R&D PDM Associate

City: Gurugram

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 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 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 Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

R&D PDM is responsible for product adaptation and product innovation for local brands. Teams work closely with R&D Innovation groups as well as regional and global functions on projects delivering growth of the business, protecting existing business against revenue loss, through improving product profitability, integrating formula and packaging development. The teams are associated with regional Supply and Commercial organisations and are based across five regions around the globe. This role is for South Asia region & is based out of Gurugram in India. The role of Associate is to lead the provision of ongoing R&D support to a defined Reckitt portfolio of products. You will be responsible for project management, technical support and laboratory work, to ensure the implementation of projects in South Asia. In this role, you will collaborate with other R&D teams, Regulatory, Marketing and Production groups to deliver “best in market” consumer solutions

Your responsibilities

• You will ensure the successful development & launch or roll outs of products, including formulation development, performance/claims & stability tests, scale up, specification setting and copy clearances, technical document preparation, products benchmarking, Demo creation as reason to believe in closed collaboration with key stakeholders including Regulatory, Legal and Marketing.

• Support supply for manufacturing, procurement or packaging projects, to implement effective technical solutions and solving issues in manufacturing process including low carbon, safety & sustainability objectives/compliance.

• Support factories and procurement teams for new raw material and supplier qualification-

  • Qualify alternative raw materials or suppliers in support of procurement, under guidance and with approval of the relevant teams like Quality.

• Support Supply Packaging in the implementation of alternative packaging materials, components or suppliers.

• Identify opportunities for formula harmonization, cost optimization.

• Provide daily R&D support to local marketing and commercial team

  • Collaborate closely with local Marketing in providing technical expertise to support marketing programs and to provide local business support.
  • Provide technical information, proof of claims, Demo and labelling guidance in close cooperation with the global R&D teams, and Regional Regulatory, Legal, Safety & Environmental Services function.

• Active participation in local/regional margin improvement teams.

• Work with Legal, Regulatory, Safety & Environmental Services to address local competitors and authority challenges.

• Extend or lead -

  • Support to other R&D teams by providing a clear definition of products, marketing claims, and raw material requirements from the regional/local perspective and by providing technical input and support in the preparation of the claim support data.
  • Regional or local implementation of global product initiatives.

• Enforce quality mindset by ‘Right first time’ practice for working in area by following documented procedures & follow good documentation practice.

• Be aware, accountable for safety, health & environment in workplace all time to ensure accident free & good environment area of working.

The experience we're looking for

Post- graduate/ PhD level (Chemistry, Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering) with proven 6-10 years of relevant experience:

• Proven track record of successful delivery of technical projects in a FMCG company.

• Strong formulation expertise and understanding of raw material chemical interactions.

• Experience and understanding of methodologies used to support product and new claims development.

• Interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a team-oriented environment, including crossfunctional project Teams involving members from Marketing, Supply, Manufacturing as well as R&D.

• Strong understanding of the product development process from concept ideation to launch.

• Proven Project Management skills

• Excellent Organizational and Problem-solving skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills to nurture teamwork and foster an environment of achievement.

• The ability to think laterally to apply novel solutions and supporting justifications to challenging problems or situations.

• Result-oriented and self-motivating.

• Excellent networking and communication skills to effectively liaise with cross-functional teams and to provide feedback to cross-functional and cross-cultural project teams or immediate supervisor.

• Timely execution of multiple project objectives within established timelines.

• Ability to display a degree of flexibility and adapt effectively to change.

• Perform other assignments as delegated by immediate Supervisor.

The 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.

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.

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