R&D PDM Manager

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.

​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

Reckitt has acquired a new facility in Wilson, NC and an onsite R&D PDM team is a critical part of our ambition. This newly created role is to be the lead for all R&D PDM aspects of the project, overseeing the establishment of R&D capabilities, delivering the R&D PDM aspects of the tech transfers, and developing the site into a thriving and dynamic facility.

 

The role of the R&D Operations Manager is to protect, maintain & optimise a complex portfolio of Selfcare products on a global scale, everyday living the fight for access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness and nourishment as a right, not a privilege. Doing the right thing, always.

 

This agile and dynamic role is responsible for managing a team to deliver a varied set of projects and maintenance activities aligned with the relevant business, regulatory and supply strategies.

 

We are looking for someone to passionately own and continuously improve the team to put people and customers first, seek out new opportunities, strive for excellence and build shared success.

 

In addition, the manager is responsible for championing functional best practice, and implementing strategy for relevant areas of responsibility in alignment with cross functional stakeholders.

 

Our purpose is to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world.

Scope / dimensions of role

•    R&D PDM lead and responsible for all R&D aspects to deliver the Wilson site project.
•    Commissioning and leadership of the Wilson R&D laboratories.
•    Recruitment of the new R&D PDM team on site in Wilson.
•    R&D leadership of a designated range of marketed RB products, ensuring continued compliance, availability on shelf for our consumers, and optimised costs
•    To work with a large and complex group of key partners and stakeholders (supply, regulatory, quality, local and global marketing, Category R&D) to deliver a wide range of projects/solutions across the Selfcare portfolio.
•    To manage and develop an R&D team including analysts, formulators & project leaders delivering product changes, putting our people first.
•    To champion the science and consumer experience behind our brands, leveraging this to take fit for purpose approaches to manage product change
•    To formulate and implement portfolio improvement and maintenance strategies across the given Health brands.
•    Responsible for various technologies leveraged on current marketed products.
•    Ownership of direct communication with senior internal and external stakeholders.
•    Own, champion and lead continuous improvement culture within team and wider as appropriate to deliver excellence in R&D Health and GxP.

Your responsibilities