PPM Manager, Germ Protection

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

As our Manager - Innovation Packaging you’ll champion a team at the forefront of R & D, playing a pivotal role in steering innovative packaging solutions that resonate with consumers worldwide. A thoughtful leader, you’ll thrive on nurturing talent and converting challenges into breakthroughs. Your influence will extend far beyond your immediate team, contributing to crucial strategic discussions that shape our business's direction and success.

Your responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team tasked with delivering cutting-edge R & D packaging projects across a portfolio or region.
• Engage in the technical and leadership development of your team, prioritising workloads and resources to optimise project delivery.
• Represent the R & D voice in cross-functional settings, applying your experience to solve complex problems.
• Develop strategic plans together with internal and external partners, spearheading innovative initiatives that meet our commercial goals.
• Communicate complex scientific concepts clearly and impactfully to various audiences, ensuring understanding and alignment.
• Tackle and solve intricate technical issues through robust troubleshooting and implementing effective solutions.

The experience we're looking for

• Proven track record of exceptional delivery within R & D or a related technical function.
• Experienced in recruiting, managing, and developing people.
• Strong grasp of strategy, consumer insights, objective setting, and project management.
• Demonstrated ability to make strategic decisions and possess business acumen with commercial awareness.
• Capable of managing product lifecycle and forging strong business partnerships.
• Flexible and confident in adapting to technological changes and advocating for continual improvement.
• Knowledgeable in streamlining innovation processes and embracing digital transformation in R & D contexts.

The skills for success

Business Strategy, Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business Acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.

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.