Formulation Associate

About the Position

We are Reckitt, home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose is to protect, heal, and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Formulation Associate

Location: Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom

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 flair, 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

As a Formulation Associate within the Pain R&D, you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of new product developments (NPDs) for the Pain Category, delivering the innovation in line with the Brand Strategy.

Reporting into the Senior Associate, as an R&D Formulation Associate, you will work collaboratively with cross-functional experts across teams, ensuring the projects deliver to agreed milestones with a clear understanding of assessing technical risk throughout the development route.

Responsibilities

• Technically lead allocated projects within the category innovation pipeline, working in close partnership with R&D capability teams, ensuring the projects deliver to agreed milestones with a clear understanding of assessing technical risk throughout the development route.
• Drive the formulation feasibility stage of the product development cycle for all agreed projects through to factory scale-up, working with the R&D matrix organization.
• Work diligently with 3rd parties EMOs on external development opportunities and in-licensing, showcasing best practice needs and collaboration.
• Respond effectively and efficiently to changes in project priorities and needs whilst communicating clearly risks and project impacts to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical formulation development, with a strong focus on OTC products.
• Hands-on experience in developing and optimizing formulations such as solutions, suspensions, tablets, and granules, with granules considered a strong advantage.
• University degree in a scientific discipline (e.g., Pharmacy, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biotechnology, or a related field).

Skills for Success

• Competency in project management and ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• A record of effective problem-solving, demonstrating independence and initiative-taking.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a talent for leading, inspiring, and collaborating with a team.
• A results-focused approach, ready to evaluate and embrace calculated risks for innovation.

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.

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