire

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.

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It’s how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it’s our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you’re looking for a career in supply chain, there’s no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics.

About the role

The Senior Category Supply Manager will run strategic base business sourcing assessments. You will ensure there are suitable and sufficient site Business Continuity Plans in place for Category Powerbands minimising NR exposure and risk. You will make business recommendations of product sourcing changes from Factory A to Factory B, either Reckitt or EMO. You will provide data analytics to support Supply Leadership in the decision-making process. You work on sourcing projects until formally approved at which point they are typically handed over to the receiving sites (either internal or external) and will support network decomplexity projects working closely with R&D, Procurement, Technical and CGO to optimise our Category manufacturing footprint. The Senior Category Supply Manager will be a key point of contact for the Category Supply managers when defining innovation sourcing strategies. You will support the co-ordination of long-term volume data to ensure robust Category RCCPs.

Your responsibilities:

• Leads base business sourcing assessments, co-ordinating activities cross-functionally to compare sourcing options, preliminary COGs, CAPEX and timelines.
• Ensure existing internal manufacturing capabilities are maximised reducing EMO complexity.
• Ensure key stakeholders have a good visibility of sourcing projects and key Supply milestones are delivered on-time.
• Establish, maintain and evolve sourcing study governance with cross-functional involvement.
• Support supply inputs into key innovation documents: Innovation Development Brief (IDB), Project Lockdown, Innovation Packs (IP) and Launch Recommendations (LR).
• Support the maintenance of supply category trackers and other project reports and tools as assigned.
• Co-ordinate long term volume data so that Category RCCPs can be updated accordingly.
• Support sites with Category insights to enable site masterplan discussions.

The experience we’re looking for:

• Has experience leading large scale strategic projects.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to review data, present findings and make business decisions around that data.
• Must have proven track record in project management, ensuring timelines and key project milestones are delivered on-time.
• Must have a track record of success in improving supply chain processes and systems.
• Has a strong understanding of our innovation processes and previous exposure to cross-functional departments.
• Be a proven team player with ability to work cross functionally.
• Can demonstrate the ability to work independently and make decisions.
• Must have experience working in a fast-paced environment often handling multiple projects at the same time.

The skills for success:

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.