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Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Research & Development
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
This role will serve as the leader for the Packaging lead for major expansion project and transitioned into the ASEAN Packaging Team focused on the IFCN portfolio of products within the Nutrition BU of Reckitt. The role and/or team being managed is also expected to support common or shared objectives that support the broader IFCN business (e.g. other Regions, as required. The scope of work is related, but not limited to Projects related to innovation, cost savings, quality improvements, brand maintenance and/or customer requests for customized packages. The incumbent will serve and be viewed as a technical, people and project leader, with emphasis on holistic package development practices for the Tuas and ASEAN Nutrition Packaging Team.
Your responsibilities
Packaging lead for projects from end to end from design/inception to Closure including Qualification and validation.
Manage project communications up, down and across the business as appropriate.
Contribute, when necessary, to conduct root cause analysis, troubleshooting technical issues and performance challenges.
Contribute, when necessary, to conduct lab analysis, production line trials and supplier testing on related projects. Generate and analyze performance-based data to drive technical and business recommendations.
Liaise with project managers and project management leadership to establish resourcing needs and identify constraints in real time and to a 1-3 years outlook.
Identify material requirements, draft specifications, and apply testing procedures to ensure projects deliver efficient cost, line performance, package quality, supply chain robustness, and fulfill the consumer need state.
Ensure the output of the team driving the creation of packaging material specifications, associated drawings and packaging procedural specifications are to department/BU standards and expectations
Maintain expert level technical acumen of IFCN packaging formats and be capable of sharing/ teaching others with respect to technical information and technology.
Champion and resource the identification of new packages, materials or technologies to develop them as enablers to drive cost savings, packaging value propositions for consumers and/or core renovation initiatives, while capable of gaining support to move through a projects life cycle.
Work across all functions, including the balance of R&D, Operations, Quality, Engineering, Commercial, Procurement and Suppliers to support project launches as need.
Partner and establish relationships with suppliers in an effort to leverage their technical and/or business capabilities to Reckitts advantage.
Provide coaching and mentoring to a broad variety of packaging professionals with varying skill sets within the department and across the various Regions, as required.
Understand the packaging value chain within Reckitts Nutrition BU and advocate for packaging and its significance to our customers, consumers and internal/external stakeholders.
The experience we're looking for
Bachelors Degree in Packaging, Package Engineering, Packaging Science or adjacent technical field such as Engineering or Food Science required.
Project Management experience is plus.
Strong knowledge of science and technology discovery, design, and development processes, information systems.
Working knowledge of networking with external resources outside of R&D.
Basic understanding of how to translate consumer and customer insights into functional value that creates benefit.
Able to embody design theories and output packaging solutions that can be commercialized.
A strong background in packaging equipment systems and qualifications.
The skills for success
Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business Acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.
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.
