RAS Assistant

City: Milano

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

At Reckitt, we are seeking a highly organized and proactive RAS Assistant to support the RAS Director playing a critical role in enabling leadership effectiveness and driving operational excellence. Acting as a trusted partner, you will support strategic initiatives, key communication and engagement activities, and ensure the seamless execution of projects, events and administrative processes.

This role requires exceptional planning, stakeholder management and execution skills, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on both business performance and employee experience.

Your responsibilities

• Act as the primary support to the RAS Director across the EUANZ geography, providing high-level organizational, administrative and communication support to ensure effective execution of functional priorities and strategic initiatives.

• Drive and monitor regional People & Capabilities initiatives, leading communication activities and tracking progress against key functional objectives and milestones.

• Lead the planning and execution of departmental events, leadership meetings and engagement initiatives, ensuring alignment with the RAS people strategy and business goals.

• Coordinate and monitor complex cross-regional projects, managing timelines, deliverables, dependencies and follow-up actions to ensure successful execution.

• Prepare and deliver high-quality presentations, reports, dashboards and complex spreadsheets to support leadership decision-making and business planning.

• Manage leadership calendars, travel arrangements, meetings and governance activities, including agenda preparation, pre-read coordination, minute taking, action tracking and record maintenance.

• Oversee departmental operations and administration, including budget tracking, purchase orders, supplier and invoice management, expense reporting, and maintenance of internal tools, systems and process efficiencies.

The experience we're looking for

• High school diploma or bachelor’s degree.

• Significant experience as an Executive/Personal Assistant, Team Assistant or Event Planner, preferably within a multinational, fast-paced environment (e.g. FMCG, retail, fashion, sports or similar industries), supporting senior leadership.

• Advanced proficiency in MSOffice 365 applications, particularly PowerPoint, with the ability to create high-quality presentations, reports and business documentation.

• Fluency in English, both written and spoken; international study or work experience is considered a strong advantage.

• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization while handling confidential and sensitive information with discretion.

• Highly organized and proactive, demonstrating ownership, autonomy, analytical thinking, problem-solving capabilities, and the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure with resilience and attention to detail.

• Flexible and adaptable, with a positive, energetic mindset and willingness to travel occasionally and accommodate business needs outside standard working hours to support key events and leadership activities.

In compliance with Legislative Decree No. 96/2026 on pay transparency, this job offer provides for employment under the National Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL) “Chemical Industry and Chemical-Pharmaceutical”, which governs the applicable classification and remuneration framework.

The gross annual salary for this position ranges between €37.700 and €57.000. This range is determined in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement and is based on objective and gender-neutral criteria, including qualifications, professional experience, competencies, and responsibilities associated with the role. The definition and application of these criteria are carried out in accordance with the company’s internal remuneration policies and are subject to review and validation by the competent HR function.

The company guarantees equal opportunities in access, treatment, and professional development, in compliance with applicable legislation.

The skills for success

stakeholder management, communication skills, relationship building, planning and organization, creativity, problem solving, adaptability, attention to detail, prioritization, team working, event management, time management, multitasking, proactivity.

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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