R&D Senior Officer

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.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we are a team of highly skilled talents including Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical, and Regulatory professionals. We work together 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 act with responsibility and integrity, complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are of the highest quality.

As an R&D Category Assistant at Reckitt, you will thrive in our fast-paced environment alongside a team of expert scientists dedicated to ensuring product safety and efficacy. Your meticulous attention to detail will be crucial in supporting technical dossier management and analytical lab compliance.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of new and existing product developments in the Health segment across the Dettol Brand.
• Utilize formulation skills and technical expertise to develop new products, technologies, and benefits to address relevant consumer needs in support of brand initiatives.
• Read, understand, and apply relevant SOP/ISO protocols with regards to data generation for product registration for submission to Global Regulatory Agencies.
• Proper operation, standardization, and maintenance of lab equipment.
• Maintaining accurate laboratory notebooks, following Safety and Good Housekeeping requirements.
• Knowledge of basic laboratory techniques for working at the bench, understanding or interest in chemistry, surfactant, or related science.
• Ability to interpret results from lab tests, conduct performance and analysis evaluations of competitive products.
• Maintain supplies inventory and order items when needed.
• Interface with key partners and stakeholders (supply, regulatory, and marketing) to achieve defined goals and objectives.
• Incorporate Category Quality requirements into plans, ensuring compliance within the team.
• Enforce quality mindset by 'Right first time' practice for working in the area by following documented procedures and good documentation practice.
• Be aware, accountable for safety, health, and environment in the workplace at all times to ensure a free accident and good environment area for working.

Requirements

• Bachelor/master’s degree in Science.
• Interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a team-oriented environment, including cross-functional Project Teams involving members from Marketing, Supply, Manufacturing, as well as R&D.
• Organizational skills and problem-solving skills.
• Oral communication skills to effectively provide feedback to cross-functional and cross-cultural project teams or immediate supervisor.
• Written communication skills for accurate data entry and concise lab reports.
• Timely execution of multiple project objectives within established timelines.
• Ability to display a degree of flexibility regarding changing project priorities.
• Perform other assignments as delegated by immediate Supervisor.
• Knowledge with MS Office Software applications.

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

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 recognize, appreciate, and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay-for-performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognize 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; color, 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.

About the Company

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.